Liu Yanhong

China Information Center of Daily Chemical Industry, China

Background

Sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, China Research Institute of Daily Chemical Industry (hereinafter referred to as RIDCI) organized the 2017 international training program for developing countries entitled by"Environment Friendly and Safety of Household Care Chemical Products Technical Training" during September 5 to 22 in Taiyuan and Beijing with the support of the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Pakistan in China and the Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in China, Nafine Chemical Co., Ltd., Reward Group, Beijing LvSan Chemistry Co., Ltd., School of Science of Beijing Technology and Business University, and Guangzhou Coski Cleaning Products Co., Ltd.

President Wang Wanxu of RIDCI begins opening remark at opening ceremony

Introduction

As one of the important cooperation forms with foreign countries of Chinese government, different categories of international training programs have been hosted for several decades, for the benefit of strengthening the bilateral cooperation on science & technology between China and developing countries. In 2017, there have been totally 67 international training programs held in and outside of China, “Environment Friendly and Safety of Household Care Chemical Products Technical Training”is one of the workshops, and this year is the second time for RIDCI to host that, which is a professional state-owned research institute specialized in R & D of surfactant, detergent and cosmetics industries in China.

The objective of this program aims to spread basic concept of household care chemical products and surfactants; to deliver basic knowledge and theories about safety of household products and materials; to make people understand the current situation and development trend of technology & market on household products and surfactants; to discuss the potential cooperation with the relevant developing countries.

Participants visit Beijing Technology and Business University

The program sent invitations to more than 50 target countries like Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan,Tajikistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam,the Philippines, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Zimbabwe,Nigeria, etc. After approval at all level, a total of 20 participants from 10 countries were finally accepted,namely, 3 Mongolians, 3 Bangladeshi, 3 Iranians, 2 Egyptians, 2 Koreans, 2 Indonesian, 2 Pakistani, 1 Thai, 1 Filipinos, and 1 Zimbabwean, among whom the majority was engaging in fields related to detergent or surfactant industry, except that some were doing agriculture work.All the participants should be qualified in postgraduate or Ph.D. degree, or mastering rich experience in their own domain no matter from government, enterprises or universities.

Curriculum design

The curriculum included theory lectures and laboratory operations, company visiting and a trip. Specifically,the training set up eight technical courses, such as Get Benefits from China’s Developing Experience; Review and Prospect of Chinese Surfactant Development; The Detergent Formulation Technology and The Cosmetic Formulation Technology; Introduction of Surfactant and Detergent Standard System in China; Surfactant and Biodegradation; Green Development of Surfactants in China; Current Situation and Development Trends of Detergent and Soap Market in China, etc. Meanwhile,a laboratory operation class was arranged to teach the participants to make daily-used cleaning products like handwash, shampoo and liquid detergent. At the same time, the organizer specially invited three wellknown experts to give lectures, titled Global Nonanimal-testing Policy and Methods for Cosmetics and Chemicals, Development and Technology of Washing Products in China, Laundry Detergent Application and Technology.

Prof. Li Qiuxiao of RIDCI gives a lecture

Study tour in RIDCI lab for the participants

In addition, two presentations about Chinese culture were delivered to participants for the purpose of making them have a comprehensive understanding of Chinese history and social humanity. The participants also showed great enthusiasm for studying that, and actively interacting with each other. In view of the different education levels of the participants, the curriculum provided information on the basic theories of detergents, surfactants and cosmetics,aiming to raising awareness about the safety of cleaning products and the importance of environmentally friendly household chemicals.

Program schedule

The first stage of the international training program was held in Taiyuan for studying the relevant theoretical knowledge about detergent and surfactant; then the team visited Nafine Chemical Co., Ltd., an famous enterprise in the field of detergent in China. During the second stage, the group went to Beijing to visit two well-known corporations and a representative university. Specifically,when the participants stayed in Taiyuan, they also visited the organizer RIDCI, including National Engineering Research Center for Surfactants, National Center of Quality Supervision and Testing for Detergents, China Standardization Center for Surfactant/Detergent and China Information Center of Daily Chemical industry.These site visits were organized to enable the participants to get more exposure on the new technologies that were deployed by the Chinese companies.

Participants visit Nafine Chemical Co., Ltd.

Participants visit Reward Group

In order to make the foreign paticipants have a pleasant stay in China, the organizer especially arranged Hala food and Muslim temple for praying in advance in terms of the religion belief. During the leisure time,the group also paid visits to some typical historical sites of China, such as Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, Hukou Waterfalls, the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, etc., so that the paticipants would have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery and splendid culture of China, to understand her social humanities and deeply feel the great achievements made in the modernization era.

Participants visit the Great Wall

Other activities

During the period of 2017 international training program, RIDCI also organized One Belt One Road Forum on International Daily Chemical Industry(Taiyuan), aiming at enhancing the interaction between foreign participants and Chinese expertise, discussing the heat topic about the field. Part of the representatives delivered the speeches. Mrs. Maya Rosmarini from the company of PT TOTAL CHEMINDO LOKA, Indonesia,hoped to take this training as an opportunity to collaborate with RIDCI to expand its business; Managers from Mongolia World Organic Foods LLC initially reached a cooperation intention with a cosmetics company in Shanxi Province through this international training program; Mr. Adrian Fernandez Begonia from Sanitary Care Products (ASIA), Philippines, expressed appreciation for the achievements made in R & D and production of Chinese household chemicals, and was very much willing to see the cooperation on specific projects between the two parties in the future; Mrs.Somporn Jairakphun from Udon Thani Rajabhat University of Thailand, put forward her ideas on a series of activities on academic exchange with RIDCI, hoping it could be conducted in the near future for learning from each other.

Participants are being awarded certificates

Summary

The 20-day theoretical study of this international training course is of far-reaching significance. Potential cooperation between China and recipient countries will mainly be manifested in aspects such as technology exchange, personnel training and exchange of academic visits, product sharing, market development and sales.

All parties need to communicate with each other and analyze the specific pros and cons of each side before starting cooperation. The focus will be on technology development and marketing sales of environmental friendly products with good safety performance. This is to meet the demand and supply in global market and to comply with the basic concept of sustainable development to achieve the goal of win-win.

Participants visit Beijing LvSan Chemistry Co., Ltd.

The successful hosting of 2017 international training program on Environment Friendly and Safety of Household Care Chemical Products Technical Training won the professional guidance and strong supports from Chinese government. At the closing ceremony, Dr. Ata ur Rahman, the Counselor for Science and Technology of the Embassy of Pakistan in China,attended the event and made a speech by appreciating for the helps that the participants received during the training period. Due to the work schedule,although other embassy officials failed to attend the closing ceremony, they also expressed their deep concern and wished the training course to be successful.

Vice President Cheng Ning of RIDCI presents a certificate to the participant at the closing ceremony

The 2017 international training program was held for the second time by RIDCI. It accomplished all the tasks efficiently and was fully praised by all foreign participants. This was the great efforts made by all parties. It needed to conscientiously review and summarize the merits and deficiencies, so as to further improve its general level. Due to the different research backgrounds and professional standards of participants, it was unavoidable that a unified explanation would not be able to meet the needs of all the participants.Therefore, according to the feedback from participants, it was necessary to analyze the exchange method and try to use grouping discussion to make up for this shortcoming.