---On October 31, 2017, a delegation including Prof. Nurelegne Tefera Shibeshi, the President of Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) of Ethiopia visit HRC. AASTU is one of the two universities directly under the Ministry of Science and Technology of Ethiopia, and it focuses on cultivating professionals for the progressing of science and technology and promoting the socio-economic development of Ethiopia during the period of industrialization transformation. Its scientific research and talents have been highly attached importance by its government. Just in this May, cooperating with ZTE Ethiopian Branch and AASTU, HRC set up the “Technical Transfer, Research and Training Center on Clean Energy and Rural Electrification” successfully in Ethiopia.
At the meeting, Director General of HRC Dr. Xu Jincai introduced the international cooperation and foreign-aid trainings accomplished by HRC under China’s “Belt and Road” initiative, emphasizing on the layout and planning of HRC’s four overseas technical transfer and training centers. President Nurelegne expressed his appreciation for HRC’s achievements, and together with HRC, he is willing to seek supports from both governments for further cooperation, and promote the establishment of the “Technical Transfer, Research and Training Center on Clean Energy and Rural Electrification” in Ethiopia, so as to provide better technical support for the renewable energy development and utilization in Africa. Moreover, two parties discussed the follow-up work and other cooperative issues. (2017-11-06)
