Chinese government to train 30 South African officials in textile technology

In September 2013, during the South African Commodities Fair in Shanghai, China and South Africa signed an agreement for China to provide training on textile technologies to officials from the Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa over five years (培训纺织服装学员). In 2013, 30 South African trainees from South Africa's apparel production technology training class came to Minjiang College in Fujian province in October 2013 to conduct a 56-day training to improve their professional skills Under the framework laid out in the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, 102 South African professionals in various fields also received training in China in 2013 (described in #59939). On November 21, 2013, the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa held a reception for South African participants in training programs in China during the year 2013. More than 70 representatives of South African trainees to China, officials of the South African government, and officials of the United Nations agencies in South Africa attended the reception.

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