On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of P.R.C., Mr. Mulatu
Tsige Desta, General Director
of Oromia Regional State Leadership Academy (ORSLA), headed a delegation to BAI
for a 6-day visit from September 23 to 28.
BAI Vice president
Zhang Jun warmly welcomed the delegation. Two sides reviewed past exchange and
cooperation and discussed the plan of 2020. To cater the needs of ORSLA, Mr.
Wang Xuecheng, deputy director of training division, briefed on China’s
national civil servant training system and BAI’s innovative training modes. Two
sides exchanged views and shared experience on training effectiveness, needs
assessment and outcome transformation.
The delegation paid
a visit to the Shijia neighborhood, a historic neighborhood in the inner city
of Beijing, on September 25 for a field teaching hosted by Tan Xiaoyan, a lecturer
of sociology department of BAI. Accompanied by Ms. Liu Jingyi, a designer from
Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design, the delegation visited
Shijia administrative office, Shijia Lane Museum, and cultural and creative
shop. The visit not only equipped the
delegates with the procedures of a field teaching class, but also deepened
their understanding of community governance bodies and modes, relevant
regulations and designated community designer system.
The delegation
also spent three days at Zhengzhou and visited Zhengzhou International Hub
Development and Construction Cooperation, a state-owned enterprise that has
been operating Zhengzhou-Europe block train. As one of the vital and robust international
logistic hubs for Silk Road Economic Belt, Zhengzhou-Europe international block
train runs to and from between Zhengzhou and Hamburg, which leaves and enters
china via the border ports of Alashankou, Erenhot, goes via Kazakhstan, Russia,
Belarus, Poland and its destination is Hamburg, Germany. Its total transit time
is around 12 days, which is about 25 days less than sea transportation. The
delegation was impressed by the effective and smooth international logistics
corridor and strong capability of multi-modal transport, cargo collection and
distribution, and they expressed a wish that the block train could extend the
reach to Ethiopia one day.
BAI and ORSLA
signed MOU to establish partnership in 2017. Since then two sides have
exchanged visit regularly. The delegation regarded the visit was rewarding and
believed that it could deepen the mutual
understanding and friendship, and lay a solid foundation for future cooperation
between two sides. ORSLA has
kindly invited BAI delegation to Ethiopia in 2020.
Written by Liu Xiaoyun