China through the eyes of Palestinian trainee of Chinese program

Rozan Khazendar, founder of a design company in Palestine, recalled her experience in a speech at the closing ceremony of an online seminar last year,, sponsored by the Chinese government.

Rozan, together with four other Palestinian representatives, was among 39 participants from a group of Arab states, including Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Sudan, and Tunisia.

Group photo of the attendees of a China-sponsored seminar on trade and investment facilitation.

Rozan said she developed a strong interest in China during her childhood, as her father was a merchant with long-term business connections with Chinese companies. In 2014, she started her own business and strove to build up cooperation with China.

She took the 14-day seminar as an opportunity to learn more about Chinese culture and trade, since there are few channels for her to search for information on the internet.

The participants attended more than 20 thematic lectures, discussions, virtual tours and visits, learning about China's experience and practice in facilitating trade and investment.

Rozan said she learned and benefited a lot from the seminar, finding the information she needed.

In her speech, Rozan also spoke highly of China's picturesque landscapes, traditional culture and customs, political system, laws and regulations, and its high-speed growth and contribution to the global economy, adding that China is a great nation.

Rozan Khazendar gives a thumb-up to China at the end of her speech.