Chinese Government finances the International Training Course for the Promotion of China's Desert Control Technology in Gansu in 2007 (Linked to Record ID#85615)

In 2007, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) tasked the Gansu Desert Control Research Institute, a Chinese sand control research institution, with organizing two international training courses on sand control, the International Training Course on Ecological Construction and Sustainable Development Technology in Arid Areas (captured by linked Record ID#85615) and the International Training Course for the Promotion of China's Desert Control Technology (captured by this project).

For both of these training courses, the Chinese Government covered all costs of training, provided a stipend for the trainees, and, if necessary, paid for the trainees' international travel expenses.

The Gansu Desert Control Research Institute hosted the International Training Course for the Promotion of China's Desert Control Technology in the Gansu Province.

The training course featured at least 25 government officials and technicians from 18 African countries, including Egypt, Nigeria, and Tanzania.

The one-month long training course sought to teach trainees the basic theories and practices of sand control and desertification.

The course also intended to teach students would learn how to choose the best plants for desert management and how to construction windbreak forests. The training included lectures and practical training, as well as field trips in Gansu and neighboring provinces.

The precise implementation dates are unknown; however, it is known that students from the training course visited a desert control site in Minqin County, Gansu in August 2007.