5月16日上午，继续教育学院事业发展中心雅西博士带团对尼日尔驻华大使馆进行了友好访问，随行人员包括国际培训中心焦洁丽和中石油尼日尔石油技术与管理官员培训班学员共8人。尼日尔驻华大使Inoussa先生及教育参赞Haladou先生参加了此次会面，并进行了热情的接待。
Inoussa先生精通中国文化，会谈中表示在华的石油技术与管理官员培训班给了尼日尔学员一次难得的培训机会，希望他们努力学习，增强对中国的了解，珍惜此次培训机会。中国石油大学（北京）继续教育学院雅西博士对学校及学院的培训工作做了简要介绍，同时提到继续教育学院是一个非常良好的教育平台，增强了海内外石油行业的沟通，拥有覆盖石油专业领域的科学、技术、工程、管理、环境、语言等诸多培训项目。学院的培训服务还可以根据各种需求提供给生活在不同地域的中国人和国外人。会谈中还计划由学校与尼日尔驻华大使馆签订“战略合作协议”，以此让更多需要相关教育培训的尼日尔学员获得更大的收益。教育参赞haladou先生在会谈中也表示希望进一步深入了解中国石油大学（北京）继续教育学院的情况，建立长期联络，进而促进中国和尼日尔在文化、科技等领域的深入合作。
会议结束后，继续教育学院雅西博士诚挚邀请尼日尔驻华大使Inoussa先生及教育参赞Haladou先生等相关人员在方便的时候前往中国石油大学（北京）参观考察，为两国学员提高专业能力、科技水平和管理知识提供新的机遇。
走访尼日尔驻华大使馆是中国石油大学（北京）继续教育学院服务“一带一路”国家战略的一项重要工作，也是我院落实学校“十三五”规划树立国际品牌的重要举措，必将为学院的全球化运作带来积极深远的意义。
H.E. the Nigerien ambassador, Mr. Inoussa Moustapha and the Nigerien Academic & Cultural Attaché Dr. Haladou Abdou
A separate meeting: The Nigerien Academic & Cultural Attaché Dr. Haladou Abdou and Dr.Yasir.
CES Meeting @ the Embassy of Niger in Beijing: An Unforgettable Talk!
The Continuing Education School of China Petroleum University (Beijing) Paid a Friendly Visit to the Niger Embassy in Beijing
On 16th May 2016, in the morning, a delegation from China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Continuing Education School, Dr. Yasir representing the Business Development Center and Mrs. Jelly, the training manager assistant, have accompanied the first trainees group from Nigerien Ministry of Energy & Petroleum to visit the Niger Embassy in Beijing which located in Sanlitun, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
H.E. the ambassador, Mr. Inoussa Moustapha who has a good command of Chinese very warmly welcomed all of the gusts, he emphasize the excellent opportunity of Nigerien trainees that they have and advised them to exert as much of effort they could, be focused on study and follow the scheduled training classes with at most enthusiastic spirit. Next, the Business Development Center representative director, Dr. Yasir made a brief introduction about the available training programs at CUPB; he presented an outline about the Continuing Education School (CES) as an extremely well-organized platform in the areas of vocational training, e.g. education, science, technology, engineering, management and leadership, languages, modern management and innovative systems, environment and energy alternatives and other novel programs. He added that such training services can be made available to the Nigerien community in China as well as Nigerien people abroad; in which the capabilities of CES allow the time and place of classrooms not be fixed but both can be flexible according to the need of the trainees. A last comment on a "long-term training contract" has been discussed so that the trainees can enjoy the benefit of budget cut.
On the other hand, the Nigerien Academic & Cultural Attaché Dr. Haladou Abdou hosted a separate short meeting in his office with Dr.Yasir. The main items discussed were as follows: (1) The embassy needs time to look on the materials provided by the Business Development Center of CES; (2) Before responding, another meeting between both sides is preferred; and (3) The Nigerien Academic & Cultural Attaché assured to permanently keep in touch with CES on the subject matter.
