On January 9, Tanzanian Ambassador to China Mr. Khamis Mussa Omar, Minister Zainabu Zuberi Massoro, and their delegation visited our college, accompanied by Liu Xin, Director of the Asia-Africa Division of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Henan Provincial Party Committee. Both parties held a working meeting on Sino-Tanzanian railway transportation education cooperation. Tian Daomin, Secretary of the Party Committee, delivered a welcome speech, and President Ma Yuxia presided over the meeting. Vice President Li Fusheng and heads of relevant departments attended the meeting.
In his speech, Tian Daomin stated that China and Tanzania share a profound traditional friendship. In recent years, exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in politics, economy, and culture have deepened, bringing numerous opportunities and momentum for development. As a railway-specialized institution, Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College has actively participated in the Belt and Road Initiative, undertaking training and maintenance projects for technical personnel on five overseas railways, including the Tanzania-Zambia Railway. The college has developed over 200 international vocational standards, resources, and equipment, trained more than 3,300 overseas local students, and co-established four Zhan Tianyou Institutes and three training centers with overseas universities, including Tanzania's National Institute of Transport. Moving forward, the college will actively implement the Ten Cooperation Plans between China and Africa, solidly promote the construction of the Sino-Tanzanian Zhan Tianyou Institutes and the Future of Africa—China-Africa TVET Cooperation Program, and contribute to the inclusive development of the Belt and Road railway transportation industry.
Khamis Mussa Omar stated that Tanzania established friendly relations with China as early as the 1960s, and Tanzanians have long regarded the Chinese people as good friends and partners. He highly praised ZZRVTC's outstanding achievements in internal development and international cooperation, noting that the Tanzanian government is currently committed to building the country into a demonstration zone for innovative economic and social cooperation between Africa and China. He expressed willingness to actively promote cooperation in various fields, including infrastructure construction and vocational education training. He welcomed Chinese vocational colleges to conduct technical skills training in Tanzania and pledged strong support for the construction of the Sino-Tanzanian Zhan Tianyou Institutes.
Ma Yuxia expressed gratitude to Khamis Mussa Omar for his concern and support for the construction of the Zhan Tianyou Institutes. She emphasized that the ambassador's special visit to the college would further promote in-depth exchanges and cooperation between China and Tanzania in the field of railway vocational education. The college will take this visit as an opportunity to further consolidate the friendship between Chinese and Tanzanian institutions, deepen cooperation, expand collaboration areas, and cultivate more high-level local railway technical and skilled talents overseas, contributing positively to building a closer China-Africa community with a shared future.
After the meeting, Khamis Mussa Omar and his delegation visited the college's comprehensive rail transit training base, WorldSkills training base, railway safety education center, and EMU intelligent driving training center. They highly appreciated the college's advanced teaching concepts and training conditions.
