The 87th IKCEST Training Programme for Silk Road Engineering Science and Technology Development was held online from October 1st to 15th, 2020. It was co-hosted by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (shortened as “IKCEST”) under the Auspices of UNESCO, Xi’an Jiaotong University, and was organized by IKCEST Silk Road Training Base. 124 students from Thailand participated in this training programme.

There were two themes on this training programme, which are “Molecular Biology” and “Medical Humanities”. The lectures of “Molecular Biology” were The material basis of genetic information, From gene to chromosomes DNA replication, DNA mutation and repair, Transcription in prokaryotes, RNA splicing and Regulation of gene expression after Transcription and From mRNA to protein, translation. The following lectures were included in “Medical Humanities”: Practices of Doctor-patient Communication, Medical Aesthetics, Clinical Decision-making and Doctor-patient Empathy, How to Become an Excellent Medical Student, Career Planning and Professional Quality as a Doctor, Jurisprudence of Medicine, Medical Humanities and Dissemination, Medical Imaging Technology and Nobel Prize, Medical Science and Humanities.

A combined approach of video-on-demand (shortened as VOD) study, online discussion and after-class practicing were employed in the online training. The students freely arranged the learning schedule to complete online learning tasks, and had active discussion during the training.

Up till recently, 87 sessions of IKCEST Training Programmes for Silk Road Engineering Science and Technology Development have been held by Silk Road Training Base, training more than 9,000 foreign students from 115 countries and staff from some export-oriented Chinese Companies. 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 economic and social development of European, Asian and African Belt-road countries and regions.