China Information Center of Daily Chemical Industry

Background

Sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technologyof the People's Republic of China, China ResearchInstitute of Daily Chemical Industry (hereinafterreferred to as RIDCI)organized the 2018 internationaltraining program for developing countries entitled by “Environment Friendly and Safety of Household Care Chemical Products Technical Training” during September1 to 20 in Taiyuan with the support of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Shanxi University, Shanxi Jinbo Bio-Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., and G North University of China, etc.

Introduction

As one of the important cooperation forms with foreign countries of Chinese government, different categories of international training programs have been hosted for several decades, for the benefit of strengthening the bilateral cooperation on science & technology between China and developing countries. In 2018, there have been totally 79 international training programs held in and outside of China, “Environment Friendly and Safety of Household Care Chemical Products Technical Training” is one of the workshops, and this year is the third time for RIDCI to host that, which is a professional state-owned research institute specialized in R & D of surfactant, detergent and cosmetics industries in China. The scholarly tour to China was aimed at offering participants basic knowledge of household care products and surfactants; delivering basic knowledge and theories about safety of household products and materials; makeing people understand the current situation and development trend of technology & market on household products and surfactants;discussing the potential cooperation with the relevant developing countries.

Group photo of participants

The program sent invitations to more than 50 target countries like Iran, Egypt,Sudan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan,Tajikistan,Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand,Vietnam,the Philippines, Bangladesh,Mongolia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, etc.After approval at all level, a total of 20 participants from 12 countries were finally accepted, namely, 2 Nigerian,1 Vietnamese,2 Pakistani, 1 Iranians, 2 Sudanese, 3 Bangladeshi, 2 Mongolians, 1 Moroccans,1 Malaysian, 1 Zambian, 2 Koreans and 2 Egyptians, among whom the majority was engaging in fields related to detergent or surfactant industry, except that some were doing agriculture work. All the participants should be qualified in post graduate or Ph.D.degree, or mastering rich experience in their own domain no matter from government,enterprises or universities.

Other activities

The curriculum included theory lectures and laboratory operations, company visiting and a trip. Specifically, the training set up eight technical courses, such as Get Benefits from China's Developing Experience;Review and Prospect of Chinese Surfactant Development; The Detergent Formulation Technology and The Cosmetic Formulation Technology; Introduction of Surfactant and Detergent Standard System in China;Surfactant and Biodegradation; Green Development of Surfactants in China;Current Situation and Development Trends of Detergent and Soap Market in China, etc.Meanwhile, a laboratory operation class was arranged to teach the participants to make daily-used cleaning products like handwash,shampoo and liquid detergent. At the same time, the organizer specially invited two well-known experts to give lectures, titled Development and Technology of Cleaning Products in China, Laundry Detergent Application and Technology.

Wang Wanxu, President of RIDCI, delivers an opening remark at opening ceremony

Cheng Ning, Vice President of RIDCI, delivers a closing remark at closing ceremony

In addition, two presentations about Chinese culture were delivered to participants for the purpose of making them have a comprehensive understanding of Chinese history and social humanity.The participants also showed great enthusiasm for studying that, and actively interacting with each other. In view of the different education levels of the participants, the curriculum provided information on the basic theories of detergents, surfactants and cosmetics, aiming to raising awareness about the safety of cleaning products and the importance of environmentally friendly household chemicals.

Program schedule

Sun Yongqiang, Vice President of RIDCI, presents a certificate to a participant at the closing ceremony

Yang Xiaoyi, Vice President of RIDCI, presents a souvenir to a participant at the closing ceremony

President of RIDCI, Mr. Wang Wanxu (middle) celebrates with the participants

The first stage of the international training program was held in Taiyuan for studying the relevant theoretical knowledge about detergent and surfactant. During the second stage,the group went to Xi'an to visit Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (SUST), a well-known university in the field of light industry. Then, the team visited two representative universities in Shanxi (Shanxi University and North University of China). Specifically, when the participants stayed in Taiyuan, they also visited the organizer RIDCI, including National Engineering Research Center for Surfactants, National Center of Quality Supervision and Testing for Detergents, China Standardization Center for Surfactant/Detergent and China Information Center of Daily Chemical Industry.These site visits were organized to enable the participants to get more exposure on the new technologies that were deployed by the Chinese companies. In order to make the foreign participants have a pleasant stay in China,the organizer especially arranged Halal food and Muslim temple for praying in advancein terms of the religion belief. During the leisure time, the group also paid visits to some typical historical sites of China,such as Shanxi Museum, the old city of Yuci, Terra-Cotta Warriors, etc., so that the paticipants would have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery and splendid culture of China, to understand her social humanities and deeply feel the great achievements made in the modernization era.

Other activities

During the period of 2018 international training program, RIDCI also organized Chinese and overseas participants communication on technical training,aiming at enhancing the interaction between foreign participants and Chinese expertise,discussing the hot topic about the field. Part of the participants delivered the speeches.Mr. Mehrez Elsayed Elsayed Elnaggar from Egypt National Research Center, hoped to take this training as an opportunityto collaborate with RIDCI to expand its business; Mr. Mohammad Israil Hossain from Eco-leban Bangladesh, expressed appreciation for the achievements made in R & D and production of Chinese household chemicals, and was very much willing to see the cooperation on specific projects between the two partiesin the future; Dr.Nandintsetseg Davaapurev from Mongolian University of Life Science wanted to join the Editorial Board of China Detergent &Cosmetics, the first English journal about household & personal carechemicals in China; Mrs. Uche Lizzy Arinze-Nwosu from Raw Materials Research and Development Council(Nigeria) initially reached a cooperation intention with a cosmetics company in Shanxi Province through this international training program; Mr. Seyed Mahmud Samadpur from Agricultural and Resource University of Iran, put forward his ideas on a series of activities on academic exchange with RIDCI, hoping it could be conducted in the near future for learning from each other.

Participants listen to speeches

Academic exchange

Participants express discuss

Dr. Mehrez from Egypt gives a speech at academic conference

Participants visit Shaanxi University of Science & Technology

Participants visit China Light Industry Museum

Participants visit Taiyuan Origin Water Co. Ltd.

Participants visit Shanxi Jinbo Bio-Pharmaceutical Co., LTD

Participants visit North University of China

Participants visit Shanxi University

Summary

Academic exchange in Shanxi University

Academic exchange in Shaanxi University of Science & Technology

The 20-day study tour was indeed very informative and the objectives set out were to expose the participants via esperiential learning lectures. Potential cooperation between China and recipient countries will mainly be manifested in aspects such as technology exchange,personnel training and exchange of academicvisits,product sharing, market development and sales. All parties need to communicate with each other andanalyze the specific pros and cons of each side before starting cooperation. The focus will be on technology development and marketing sales of environment friendly products with good safety performance. This is to meet the demand and supply in global market and to comply with the basic concept of sustainable development to achieve the goal of win-win.The successful hosting of 2018 international training program on Environment Friendly and Safety of Household Care Chemical Products Technical Training won the professional guidance and strong supports from Chinese government. The 2018 international training program was held for the third time by RIDCI. It accomplished all the tasks efficiently and was fully praised by all foreign participants. This was the great efforts made by all parties. It needed to conscientiously review and summarize the merits and deficiencies, so as to further improveits general level. Due to the different research backgrounds and professional standards of participants, it was unavoidable that a unified explanation would not be able to meet the needs of all the participants.Therefore, according to the feedback from participants, it was necessary to analyze the exchange method and try to use grouping discussion to make up for this shortcoming.

Participants visit National Cleaning Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Taiyuan)

Successful study tour in RIDCI lab for the participants

Participants visit 2018 China (Taiyuan) International Energy Industry Exposition

Participants visit the Terra-Cotta Warriors

This sojourn to China proved to be an eye-opening experience for participants who found the tour beneficial for their careers and educational on a personal level.