On the morning of June 13, the graduation ceremony of the electric locomotive driver training for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway and the opening ceremony of the Institute for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange for the rail transit industry were held in the first conference hall of the office building grandly. Yang Xiaochun, the vice director of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education, Ding Lianpu, the director of the mechanism work office of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education, Xu Hengzhen, the director of the foreign cooperation and exchange office of the education department of Henan, China, Yang Mingqing, the deputy head of the employee training department of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd., Liu Liancheng, the deputy head of the locomotive depot of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd., Xu Yan, the secretary of the party committee, Kong Fanshi, the deputy secretary of the party committee and the president and Dong Lisheng and Ni Ju, the vice presidents, the first batch of 34 students for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, the relevant department heads and the teacher and student representatives of our college participated in the activity. Kong Fanshi, the deputy secretary of the party committee and the president chaired the graduation ceremony and opening ceremony.
Yang Xiaochun, the vice director of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education made a speech
Xu Hengzhen, the director of the foreign cooperation and exchange office of the education department of Henan, China made a speech
Yang Mingqing, the deputy head of the employee training department of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd. made a speech
Xu Yan, the secretary of the party committee of the school made a speech
Kong Fanshi, the deputy secretary of the party committee and the president of the school chaired the
school chaired the meeting 
Yang Xiaochun, the vice director of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education and Xu Yan, the secretary of the party committee of the school unveiled the nameplate for the Institute for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange for the Rail Transit Industry on Behalf of the Ministry of Education
Tilahun, the general manager of Ethiopia-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Company sent blessing to the graduates by video
Xue Jinqiu, the teacher representative made a speech
Dejene Gezu, the representative of the students in the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway training made a speech
Ni Ju, the vice president read out the list of outstanding students
Xu Hengzhen, the director of the foreign cooperation and exchange office of the education department of Henan and Kong Fanshi, the deputy secretary of the party committee and the president of the school jointly issued a certificate of outstanding student and scholarship board to every student
Yang Mingqing, the deputy head of the employee training department of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd. and Dong Lisheng, the vice president jointly issued a course-completion certificate and a certificate of electric locomotive driver (China) training for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway to every student
The graduation ceremony began in the solemn national anthem.
Yang Xiaochun, the vice director of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education indicated in the speech that the party and government paid high attention to the international people-to-people exchange. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the thought of jointly constructing the major initiative of “the Belt and Road” and building a community with shared future for mankind, which is highly evaluated by the international community and responded widely. The electric locomotive driver training for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway is a vivid practice of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College to implement the educational action plan of “the Belt and Road” issued by the Ministry of Education and a kind of international people-to-people exchange. He raised three points for the establishment of the Institute for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange for the Rail Transit Industry. The first point is to strengthen and bring the school’s function of serving the society into full play. Deepen the cooperation between the school and the enterprises, bring the role of think tank into play, coordinate with the enterprises to carry out the local people-to-people exchange and talent cultivation, and tamp the social attitude foundation in the Sino-foreign cooperation. The second point is to promote school discipline and campus culture construction. With the virtue fostering through education as the main task and the people-to-people exchange concept as the guidance, reinforce the construction of the humanities and social science in the school, enrich the form and connotation of campus culture, and accelerate the comprehensive development of domestic and foreign students. The third point is to drive the school to be open to the outside world further. Coordinate with the school to go out, covert the advanced technologies and products of the enterprises into the corresponding teaching resources of the school, strengthen the school exchange and cooperation in the country where the enterprises are located and contribute to the school development and the “Construction Plan of High-level Vocational Colleges & Specialties with Chinese Characteristics”.
Xu Hengzhen, the director of the foreign cooperation and exchange office of the education department of Henan indicated that the education department of Henan always attached importance to the international people-to-people exchange and actively supported the colleges and universities of Henan and the countries along “the Belt and Road” to carry out education exchange and cooperation. The training is the specific measure of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College to actually participate in the construction of “the Belt and Road”, actively serve the enterprises to “go out” and set up a link and bridge for the deep friendship development between China and Africa. He hoped that after completing the study and returning to the country, the students would serve the railway industry development of the country and pay efforts and make contributions to the construction of a closer China-Africa community of shared future as the first batch of electric locomotive drivers for the transnational electric railway. The nameplate of Institute for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange for the Rail Transit Industry was unveiled, which means the specific support of the Ministry of Education for the province to promote the people-to-people bond of education in the rail transit industry and the mutual political trust and economic and trade cooperation between China and the relevant countries, and the specific practice of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College to take the advantage of the college and university resources in the industry and promote the sustainable development of the rail transit industry under “the Belt and Road”. He hoped that the Institute could bring the basic, dominate and long-term people-to-people role into full play, provide the policy consultation, intelligence support and resource service for the enterprises in the rail transit industry to “go out” and develop in China, and help the enterprises in the rail transit industry of China participate in the construction of “the Belt and Road”.
Yang Mingqing, the deputy head of the employee training department of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd. indicated that in 2013, the Zhengzhou bureau of railway and the education department of Henan entered into a co-construction agreement, and teamed up with Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College for the integration of production and education and the vertical development of school-enterprise cooperation. In recent years, Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College implemented the main task of fostering virtue, sufficiently took the advantage of school brand and major, reinforced the people-to-people exchange with the countries and regions along “the Belt and Road”, made considerable progress in the aspect of promoting the international exchange and school-enterprise cooperation in education and conveyed many excellent talents to the society. The electric locomotive driver training is of driving significance for the people-to-people exchange and railway infrastructure among China, Ethiopia and Djibouti. During the period of training, China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd. paid high attention to and the training and the employee training department carefully assisted with each unit in connecting with the school, finally completing the given training task successfully. In the future, China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd. will continue to deepen the cooperation with China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd., sufficiently bring the important dominate role of the enterprises into play in the technology and skill talent cultivation and human resource development, increase the support on the school talent cultivation, major construction, teacher team construction, scientific research, technical development and international exchange, construct the enterprises with the integration of production and education and help Henan construct a new highland for open economic development –“four silk roads”.
Tilahun, the general manager of Ethiopia-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Company, Radia, the human resource director, Peng Danyang, the executive general manager of CCECC-CREC JV Project Office, and Yang Anwei, the vice general manager of CCECC-CREC JV Project Office were unable to be present due to the epidemic outbreak. They sent their blessing and deep expectation to the graduates by video. They sincerely appreciated the cultivation of the first batch of electric locomotive drivers by Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, extended their congratulations to the 34 driving students completing the eight-month systematic training and hoped the students would make contributions to the booming development of Ethiopia, Djibouti and Africa after they return home and drive a locomotive in the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway.
Xu Yan, the secretary of the party committee of the school warmly welcomed and expressed his sincere thanks to the leaders and guests attending the meeting on behalf of the school. He indicated in the speech that “the Belt and Road” set up an interconnected bridge; the people-to-people exchange weaved the people-to-people bond. In October, 2019, the school held the opening ceremony of the Electric Locomotive Driver Training Class for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway and People-to-People Exchange Forum. Through the eight months of learning, 34 international students were going to complete the study and return their country. He sent words to all the students, and hoped them to bear the load, temper their wills and improve themselves as the envoy of the international people-to-people exchange and the driver of “the Belt and Road” initiative in Africa after they complete the study and return to the country; At last, he blessed the students to show their capabilities in the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway and make achievements in the stage of “the Belt and Road”. Xu Yan pointed out that, the training was an example of international people-to-people exchange. The school deeply plowed the advantages of the rail transit industry and actively participated in the construction of “the Belt and Road”, making it obtain the good grace and trust of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education. The school will create the “excellent project” regarding international education cooperation, offer the “Chinese program” for the international vocational education, construct a “community of shared interests” for the international transportation education, and bring the important role of the people-to-people exchange into full play in the vocational education reform and the implementation of the “Construction Plan of High-level Vocational Colleges & Specialties with Chinese Characteristics” and try to build an exchange platform and important think tank for the people-to-people exchange research in the rail transit industry with Chinese Characteristics by taking the opportunity of establishing the Institute for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange for the Rail Transit Industry, relying on the policy, intelligence and talent advantages of the Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education and adhering to the working concept of “bringing in, going out and new benchmark” of the rail transit major of the school.
Xue Jinqiu, the teacher representative indicated in the speech that it was hoped that the students could start from the learning and training and continue to reinforce the safety awareness, discipline awareness and compliance awareness after the return to the country and serve the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, finally becoming a skillful electric locomotive driver and making more contributions to the development of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway.
Dejene Gezu, the representative of the students indicated in the speech that he appreciated “the Belt and Road Initiative” of China, because the initiative brought the railway to them and the sincere efforts paid by every party for their training. He believed that the knowledge mastered in China must be able to help them perform his duties and make contributions to the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway.
Ni Ju, the vice president read out the list of excellent students. Xu Hengzhen, the director of the foreign cooperation and exchange office of the education department of Henan and Kong Fanshi, the deputy secretary of the party committee and the president of the school jointly issued a certificate of outstanding student and scholarship board to every student. Yang Mingqing, the deputy head of the employee training department of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd. and Dong Lisheng, the vice president jointly issued a course-completion certificate and a certificate of electric locomotive driver (China) training for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway to every student.
As jointly witnessed by the guests attending the meeting, Yang Xiaochun, the vice director of the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education and Xu Yan, the secretary of the party committee of the school unveiled the nameplate for the Institute for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange for the Rail Transit Industry jointly established by the China Center for International People-to-People Exchange of the Ministry of Education and Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College. The Institute is an open platform integrating talent cultivation and training, academic research, decision-making consultation, technical service and cultural exchange, provides the scientific research services regarding basic research and application research for the high-quality development of the enterprises in the rail transit industry in China and provides the policy consultation, intelligence support and resource services for the “going out” and domestic development of the enterprises in the rail transit industry, promotes the people-to-people bond in the rail transit industry and the sustainable development of the rail transit industry under the policy of “the Belt and Road” and makes contributions to the mutual political trust and economic and trade cooperation between China and the relevant countries.
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In recent years, the school paid high attention to the international school running and international people-to-people exchange, actively blended the construction of “the Belt and Road”, and actively implemented the policy of being open to the outside world in Henan, to establish the “Zhan Tianyou Institute” in South Africa and the “China-Tanzania Transportation Institute” in Tanzania one by one, and set up the Ethiopia training center. The international students coming from Ethiopia and South Africa came to the school for study and the first batch of teachers coming from the transportation colleges and universities in Russia accepted training in the school. Then, the school was rated as one of the first batch of “Jingshi International Colleges” in the “People-to-people Exchange Project of Jingshi” implemented by the Ministry of Education. The nameplate of the Institute for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange for the Rail Transit Industry was unveiled, realizing the harmonious development of cooperative education in the aspects of scale, quality and benefit and starting a new chapter for the international people-to-people exchange of the school.
