---On 18th September, the "2014
Seminar on Rural Electrification for Asian Countries"
was concluded successfully. Based on the concerted efforts
of all lecturers, 15 officials from 8 Asian countries
and HRC training team, this 28-day seminar has achieved
fruitful results.
The closing ceremony was presided over
by Mr. Lin Ning, Chief of Foreign Affairs and Training
Division of HRC. Mr. Fan Aihua, Division Chief from the
Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, and Mr. Xie
Yimin, Deputy Director of HRC, respectively gave an address.
On behalf of Foreign Aid Department
of the Ministry of Commerce and the Department of Commerce
of Zhejiang Province, Mr. Fan extended his sincere congratulations
on the successful conclusion of the seminar and his heartfelt
thanks to HRC for the fulfillment of the mission from
the Ministry of Commerce in a scientific and professional
way and making immense contributions to the successful
end of the seminar. Mr. Fan also showed his respect to
all the officials as they had overcome barriers on languages,
habits and customs, etc. so as to finish all the seminar
courses based on the joint efforts. Mr. Fan emphasized
that "¡¡China is a nation with the most neighboring
countries in the world. There is an old Chinese saying,
a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin. China
has long been devoted to developing a friendly relationship
with its neighboring countries and creating a peaceful
and harmonious international and neighboring atmosphere
together with other Asian countries ¡¡I hope that all
the officials would take this seminar as an opportunity
and platform, as a bridge, to promote the friendship between
Chinese people and the people in your countries. Through
this, we can strengthen the economic and trade cooperation,
as well as the cultural and technical exchange among the
Asian countries, and promote the development of SHP and
other renewable energies so that we can make our own contributions
to economic growth, poverty alleviation, environmental
protection and common progress. Furthermore, it is highly
expected that we will jointly promote the economic development
and ever-lasting peace of Asian countries through the
extensive communication and cooperation in the fields
of renewable energy and rural electrification. Let us
work together to make the sky brighter, the water cleaner
and the mountains greener."
Mr. Xie Yimin, on behalf of HRC, conveyed
his warm congratulations to all the officials on their
achievements, and also expressed his sincere thanks to
the officials for their earnest attitudes and friendly
cooperation shown during the seminar. He mentioned that
HRC had been greatly encouraged by all the high evaluations
from the officials and surely would spare no effort to
be better and better in future. It was also expected that
after returning to their respective countries, all the
officials would play more important roles in promoting
the utilization of local SHP and other renewable energies
and the development of rural electrification. Mr. Xie
warmly welcomed the officials to revisit HRC, "the
family of SHP in the world", and make joint efforts
to promote more concrete cooperation among the Asian countries.
On behalf of all the Asian officials,
the monitor, Mr. Raza from the Ministry of Water and Power,
Pakistan, delivered an emotional speech, extending their
profound gratitude to the Chinese Government and sincere
appreciation to HRC. He said: "¡¡ As a matter of
fact, it is with mutual efforts that this significant
seminar became successful. Now the hard work bears fruits.
Everyone in the class has gained a lot from the lectures
and study tours. So when we enjoy the fruits, we must
not forget the efforts behind. Our special thanks to the
chief coordinator for foreign affairs and trainings of
HRC and his working team who showed their great concerns
to us from the beginning to the end and whose cooperation
always remained with us at each and every step¡¡I would
like to express our heartfelt thanks to the faculty members
and the guest speakers because their lectures benefited
us so much that they refreshed our learning, upgraded
our technical methods, and widened our scope of knowledge¡¡This
one-month seminar has proven not only to be a ladder for
our academic advancement but it is also an eye opener
to an exotic foreign life. We have enjoyed ourselves here
to have a close look of Chinese people and the China.
And their hard work and determination should be admired
and followed, how they developed in the last 30 years
in all walks of life£ºroad structures, high speed train,
communication, health, defence, energy especially hydropower,
wind and solar etc¡¡We looked around Hangzhou and its
various attractions, Shanghai and its beauties, Three
Gorges project and its associated fascinations, and lot
of other beautiful locations and vicinities. All of these
left a deep impression on us. It is no wonder that we
all bear a hope in our minds. We have lived here and dearly
want to revisit here someday to have a look at the place
we have lived and to refresh and continue what we learned
in this wonderful place and to be again with the wonderful,
kind and cooperative management and faculty of the HRC¡¡
"
With the solemn national anthems of
all the participating countries, the leaders of Chinese
side awarded the certificates from the Ministry of Commerce
to the Asian officials. The division chief Mr. Lin presented
the delicate souvenirs from HRC to the monitor and the
two vice-monitors who had made good coordination services
for the class.
At the time to say goodbye, we recalled
what the monitor mentioned in his speech: "We are
leaving HRC; however, it is not an ending but a new beginning¡¡
May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always
at your back, May the sun shine warmly on your face, May
the rain fall softly on your field, And until we meet
again!" ---- HRC will continuously make unremitting
efforts together with the participants in promoting the
utilization of SHP and other renewable energies and the
development of rural electrification in Asian countries.
(2014-09-24)
