China to help Pakistan, other BRI nations in industrial, manpower uplift: official

BEIJING: China will continue to assist Pakistan and other belt and Road Initiative (BRI) nations in human resource development and industrial growth as key elements of overall economic progress, former Chinese diplomat Chen Mingming said on Friday.

In his inaugural lecture at the first session of a 14-day-long seminar on “Construction and operation of industrial parks under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)”, he said China was ready to help BRI nations enhance access to technical education for youth by establishing vocational training institutes.

The seminar has been organised by the Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO) of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

The government officials from the BRI nations, including Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Ethiopia and Nigeria are participating in the extensive online training sessions.

As per the schedule, prominent Chinese experts will speak on the topics of industrial growth and human resource development, as well as operational management of industrial parks for optimum growth, the China Economic Net (CEN) reported.

Chen said that young people in the developing countries have not been fully empowered through skill and knowledge, adding that the youth in these countries have not been trained in modern technologies and have less access to skill development resources.

However, Chen said that China was ready to help the BRI nations bridge this gap by establishing vocational training institutes to enhance access to technical education for the youth.

“Capacity-building is key to industrial and overall economic growth, which is the most important area of cooperation between the development partners,” he said.

He also said China was a reliable development partner and advised the participants to focus on the production of environmentally-friendly energy in their countries for sustainable growth. He pledged that China would support every effort in this regard.

“China will always be with you in building and operating industrial parks. Together we may achieve more for our nations,” Chen assured the participants.

The Chinese companies in various partner countries were training local youth by employing them in industrial parks, he said.

Zhou Mi, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, in his lecture highlighted on the new trends in the international economic cooperation in the post-Covid-19 era.

He said the steps taken by the Chinese government to curb the spread of coronavirus both at home and globally, including provision of the Covid-19 vaccines to numerous countries in the world.

He also exposed the baseless propaganda carried out by the western media against China, in this regard.

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