The 107^th IKCEST Training Programme for Silk Road Engineering Science and Technology Development was held from Dec. 6^th to 31^th, 2021. It was co-hosted by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) under the Auspices of UNESCO, and Xi’an Jiaotong University, and was co-organized by the IKCEST Silk Road Training Base. 207 trainees from Thailand participated in this training programme. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this training programme was held online.

Themed on Big Data, the following lectures are included: Introduction to Big Data and Deep learning, From Quarantine to Cloud Computing, Introduction to Machine Learning，Frontier of Cloud - Green Data Center, Network Representation Learning and Its Applications, Introduction to Big Data Platforms and Applications of Big Data Technology and etc. 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, 107 sessions of IKCEST Training Programmes for Silk Road Engineering Science and Technology Development have been held by Silk Road Training Base, training more than 11,000 foreign students from over 100 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.

The International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (shortened as “IKCEST”) is a category II centre under the auspices of UNESCO. IKCEST was established on June 2, 2014. The Chinese Academy of Engineering is responsible for the operation and management of the IKCEST. IKCEST aims to provide knowledge-based services at global scale in the form of consultancies, scientific research and education for policy-makers and engineering science and technology professionals in the world, with particular reference to the developing countries. In February 2017, based in Xi'an Jiaotong University, IKCEST Silk Road Training Base was established, which aims to train more engineering and technological talents for Belt-Road countries.