By ASEAN-China Centre （ACC）

ACC Secretary-General Attended the Vocational Equipment Handover Ceremony

By ASEAN-China Centre （ACC）

On 27 June 2016， the Vocational Equipment Handover Ceremony to Myanmar was held in Letpadan Governmental Technical Institution （GTI） in Bago， Myanmar. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping，Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre （ACC）， U Kyaw Zwa Soe， Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Myanmar， U Maung Maung Lwin， Head of Municipal and Society Administration of Bago， U Sein Win Aung， Chairman of Myanmar China Friendship Association （MCFA）， Mr. Peng Fang， Vice Chairman of China-Myanmar Friendship Association （CMFA）， Mr. Tian Shanting， Cultural Counsellor of Chinese Embassy in Myanmar， Ms. Zhu Zhiyan， Manager of International Department of Yalong Company， U Min Min Oo，President of Letpadan GTI， GTI students and faculty attended the ceremony.

Guests from Myanmar expressed their gratitude to ACC， CMFA， Yalong Company and Chinese Embassy of Myanmar in their speech， stated that the Handover Ceremony was a signifi cant step in supporting Myanmar's local development and vocational education. They believed it would further promote Myanmar-China educational exchange and cooperation as well as build a closer bilateral friendship. U Maung Maung Lwin hoped that GTI would make good use of the vocational equipment donated by Chinese enterprises， and train more technical talents to support local SMEs. U Kyaw Zwa Soe mentioned that the Ministry of Education of Myanmar attached great importance to vocational education. They looked forward to enhancing exchanges and cooperation with China and training more technical talents so as to support Myanmar's social and economic development. U Sein Win Aung said that the Handover was benefi cial to promoting Myanmar-China cooperation in the area of vocational education， and it should be included in the friendly history between the two countries. He further added that joint efforts between ACC， CMFA， and MCFA would reinforce bilateral cooperation in the fields of education， culture， tourism， health， etc.， and contribute to the well-being of the peoples of Myanmar and China.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping briefed on ACC's role and function and its work in promoting the ASEANChina educational exchange and cooperation. She stated that China and ASEAN countries were at the critical stage of economic development. In order to further realize the integration of ASEAN Community and speed up Chinese economic transformation， both sides are faced with increasing need of high-quality technical talents. ACC is willing to join hands with all walks of life to enhance intercollegiate exchanges， student mobility， teacher training and school-enterprise cooperation， so as to elevate the China-Myanmar and ASEAN-China relations to a new level.

Mr. Peng Fang said， the Handover was a joint effort between governments， international organizations， nongovernment institutions and enterprises from China and Myanmar. It serves as a great model of China-Myanmar educational exchanges and would bring long-term benefi ts to the teachers and students from Myanmar. He hoped that the equipment could be fully utilized to help them grasp the professional skills， and thus to contribute to Myanmar's social-economic development. The Cultural Counsellor of Chinese Embassy of Myanmar Mr. Tian Shanting stated that the Handover is a key result of China-Myanmar cooperation in the area of vocational education. The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar would like to take this opportunity of the ongoing China-Myanmar Network of Sister Schools， coordinate with related parties in providing long-term support to schools such as GTI， and financing more ASEAN students to study in China. All these actions would lay an even more solid foundation for China-Myanmar educational exchanges and cooperation. Manager of International Department of Yalong Company Ms. Zhu Zhiyan said Yalong Company would continue to support the development of Myanmar and other ASEAN Countries in the area of vocational education. They hoped to deepen ASEAN-China educational relations by supporting relevant schools to train more technical talents.

After the ceremony， the guests viewed the equipment after installation and listened to the briefi ng on equipment usage pattern. Yalong Company donated 10 sets of vocational equipment with a total value of 1 million yuan. The equipments were respectively installed in three vocational education institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Education of Myanmar and could meet the requirements for more than 600 people. In order to ensure the effi cient operation of the equipment， Yalong Company had conducted a one-month training course for 20 teachers from Myanmar in China.