China will initiate 11 training programs in Arab countries this
year to help cultivate local experts in various fields, sources
close to the China-Arab Cooperation Forum said Tuesday.
The sources said that China carried out similar programs last
year participated by over 2,000 Arabian people, and they all proved
quite successful.
This year's training programs will cover themes of economy,
energy, communications and environmental protection, and they are
part of a human resource cooperation project.
The sources said that the training will be undertaken by Chinese
Ministry of Commerce.
China and Arab countries will reach an agreement on human
resources cooperation from 2006 to 2008 at the foreign ministers'
meeting of China-Arab Cooperation Forum to be held in Beijing on
Wednesday and Thursday.
China started in 2005 to run a series of programs tailored for
the Arabs, which has trained 2,620 people.
(Xinhua News Agency May 30, 2006)
