On August 19, 2026, the Overseas Training Course on Operation and Maintenance of China-Invested and Constructed Projects for Vanuatu successfully concluded in Port Vila. Counsellor Chen Zongwei of the Chinese Embassy in Vanuatu and Stéphane Bong, Deputy Secretary of the Office of the Public Service Commission in Vanuatu, attended the ceremony and delivered remarks.Academic Principal of Malapoa College, Mr. Joe Timothy,shared his learning experience on behalf of the participants.

Counsellor Chen said that over the past two weeks, the participants had enhanced their practical skills in project operation and maintenance through classroom-based theoretical learning, field visits to project sites, and hands-on training in the use of professional testing equipment. The training helped build practical technical capacity for project maintenance in Vanuatu. He expressed hope that the participants would become “guardians” of project safety, “seed sowers” of local technical expertise, and “ambassadors” of friendship between China and Vanuatu, contributing to the long-term safe operation of projects and the deepening of friendship between the two countries.

The Vanuatu side expressed its appreciation for the support that China had consistently provided to Vanuatu, noting that this training represented an important outcome of the deepening cooperation between the two countries in the fields of human resources development and capacity building. The Vanuatu side looked forward to further deepening and broadening cooperation with China in the future.

At the completion ceremony, the Chinese side presented the participants with certificates of completion and Bian embroidery folding fans as commemorative gifts.