Atraining course for senior Lao local government officials opened at the Yuelu Academy, Hunan Province on October 13. Xie Jianhui, executive deputy governor of Hunan Province, and Khamphoune Touphaythoune, vice governor of Savannakhet Province,attended and addressed the opening ceremony. Jiang Changzhong, director of the Hunan Department of Education, and Deng Wei, secretary of the CPC HNU Committee, attended. Xu Zhengxian, director of the Hunan Office of Foreign Affairs Commission, presided over the opening ceremony.
Vice Governor Xie Jianhui speaks at the opening ceremony.
Vice Governor Xie meets with Khamphoune Touphaythoune.
During the following ten days, twenty seniorLao local government officials will study at Hunan University. The training course was jointly organized by theChinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hunan Provincial People’s Government.
Xie Jianhui, executive deputy governor of Hunan Province, addresses the opening ceremony.
Xie Jianhui welcomed the Lao guests on behalf of the CPC Hunan Provincial committee and the Hunan Provincial People’s Government. She said that this year is the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Laos. Thebilateral ties are during the best period of development in history. In recent years, Hunan and Laos have strengthened cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, agriculture, tourism, culture and education and have achieved fruitful results. Xie added, the training course will further enhance friendship formutual development and trust. Hunan is willing to beef upwide-ranging, all-dimensional, andmulti-tier cooperation with Laosunder the consensus of building a China-Laos community with a shared future, and make more contributions to promoting economic and social development for both sides and implementing the "Action Plan for Building a China-Laos Community with a Shared Future".
Khamphoune Touphaythoune, vice governor of Savannakhet Province, addresses the opening ceremony.
Khamphoune Touphaythoune thanked the Hunan government for its assistance to Laos. He said that China is Laos'largest source of foreign investment and its largest donor country. He said this time Laos hoped to learnfrom Hunan’s effective poverty alleviation practices and push forward the China-Laos relationship constantly as a good neighbor, friend, comrade and partner.
Deng Wei, secretary of the CPC HNU Committee, delivers a welcoming address.
