The 2019 edition of the Radio Programme Production and Transmission Technology for technicians and journalists from 10 developing countries, has opened in Beijing, China.
Forty participants were selected from Ghana, The Gambia, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Mauritius, Cuba, and Vanuatu among other countries.
The one-month training workshop is an annual event meant to enhance the capacities of technicians in the broadcasting space and give journalists an insight into what goes into radio and television programming and transmission.
Sponsored by the China Radio and Television (CRTV), the programme includes transmission site visits to give participants a first-hand experience into radio and television production.
The programme forms part of China’s cooperation with developing countries and to pull them along for their rapid growth in all spheres.
Opening the programme on Wednesday, Madam Han Ning, the Director of Training at the Ministry of Commerce, reassured of China’s commitment to the growth of developing countries.
According to her, “China is the biggest developing country” hence the need to collaborate and pull along her colleagues for a holistic global development.
Madam Ning said there was the need to build the human capital of developing countries to impact the rapid growth of their respective countries; and this, she said the programme was designed to achieve.
The General Manager of the Engineering Division of CRTV, He Dongbo, said the programme was a good platform to exchange ideas on how to develop the broadcasting industry, which he said was essential for rallying people for development.
“This would have effect on broadcasting in your respective countries,” he said and urged participants to give their all during their course and be more useful to their countries.
On behalf of the participants, Eyasim Mohamed Anwar, from Mauritius, expressed appreciation to the CRTV and underscored the importance of broadcasting and the impact the training workshop would have on the development of professionals for participating countries.
Mr Anwar urged participants to be good ambassadors of their countries so as not ruin the relations that exist between China and their countries, so that others could benefit from the programme.
A member of the four-man Ghanaian delegation, Augustus Newlove Acquaye, a producer and the Parliamentary Correspondent of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, was hopeful the training would enhance his knowledge in radio and television transmission, to better serve listeners of the state broadcaster.
