“DISCOVER CHINA IN CHONGQING· EXPERIENCE LIFE IN CQJZC”:
ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM ON GREEN CITY CONSTRUCTION FOR BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE CO-BUILDING COUNTRIES KICKS OFF
On the morning of October 22, the opening ceremony of Advanced Training Program on Green City Construction for Belt and Road Initiative Co-building Countries, themed “Encounter China in Chongqing · Experience life in CQJZC”, was held at Chongqing Jianzhu College. Guided by China Center for International People-to-People Exchange, Ministry of Education, P.R.China, and Chongqing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the program is hosted by Research Institute of International People-to-People Exchange for Green City Construction Industry, which is jointly established by Chongqing Jianzhu College and China Center for International People-to-People Exchange, Ministry of Education, P.R.China. Thirty-six participants including government officials from the construction sector, university faculty members, and overseas project core staff of Chinese-funded enterprises, coming from Russia, Greece, Nepal, Ethiopia, South Africa, Vietnam, Chad and other countries, gathered in Chongqing for a 20-day intensive training.
At the ceremony, Zheng Zhoulian, President of Chongqing Jianzhu College, remarked that the training program will focus on green construction, rail transit operation and management, urban governance and other sectors. Adopting diverse forms including theoretical lectures, case studies, on-site study tours and enterprise visits, the program builds a platform for mutual learning and exchange. It helps participants deepen expertise, broaden their industrial horizons and update their knowledge systems. He expressed the hope that all participants will take this training as a bond to deepen collaboration, act as liaisons for construction-sector cooperation and envoys for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and jointly tell stories of green development.
Cao Diefeng, Deputy Director-General of China Center for International People-to-People Exchange, Ministry of Education, P.R.China, delivered a video address. He noted that this training marks the first key achievement of the jointly built research institute. He looked forward to participants reaping fruitful outcomes from the program, becoming practitioners of green development concepts and facilitators of people-to-people bonds between China and other countries.
Xi Wenqiang, Deputy Division Director, Science, Technology and Foreign Cooperation Division, Chongqing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, encouraged the program to set an exemplary benchmark for international training in the construction sector and expand channels for industrial cooperation and standard co-construction under the Belt and Road Initiative. Mao Delin, Secretary-General of the Education Working Committee of Trade and Economic Multifunctional Platform for SCO Countries, pointed out that this training is a pragmatic initiative to advance cross-border linkage among governments, industry associations, colleges and enterprises and boost the global outreach of vocational education.
Yang Guopei, the general manager of Chongqing UG Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. stated that the enterprise will take this training as an opportunity to deepen university-enterprise collaboration and build a platform integrating theory and practice for overseas technical specialists.
Viktoriia Sokolova, Participant Representative and Manager of the Components Department, UG Heavy Machinery LLC (Russia), delivered a speech. She expressed sincere admiration for China’s innovation efficiency and engineering experience in intelligent construction, and looked forward to bringing the advanced expertise acquired back home for local application.
During the training period, Research Institute of International People-to-People Exchange for Green City Construction Industry will host the 2026 International Seminar on Smart-empowered & Human‑oriented Green Urban Development. The conference aims to create an exchange platform for Sino-foreign cooperation on green urban construction, share Chongqing’s advanced experience in digital and eco-friendly urban development, and support low-carbon urban transition and coordinated development of green infrastructure in Belt and Road partner countries.
