Lanzhou (MidLand) – Wearing a white lab coat and mask, a Chadian man named Tidjani Daoussa followed the instructions of a Chinese technician as he learned how to use equipment to refine and produce hydrogen.
Daoussa (32) is an employee of N’Djamena Refinery Co., Ltd., a joint venture between China National Oil Company (CNPC) and the Chadian government-owned oil company. He joined the company in 2017 after graduating China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) with a degree in petroleum engineering.
Daoussa was one of 30 Chadians who arrived in Jiuquan, Gansu province, northwest China, at the end of May to participate in a three-month training program offered by Yumen Oil Field belongs to CNPC.
“We facilitate them with a series of courses on skill enhancement, safety and emergency preparedness, as well as cross-cultural exchanges,” said Jiang Rui, an employee Yumen Oil Field.
He added that the goal is to train more than 1,000 Chadian workers in five years and gradually introduce CNPC’s professional skills standards in Chad.
Under the Belt and Road Initiative (Belt and Road Initiative/BRI), Gansu has promoted high-quality cooperation with BRI partner countries in its key sectors, including oil refining, solar energy and dryland agriculture. A growing number of Chinese scientists and technicians are playing an important role in these efforts.
A small solar pumping station covering an area of less than 1 square meter is on display in an exhibition hall at the Gansu Natural Energy Research Institute. Qiao Junqiang, a staff member at the institute, explained that the device was developed in 2017 and has since been adopted in pilot farms in Pakistan and Nepal.
“The pumping station can pump 16 tons of water per day, which can irrigate 8 mu (about 0.53 hectares) of farmland or provide drinking water for 320 people,” Qiao said.
In the agricultural sector, an international cooperation project led by Long Ruijun, a professor at the School of Ecology, Lanzhou University, is currently underway. The project aims to analyze the influence of vegetation diversity on food selection and lactation performance of yaks in the trans-Himalayan region.
“Residents of mountainous areas in countries such as Pakistan and Nepal earn their living by raising yaks. This project is expected to introduce advanced concepts and models of yak husbandry,” Long said, stressing its importance for food security.
For more than two decades, Long and his team have collaborated with more than 10 countries and regions, including Pakistan, Tajikistan and Nepal, in the fields of agriculture and livestock.
“Under the BRI, cooperation in platform construction, technical training and personnel training will deepen, and the competitive industries in Northwest China will continue to develop,” Long said.
Journalist: Xinhua
Editor: Junaydi Suswanto
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