Kiplagat Kenneth Kiptoo, a young man from Kenya, took a flight in May to East China's Hangzhou, to pursue a bachelor's degree in intelligent manufacturing.
On July 5 residents of Xangongo, a rural community in Angola's southern province of Cunene, witnessed the start of construction on a primary school donated by Sinohydro, a Chinese hydropower engineering and construction company.
The Belt and Road Initiative has promoted African people's wellbeing and helped build a shared future for people from China and African countries, delegations told a forum Friday.
On July 7, a five-member delegation from Sikasso of the Republic of Mali visited Tianjin Hongxing Vocational Secondary School in North China, a co-founder of the Mali Luban Workshop.
Guangdong Machinery Technician College may not sound like an elite educational institute, but the vocational college in South China's economic powerhouse Guangdong province has produced 10 gold medalists in the World Skills Competition over the last 10 years.
Handiso Selamu Yishihak, who comes from Ethiopia, spent most of his time last year in a Chinese laboratory fine-tuning his skills in using industrial robots. He knows there are high expectations for him to transfer this expertise to his fellow citizens.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, which is one of the hot topics of the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos Forum, in North China's Tianjin Municipality.
Trade between China and Africa grew to 1.88 trillion yuan ($260 billion) in 2022 from less than 100 billion yuan in 2000, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed.
