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CNPC Holds Strong Competitions in Arabic and Chinese

Posted on Thursday, June 03   by admin
Contenders Demonstrated Fierce Contest
Khartoum – Shadia Basheri

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, one of world's major oilfield service providers and a globally reputed contractor in engineering construction, has organized a major competition for Arabic and Chinese speaking individuals from both Sudan and China within the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Khartoum Refinery.

This unique competition for giving speech in Arabic and Chinese by both contenders symbolizes the historic, political, economic and cultural relations between the two nations.

In collaboration with Sudan's Ministry of Energy, CNPC set specific conditions for the competition: the contender should be attractive, good at giving speech, understanding questions probably, flexible and able to get his/her speech across to the audience and should stick to the subject.

The finals, held at the Friendship Hall, were attended by former State Minister for Ministry of Energy, Angelina Teny, manager of CNPC in Khartoum, the Secretary-General of Ministry of Energy, and Saadadin Al-Bashir Deputy Manager of Petrodar; besides Muawia Ibrahim, from Ministry of Social Welfare, and NCPC and Khartoum Refinery personnel; University of Khartoum students taking part in the competition, journalists, and Intisar Sagairoun, the Dean of University of Khartoum, College of Arts.

Twelve contenders, 6 Chinese and other 6 Sudanese, competed in the finals. The theme of the competitions mainly focused on bilateral relations between the two countries, culture, history and landmarks. The contenders were given the opportunity to visit the two states.

Mohammed Asadig of Sudan, came first with 9. 92 points, and Ma Tum, from China came with 9. 91 points while the second place went to Awab Adam and Omar Abdallah, from Sudan, each scoring 9. 88 points. The third place went to Omar Abdurahim with 9. 74, and Hai Hu, from China with 9. 6 points.

Former State Minister for Energy, Angelina Teny said that the competitions provided the opportunity to get acquainted with the cultures of the two brotherly nations and popular languages in both countries as well the official languages Chinese in China and Arabic in Sudan. She congratulated all contenders on efforts they exerted during the competitions, expressing her hope that women in both countries will be given a chance to take part in future contests.

Teny praised the Chinese contenders who gave speech in Arabic for their good command and fluency in the language. She noted that the diplomatic relations with China, which has begun since independence, has developed into economic, political, social and later cultural relations, calling for further similar competitions to promote Chinese and Arabic in both countries.

Congratulating the winners, the Chinese Ambassador to Khartoum, said the contest was held within the framework of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Khartoum Refinery, describing the event as great and first of its kind.

Hamad Aneel Abdulgadir, head of the panel, said the competition was aimed at plain and simple Arabic despite the Chinese contenders spoke in classical Arabic, which was hard for many Sudanese to understand; however, he hailed their ability to speak native-like Arabic.

"I have studied Chinese at the university of Khartoum, College of Arts, and was provided with opportunity by the Chinese government to visit and stay in China for a month to practice the language with the people there," remarked Omar Abdallah Mohamed, a third-year student of Chinese language at the College of Arts, University of Khartoum. "I thank the Chinese company for the opportunity and wish to visit China again," he said. 

"I studied Chinese at Khartoum University and was granted a one-year scholarship to study in Chinese. I love this language and can now speak it as fluent as Arabic language," said Abdallah Mohamed Ali, learning Chinese at the University of Khartoum.
The Sudan Khartoum Refinery Company is a petroleum company in Sudan, abbreviated as KRC, based in Khartoum State, 70 kilometers north of capital Khartoum, was founded in 1997 and began operations in 2000. The company is 90% owned by the Sudanese government's Ministry of Energy & Mining (MEM) and 10% owned by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is a world-leading integrated international energy company with businesses covering oil and gas upstream and downstream operations, oilfield services, engineering and construction, petroleum material and equipment manufacturing and supply, capital management, finance and insurance services, new energy operations.

(Extracted By Sean)