Celebrating 100th anniversary of CPC | China’s training course drives modernization of Ethiopian railway operation

The Ethiopia-Djibouti electric railway is the first transnational electrified railroad in Africa and an important achievement in carrying out 10 major China-Africa cooperative projects.

In order to improve the operation and management capacity of the railway and help Ethiopia cultivate a railroad operation and maintenance workforce, the Chinese government arranged three training sessions for more than 200 workers on railway operation in Ethiopia under the China-aid Human Resource Development Cooperation Program. 

The training sessions last for 120 days in total with focuses on railway related maintenance, train and traffic operations, and on-site management, operation and maintenance.

The trainees not only learned technical theories of railroad operation, accumulated practical experience and enhanced their railroad operation and management ability during the training, but also gained a profound understanding of the Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Africa community with a shared future, and eventually became promoters of China-Africa friendship.