---On May 12, 2017, the inauguration ceremony of "Technical Transfer, Research and Training Center on Clean Energy and Rural Electrification for Africa" was held in Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (briefed as AASTU). Mr. Chen Ning, Counselor of the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the African Union, Dr. Nurelegne Tefera, President of AASTU, and Dr. Xu Jincai, Director General of Hangzhou Regional Center (Asia-Pacific) for Small Hydro Power (briefed as HRC and also called National Research Institute for Rural Electrification) were present and addressed on the ceremony. Present at the ceremony were also representatives from ZTE Ethiopian Branch, Kenya Power & Lighting Co. Ltd., Rwanda Energy Group, Tanzania Renewable Energy Association and Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited.
The "Technical Transfer, Research and Training Center on Clean Energy and Rural Electrification for Africa" is the second technical transfer & training center that HRC set up abroad. On April 20, 2015, HRC set up the first technical transfer & training center in Pakistan, which is called "China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Small Hydropower". Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, unveiled for 8 China-Pakistan cooperative projects during his visit to Pakistan.
The "Technical Transfer, Research and Training Center on Clean Energy and Rural Electrification for Africa" was set up in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia and the headquarters of the African Union. It is open to all African countries and help to promote agricultural modernization, infrastructure construction, green development and poverty alleviation of Africa with the cooperation between China and Africa in the field of rural energy and infrastructure development towards a goal of common development and double wins through capacity-building, joint R+D, technical transfer and project demonstration.
HRC delegation headed by Dr. Xu Jincai paid a visit to AASTU, and reached consensus about the following work plan after detailed discussion with President Dr. Nurelegne Tefera and other two Vice Presidents of AASTU. (2017-05-16)
Inauguration of "Technical Transfer, Research and Training Center on Clean Energy and Rural Electrification for Africa"
A visit to Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
