From April 15 to 26, the assessment work of the new campus and the practical training project of the high-speed train technology constructed by our college with the Kuwait government loan was completed successfully. The relevant leaders of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, the Henan Development and Reform Commission, the Finance Department of Henan, Minmetals International Tendering Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College participated in the assessment.
In the starting ceremony, Talake Almenaeus, the representative of the Kuwait expert group introduced the basic information of the Kuwait Fund and emphasized that the fund was established to provide fund and technical support and promote the economic and social development of the developing countries. The Kuwait expert group collected the relevant information and data for the project and formulated a loan agreement draft and a technical report of building and equipment installation of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College in the forms of data access, field visit and discussion and exchange. Zhang Zhigang, the vice director of the International Office of the Finance Department of Henan indicated that the regional economy development of Henan province and the rapid development of the rail transit industry required lots of technology and skill talents. As a core national vocational college, Zhengzhou Railway Vocational & Technical College would through the project construction, greatly improve the education and teaching conditions, effectively scale up the school-running, improve the quality of talents cultivation and increase the education level and social service capacity.
In the symposium, Su Dongmin, the secretary of the party committee of the school sincerely appreciated the guidance and assistance provided by the Kuwaiti experts, the superior leaders and each guest for the project construction and the Kuwaiti loan project was positive for increasing the international school-running level of the school, deeply blending the construction of “the Belt and Road”, and serving the opening-up strategy of the state. The school will continuously make full use of the characteristic advantages, constantly increase the school-running level and spare no efforts to create a “Fuxing Bullet Train” for the higher vocation education by taking the opportunity of the project construction. Wang Yu, the vice director of the Foreign Capital Office of the Henan Development and Reform Commission indicated that even though the vocational education of Henan province developed rapidly, it still faced the issue that insufficient capital was invested in the infrastructure and the teaching conditions of scientific research were behindhand. Therefore, the Kuwaiti loan project would effectively support the school construction to develop. It was believed that as guided by the experts in the project group, assistance must be provided to the school for modifying and perfecting the project construction scheme, increasing the project quality and scenically and effectively utilizing the loan.
In the summing-up meeting, the expert group of the Kuwait Fund thought highly of the on-site assessment. They considered that the project was technically sound and economically feasible. The construction project would bring good social benefits and economic benefits, be able to improve the teaching quality of vocational education, and increase the scientific research level of the railway industry. The Kuwait export group upon consensus indicated to fasten and drive the project to be implemented smoothly. Kong Fanshi, the president of our college pointed out that the school had a long history, set the majors comprehensively, made remarkable achievements, indicated obvious employee advantages, realized the virtuous circle of the international school-running in the aspects of scale, quality and benefit and obtained a high appraisal and extensive recognition from all sectors of society. The Kuwait loan project is greatly significant to the school. The school would fasten the project cooperation to be implemented and guarantee the loan project to be implemented and constructed well.
Upon the sufficient discussion and consensus of the Kuwait expert assessment group, the Henan Development and Reform Commission, the Finance Department of Henan and the school for the loan agreement (draft), the representative of the Kuwait assessment experts and the representative of the Ministry of Finance preliminarily signed and acknowledged the loan agreement (draft). Next, the school will carefully research and implement the feedback suggestion of the expert group, carry out various preparation works for the project construction and spare no pains to guarantee to the project to be implemented as soon as possible.
