---Entrusted by the Chinese Ministry
of Commerce, HRC conducted the "2015 Seminar on Utilization
and Management of Agricultural Water Resources for Chad"
in Hangzhou from 2nd to 22nd August, 2015, with the participation
of 19 officials from Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
of Chad. As the 76th training program of HRC, the seminar
was a great success with the joint efforts by the whole
teaching staff, Chadian participants and HRC's training
group.
During the seminar, the Chinese specialists
delivered such lectures as "General Survey of Water
Resources in China", "Modernization and Management
of Irrigation in China", "Technology in Efficient
Utilization, Saving and Irrigation of Agricultural Water
Resources", "Low-Pressure Penstock Irrigation
Technology", "Anti-Seepage Canals and Ground
Water-Saving Technology", "Rain Water Harvesting
Technology", "South to North Water Transfer",
"Agricultural Water Management Under the Circumstance
of Climate Change", etc. and the Chadian representatives
also gave a country report about the problems and status
of agricultural waters in Chad. After having fully discussed
and shared Chinese experience and technologies of agricultural
water resources utilization and management, the two sides
conducted a profound discussion about future cooperation
in the field.
Besides, Chadian participants paid
visits to famous projects or companies such as the well-known
Three Gorges Project, South to North Water Transfer, Water
Gate at Suzhou River, and the Tiexinqiao Experimental
Base of Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Jiangsu
Aerospace Hydraulic Equipments Co., Ltd., Ningbo Risen
Solar Energy Co., Ltd., etc..They obtained a comprehensive
understanding of agricultural water utilization and management
in China, and the capacity of equipment manufacturing,
thus establishing a solid foundation for future project
cooperation.
Section Chief of Commerce Department
of Zhejiang Province, Mr. Fan Aihua, Directrice of HRC,
Ms. Cheng Xialei, Vice-Director, Mr. Xu Jincai attended
the Closing Ceremony on August 21st. Mr. Fan Aihua and
Ms. Cheng Xialei gave speeches respectively which were
applauded passionately by the participants. Then, the
representative and the chief of the seminar, Mr. Belembaye
from Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Chad,
gave a thank-you speech on behalf of all participants.
He sincerely thanked the support of Ministry of Commerce
of China, and all the hard work of HRC staff, and hoped
that in the near future, Chinese experts could go to Chad
to further share rich experience so to benefit more Chadian
participants. (2015-08-28)
