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Along with the Director of Post-Doctoral Office of the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission (ICC-NDRC), the delegagion of ABRBS visited
Siddharth Chatteree 常启德 - UN Resident Coordinator to China. Prof. Jin Jiafei, the Executive Dean of ABRBS shared our project progress in the sustainable development of China-Africa agriculture in the meeting. ICC and ABRBS will work together to extend sustainable development projects to more African countries with the coordination and help of the United Nations.

The Opening Ceremony of the Second Batch of Leading Talent Plan for Industrial and Economic Development (Doctoral Program)
Was Officially Launched

The Opening Ceremony of the Second Batch of Leading Talent Plan for Industrial and Economic Development (Doctoral Program) was held online on October 27, 2021, This program was initiated by the International Cooperation Center of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and was jointly implemented by Haikou Silk Road Academy of Social Sciences (SRASS, Alliance of Belt and Road Think Tank) and Xi 'an Jiaotong University.

Jin Jiafei, the Executive President of SRASS, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech. Wang Shuguo, President of XI 'an Jiaotong University, Xi Guang, Vice President of XI 'an Jiaotong University, Chang Hao, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Center, NDRC, Deans and staffs from School of International Education, School of Management of XI 'an Jiaotong University, and International Cooperation Department of ICC, NDRC attended the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Vice President Xi Guang. Mr. Jin jiafei expressed his gratitude to all the partners, and extended his welcome and congratulations to the ministerial freshmen. He pointed out that SRASS has always promoted this doctoral program as a key brand project. In addition to completing the daily research work of doctoral study, the candidates also take the important responsibility of promoting international production capacity and business cooperation among countries. With the joint efforts of the production capacity cooperation teams, the first batch of candidates has achieved initial results. He encouraged the 2nd batch of candidates to mobilize their enthusiasm and make efforts to adapt to the doctoral research and study, while giving full play to their own strengths and contributing to the further cooperation between China and their own countries in various fields.

President Wang Shuguo expressed his congratulations and welcome to the new students. He looked forward to discussing the common development of China and the candidates’ own countries under the guidance of their respective supervisor teams. He proposed that the fourth industrial revolution, especially the digital economy will greatly change the industrial pattern and form in the future. As leading talents in important positions from different countries, the candidates should fully learn and actively face the changes brought by the digital economy. He hoped that the pandemic will end as soon as possible, so that he can meet the candidates face to face. He mentioned that he would like to ride China's high-speed railway with the candidates and introduced the rapid development of China to them.

Chang Hao, the Deputy Director of International Cooperation Center, NDRC, said that it deserved celebration that the first batch of the program has achieved certain results and the second batch of the program has started under the continuous efforts of various parties. He hoped the candidates can better solve the key of cooperation in practice in the next few years of doctoral study, and encouraged them to strengthen confidence, start from the actual situation of their own countries, combine China's experience and resources, innovate the cooperation model, and deeply explore the possibility of cooperation.

Leading Talent Plan for Industrial and Economic Development (Doctoral Program) is a high-level doctoral program initiated by the International Cooperation Center of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and jointly implemented by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Xi 'an Jiaotong University and SRASS. As a high-end talent training program for high-level managers of governments and organizations of Belt and Road countries, the program aims to provide talent foundation for the construction of the innovative cooperation model of "Silk Road Economic Belt" featuring "policy communication, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people connectivity". Through systematic theoretical study and detailed case study, the program aims to cultivate government elites and senior managers of enterprises to have an international vision, are familiar with theoretical frontiers, master scientific research methods and understand China's national conditions.

The program is held in spring and autumn each year, with 15 students in each batch. The current students come from Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Burundi, Ghana, Malaysia and other countries. Despite the impact of pandemic both classes in 2021 will temporarily choose to complete the opening and part of the teaching online. However, Mr. Guo Yanwei, Mr. Zhao Chunyu, Mr. Li Jun, Mr. Yu Xiuzhi and Mr. Deng Qichang, five members of the board of SRASS, still made preparations for domestic field visits in Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Shenzhen, Haikou, Chengdu and Xi 'an. Later, they will also serve as project mentors to guide the doctoral students' project landing work.

A collection of quotations from candidates

Dereje Duguma Gemeda
State Minister of Ministry of Health, Ethiopian
It is my great pleasure to be a member of the 2nd batch of the Leading Talent Plan for Industrial and Economic Development (Doctoral Program). I am very excited to meet you at the opening ceremony today. Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous country and one of the world's fastest growing economies, has been making efforts to improve public health in recent years. I hope to learn more from you and promote the cooperation between Ethiopia and other countries. Thank you again for giving me this opportunity to study for my PhD. Thank you very much!

Datuk T.S. Yong
Executive Director, Malaysia-China Business Council
Board of Director, Malaysian Investment Development Authority
I am looking forward to the upcoming doctoral study, and I also hope to learn professional knowledge in government governance from my supervisors and classmates. Over the years, I have always been committed to promoting bilateral cooperation in trade, economy, culture and education, and I am glad to share my experience with you. Thank you again for opening the doctoral program of Leading Talent Plan for Industrial and Economic Development for us. Thank you very much!

October 12, Dr. Gao Feiyi, director of the postdoctoral office and associate researcher of the international cooperation center of the national development and reform Commission, made a report entitled "Natureof Our Program "lecture.

Gao introduced in detail the background and significance of the establishment of the in-service doctoral program from the aspects of the project initiator, executor, purpose, learning requirements, etc., and combined with the actual learning situation of the students in the past six months, emphasized to the ministers and students in the future The importance of promoting international production capacity cooperation and industrial landing in the learning process.

then, Dr. Gao took China's "relationship" culture as an example to introduce to the students why business partners from different ethnic groups and different cultural backgrounds should "deepen mutual understanding"; and took the confirmation process of "trust relationship" in China as an example, To explain to the students why we should attach importance to "small projects" and how to use "small projects" to drive cooperation in the industrial chain.

in the discussion session, boateng (Boateng) from Ghana, Allen from Burundi (Alain), Kangdu from Zimbabwe (Kondo) and other students exchanged views on the landing of specific projects with Dr. Gao and other students.

lecture was active, which helped the students better understand their own learning goals and positioning, and at the same time enhanced the students' confidence in future learning and expanding industrial cooperation.

Industry and Economic Development Leading Talent Program (on-the-job Doctoral Program) is initiated by the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission and many first-class universities in China, and is organized by the Haikou Silk Road Academy of Social Sciences (ABRBS Think Tank) and many first-class universities in China. An on-the-job doctoral program initiated and implemented by universities. Through a combination of systematic theoretical study and detailed case studies, the plan trains government elites and senior managers of enterprises who have an international perspective, are familiar with the frontiers of theory, master scientific research methods, and understand China's national conditions. The project recruits two groups of students every year, starting in March and October respectively.

ABRBS in collaboration with YTO China will work on releasing some tractors to the Zimbabwean farmers to help with farming season.

Equipment for Shea butter processing arrived at the site.

SINO-GHANA ELLEMBELLE INDUSTRIAL PARK
Launched by ABRBS. Let us work together well

ABRBS and Mi Wenjuan, founder of Vipkid
discuss the overseas branding strategy of Chinese and English online education.
Online education for political and business elites in the “Belt and Road” countries will become a new outlet.

With the opportunity of building a free trade port in China (Haikou), on May 6, after the approval of the Haikou Civil Affairs Bureau, the ABRBS Haikou Silk Road Social Science Research Institute was formally approved and settled in Haikou. It aims to create a first-class talent research, cooperation, and service platform for the "Belt and Road", and promote economic and trade cooperation among countries along the route.

Carry out cutting-edge country studies

Construct a comprehensive knowledge system to provide basic guarantee for international cooperation

The establishment of the Institute will fully integrate global intellectual resources, interact with top universities in 37 countries along the “Belt and Road”, and conduct relevant country studies with some of them. For example, in September 2018, we established the West African Research Center with the Bamako University of Social Management Sciences, a top university in the Republic of Mali.

ABRBS has signed with the local authority to facilitate easier trade