Start of Transportation of Tea Machine for the Nepal Poverty Alleviation Demonstration Village Project of Tea Workshop
On
the afternoon of March 12th, the ceremony for start of
transportation of tea machine in the Nepal Poverty Alleviation Demonstration
Village Project of Tea Workshop initiated by China Foundation for Rural
Development (CFRD) was held in Sichuan Dengyao Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. in
Leshan, Sichuan, China. Chen Yingli, Deputy Director General of Leshan Economic
Cooperation and Foreign Affairs Bureau, Mr. Chaman Singh Budahoki Maga, Deputy
Consul of the Consulate General of Nepal in Chengdu, Mr. Li Dengyao, Secretary
of the Party Branch and General Manager of Sichuan Dengyao Machinery Equipment
Co., Ltd., and Zou Zhiqiang, Director of the Nepal Office of China Rural
Development Foundation participated in the ceremony.
At
the ceremony, Director Zou Zhiqiang introduced CFRD and the project to guests
from China and other countries in details and expressed sincere appreciation to
the support and recognition from Leshan Economic Cooperation and Foreign
Affairs Bureau, Consulate General of Nepal in Chengdu and Sichuan Dengyao
Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. She said that this activity could not only give
Nepal a deeper understanding of Leshan, a beautiful city for tourism, and its
importance to tea industry base in China, but also further promote the spread
of tea industry knowledge and technology to Nepal and the effective implementation
of project in Nepal.
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Scene of the ceremony for start of transportation |
Deputy
Consul Maga expressed sincere appreciation to China and praised the contribution
to poverty alleviation in Nepal made by China Foundation for Rural Development
during the past 9 years in his speech. On the way to Leshan, he had a view of
the busy work picking spring tea and was greatly touched by the scene. He said
that it would be expected that tea farmers in Nepal could also be seen enthusiastic
in production. Deputy Consul Maga made an appeal that in the project, China
Foundation for Rural Development is supposed to focus on the technology training
to tea farmers in Nepal, make sure that the machine equipment transported to
Nepal gets sufficient utilization, help tea farmers improve the productivity indeed
and realize the purpose of creating wealth.
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Chaman
Singh Budahoki Maga, Deputy Consul of the Consulate General of Nepal in
Chengdu, made a speech |
Chen
Yingli, Deputy Director General of Leshan Economic Cooperation and Foreign
Affairs Bureau, wished a success on the transportation of tea machine for China
Foundation for Rural Development. She expected that through this project, the
friendship between China and Nepal could be strengthened and the development of
company, economic cooperation and mutual benefit of both sides could be
promoted. She also showed the willingness of Leshan to participate in “the Belt
and Road Initiative” project to support the international cooperation and
communication by taking practical actions and jointly promote the sustainable
development of rural areas around the world.
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Deputy Director General Chen Yingli made a speech |
Later
all representatives participating in the conference watched two promotional
videos respectively from Nepal Office in China Foundation for Rural Development
and Leshan Economic Cooperation and Foreign Affairs Bureau. Under the guidance
of Mr. Li Dengyao, Secretary of the Party Branch and General Manager of Sichuan
Dengyao Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd., they came to the workshop, observed the
tea machines to be transported to Nepal and cut the ribbon for the ceremony.
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Machine observation and ribbon-cutting ceremony |
Nepal
Poverty Alleviation Demonstration Village Project of Tea Workshop:
Nepalese
organic tea is popular around the world. However, for lack of modern planting
and processing technology, tea farmers live a tough life, and it is hard to
create wealth. Demonstration Village of Tea Workshop for Poverty Alleviation in
Nepal Project is one of the overseas rural revitalization innovation projects
for China Foundation for Rural Development in 2023. It concentrates on
improving the technology level and product quality in Nepalese tea industry. Through
the introduction of advanced tea processing equipment and technical guidance
from China, it helps improve the current situation of tea planting, picking and
making and the productivity and quality of tea for tea farmers in Nepal
effectively, increasing their income and promoting the local rural development.
Nuwakot Jintang Village as the pilot area of project is about to benefit more
than 160 tea farmers and cover the production capacity of nearly 300,000 tea
trees.