Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (third from right), president of Mali, took part in a handover ceremony of a vocational skills training center constructed by SIPPR Engineering Group, a subsidiary of Sinomach, in Bamako, the Malian capital, on July 5. Construction of the center started on Dec 18, 2016, and the building consists of 29 classrooms and 34 offices and workshops. [Photo/sippr.cn]

Zhu Liying (L), Chinese ambassador to Mali, attends the handover ceremony for a vocational skills training center built by SIPPR in the Malian capital Bamako on July 5. At the ceremony, he promised that the Chinese government would continue to help promote the development of Mali, especially with its large and growing young population. [Photo/sippr.cn]