China sponsors FSM officials to attend China's Human Resource Development Program in 2009

As of June 2009, China has offered 46 training courses to FSM in various fields to assist the FSM in its capacity-building efforts under the Chinese 2009 Human Resource Development Program.

The training is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, and undertaken by the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.