Chinese company eyes more petroleum cooperation with Egypt

STORY: Chinese company eyes more petroleum cooperation with Egypt DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Cairo 2. various shots of Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El-Molla, meeting with Chairman of North Petroleum International Corporation (NPIC), Wang Yuetao STORYLINE: China's North Petroleum International Company (NPIC) is eager to expand its operations in Egypt's oil and gas sector, according to a meeting between the company's chairman, Wang Yuetao, and Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El-Molla. The meeting, which took place on Wednesday, discussed ways to increase cooperation between NPIC and the Egyptian petroleum sector. NPIC, a subsidiary of China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd, has already been operating in Egypt since 2014 and is involved in research, exploration, and production of oil and gas in both the Eastern and Western Desert through the Egypti

Egypt launches pilot program to teach Chinese in middle schools

STORY: Egypt launches pilot program to teach Chinese in middle schools DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. Zhang Tao, charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Egypt, speaking through a video message 3. various of guests attending the ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE(Arabic): MOHAMED MEGAHED, Egypt's deputy minister of Education and Technical Education 5. various of guests attending the ceremony STORYLINE: A ceremony was held at the Confucius Institute of Cairo University on Sunday to launch a pilot program for teaching the Chinese language in Egyptian middle schools and a training program for Egyptian teachers. Zhang Tao, charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Egypt, said in a video message that 12 public middle schools in Egypt would be included in the pilot program. Zhang said that in September 2020, China and Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding to teach Chinese as an optional second foreign language in Egypti