---Entrusted by the Ministry of Commerce
and organized by HRC, 2015 Seminar on Rural Electrification
for Francophone African Countries was held successfully
in Hangzhou from 5 to 25 November. 21 officials from 10
Francophone African Countries include Cameroon, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali,
Morocco, Chad, Niger, Rwanda and Tunisia came to attend
the seminar. This is the 80th foreign-aid training program
HRC implemented since its establishment. Based on the
concerted efforts of all lecturers, participants and HRC
training team, this seminar has achieved fruitful results.
During the seminar, officials listened
to the specific lectures covering the hands-on experience
and advanced technology in the field of rural electrification.
Site visits were also arranged to typical hydropower stations,
solar energy stations, wind farms, equipment manufacturers
of hydropower, solar and wind energy, which enabled officials
to have a comprehensive understanding of the technological
level and equipment manufacturing capability of renewable
energy including small hydropower and rural electrification
development in China. Representatives of each African
country also gave the country reports on the subject of
rural electrification and discussed the follow-up cooperation
with HRC specialists.
Mr. Fan Aihua, Division Chief of Foreign
Investment and Economic Cooperation, Department of Commerce
of Zhejiang Province, Ms. Cheng Xialei, Director General
of HRC , and Mr. Huang Jianping, Deputy Director of HRC
were present at the closing ceremony. Mr. Fan Aihua and
Ms. Cheng Xialei gave the speeches respectively. Monitor
of the seminar, Mr. Abdelkrim El Bahaoui, Division Chief
of Water Affairs, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water Resources
and Environment, on behalf of all the officials expressed
high respect to Ministry of Commerce and HRC, and gave
high evaluation and full affirmation to the seminar. Officials
sincerely hoped that more cooperation could be conducted
with HRC. And by means of the technology and experience
in the field of small hydropower and other renewable energies
they have learnt in China, they could accelerate the progress
of rural electrification in Africa, improve the living
standard of local residents, so as to enhance social harmony
and promote economic development.(2015-12-01)
