On 27 June 2016, the Vocational Equipment Handover Ceremony to Myanmar was held in Letpadan Governmental Technical Institution (GTI) in Bago, Myanmar. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), U Kyaw Zwa Soe, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Myanmar, U Maung Maung Lwin, Head of Municipal and Society Administration of Bago, U Sein Win Aung, Chairman of Myanmar China Friendship Association (MCFA), Mr. Peng Fang, Vice Chairman of China-Myanmar Friendship Association(CMFA), Mr. Tian Shanting, Cultural Counsellor of Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, Ms. Zhu Zhiyan, Manager of International Department of Yalong Company, U Min Min Oo, President of Letpadan GTI, GTI students and faculty attended the ceremony.
Guests from Myanmar expressed their gratitude to ACC, CMFA, Yalong Company and the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, saying that the Handover Ceremony was a significant step in supporting Myanmar’s local development and vocational education. They believed it would further promote Myanmar-China educational exchange and cooperation as well as build a closer friendship. U Maung Maung Lwin hoped that GTI would make good use of the vocational equipment donated by Chinese enterprises, and train more technicians to support local SMEs. U Kyaw Zwa Soe mentioned that the Ministry of Education of Myanmar attached great importance to vocational education. They looked forward to enhancing exchange and cooperation with China and training more technical talents so as to support Myanmar’s social and economic development. U Sein Win Aung said, the Handover was beneficial to promote Myanmar-China cooperation in vocational education, and it should be included in the friendly history between the two countries. He added that joint efforts between ACC, CMFA, and MCFA would reinforce bilateral cooperation in the fields of education, culture, tourism, health, etc. and contribute to the well-being of the peoples of Myanmar and China.
Secretary-General Yang Xiuping briefed on ACC’s role and function and its work in promoting the ASEAN-China educational exchange and cooperation. She said that China and ASEAN countries were in the critical stage of economic development. In order to further the integration of ASEAN Community and speed up Chinese economic transformation, both sides were faced with the increasing need of high-quality technical talents. ACC was willing to join hands with all walks of life to enhance inter-collegiate exchange, student mobility, teacher training and school-enterprise cooperation, so as to elevate the China-Myanmar and ASEAN-China relations to a new level.
Mr. Peng Fang said, the Handover was a joint effort between governments, international organizations, non-government institutions and enterprises from China and Myanmar. It served as a great model of China-Myanmar educational exchange and would bring long-term benefits to the teachers and students from Myanmar. He hoped that the equipment could be utilized to help them grasp professional skills, thus contribute to Myanmar’s social-economic development. Counsellor Tian Shanting of the Chinese Embassy said, the Handover was a key result of China-Myanmar cooperation in vocational education. The Chinese Embassy in China would take this opportunity of the ongoing China-Myanmar Network of Sister Schools, coordinate with related parties in providing long-term support to schools such as GTI, and finance more ASEAN students to study in China. All these actions would lay a more solid foundation for China-Myanmar educational exchange and cooperation. Manager of International Department of Yalong Company Ms. Zhu Zhiyan said, Yalong Company would continue to support the development of Myanmar and other ASEAN Countries in vocational education. They hoped to deepen ASEAN-China educational relations by supporting relevant schools to train more technicians.
After the ceremony, the guests viewed the equipment and listened to the briefing on the usage of the equipment. Yalong Company donated 10 sets of vocational equipment valued at one million yuan. The equipment was installed in three vocational education institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Education of Myanmar and would meet the requirements o more than 600 people. In order to ensure efficient operation of the equipment, Yalong Company had conducted a one-month training course for 20 teachers from Myanmar in China.
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