On June 6, the client of the Xinhua News Agency issued a piece of news – African Students Are Learning to Drive A Train in China, in detail indicating the story of the driver students trained by our college for the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway accepting the electric locomotive internship in the Zhengzhou locomotive depot of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd.
In October, 2019, as an employee of CCECC-CREC JV Project Office, 34 Ethiopian students accepted the professional training about electric locomotive driving in our college. After 7-month theoretical study and training practice, they officially began the electric locomotive driving internship in the Zhengzhou locomotive depot of China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd. one by one. Upon they passed the training, they were going to be awarded the relevant certificate. After they went back to the country, they could take the position soon.
After the news was released, the social response was quite positive with more than 1.5 million views. The news was reproduced by Xinhua News, China Youth Net, Taihai Net, and WeChat Official Account of Chinese Railway.
Client of the Xinhua News Agency: The African students learn train driving in China
Xinhua News: The African students learn train driving in China
China Youth Net: The African students learn train driving in China
Taihai Net: The African students learn train driving in China
Chinese Railway: The African students learn train driving in China
