The IKCEST Training Programme for Silk Road Engineering Science and Technology Development & University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) Virtual Summer Courses 2020 was held from July 20th to August 15th, 2020. It was co-hosted by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) under the Auspices of UNESCO, University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) and Xi’an Jiaotong University, and was organized by IKCEST Silk Road Training Base. A total of 2599 students from universities of UASR, including universities in China, Egypt, Morocco, Cameroon, Pakistan, India, Vietnam and other  countries, registered for the workshop.

This programme lasted for 25 days. Some of the most experienced teachers from UASR designed the courses and gave eight lectures on the topics of State of the Art Sensor and Actuator Technology, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Research, Frontiers in Medicine, Frontiers in Energy, Environment & Power Engineering Research, Frontiers in Materials Research, Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism & Hospitality, Business Elite Lectures, Milano on the Silk Road. Covering many fields such as energy, chemistry, materials science, medicine, etc., this programme aims to help foreign students from Belt-road countries broaden their horizons and gain insights into the latest research results and development trends in related fields.

Up till recently, 75 sessions of IKCEST Training Programmes for Silk Road Engineering Science and Technology Development have been held by Silk Road Training Base, training more than 7,000 foreign students and staff from export-oriented Chinese Companies from over 100 countries. This training programme plays an important role in cultivating talents and promoting the Belt and Road Initiative. In the Meanwhile, it also made important contributions to the promotion of cultural, scientific, technological and educational exchanges as well as the economic and social development of European, Asian and African Belt-road countries and regions.