On April 12, the handover ceremony of China-Pakistan Friendship Middle School donated by China Machine Group Engineering Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SINOMACH, was held in the village of DHANNI, Pakistan. The relevant person in charge of the China-based group attended the ceremony. The village representatives of villagers from DHANNI village where the school is located, and primary and middle school students More than two hundred people spontaneously participated in the handover ceremony. The China-based group also donated schoolbags, popular science books and other school supplies.
The China-Pakistan Friendship Middle School is about 35KM from Pakistan's NJ hydropower project camp built by the China-based Group. It is located in the DHANNI village in the northeastern part of Kashmir capital, Muzaffarabad City. It covers an area of about 10,000 square meters. The students share the only six classrooms. Sometimes they have to move in one classroom in two or three grades, and some even in the corridor. After the renovation, the new school houses a total of 18 houses (including 12 classrooms and multiple classroom offices. And a conference room), which can accommodate up to 400 students in 12 classes, greatly improving the school's scale of schooling, which greatly facilitates the enrolment of school-age children in many nearby villages.
When the China-Pakistan Friendship Middle School is completed and put into use, it will effectively solve the problem of the long-term lack of local education resources and help improve local people's livelihood. It will also become a model project for the Chinese enterprises to promote the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan.
Han Xiaojun, secretary of the Party Committee of the Zhongjian Group, received a joint interview with the Xinhua News Agency, the People's Daily and the local media. He said that due to the serious destruction of the original school building in the 2005 South Asia earthquake and the lack of funds, it has not been effectively repaired. To ensure the earthquake resistance of the new school building, the Sinopec Group conducted in-depth research and detailed comparisons during design, and purchased the best quality construction materials from both domestic and foreign markets to ensure that the earthquake resistance of the new campus reached the 8th level.