Craftsmanship Without Borders, Teaching Without Limits Edit Date：2026/09/10

 In the golden autumn of September, the enduring grace of mentors lives on.

When we speak of teachers, we invariably recall the transmission of knowledge and wisdom from behind the podium. Yet more than 6,000 kilometers from Guangzhou, in the Sohar Free Zone of Oman, this spirit of mentorship—where “teaching and learning reinforce each other and the torch is passed down through the generations”—is now crossing mountains and seas, gaining fresh vitality on the engineering frontier of the Belt and Road Initiative.

The construction of the Sohar Industrial Waste Treatment Center project is not only a green-engineering undertaking forged through Sino-Omani cooperation, but also a cross-border journey of mutual mentorship in the transfer of technology. As a key environmental-governance project under Oman’s “Vision 2040” framework, it encompasses a solid hazardous-waste incineration unit with an annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes, a liquid hazardous-waste physical-chemical treatment unit of 10,000 tonnes per year, and an oil pre-treatment unit of 6,000 tonnes per year. Upon completion, the facility will deliver an integrated hazardous-waste treatment capacity of 46,000 tonnes annually, cutting carbon emissions by more than 10,000 tonnes per year. Since construction commenced, the GDE project team, in close coordination with local partners, has steadily advanced the orderly delivery of all engineering works despite challenges including the desert heat and the mobilization of local resources.

 The Sohar Industrial Waste Treatment Center (IWTF) project held a celebration marking “One Million Safe Working Hours.”

 On-site photos of the project.

 Letter of Appreciation.

During project construction, the GDE technical team and its Omani partners have worked in deep synergy from design management through to site construction. Drawings serve as a shared bridge and standards as a common code of practice; technology is imparted through day-to-day collaboration, and experience is shared in close daily contact. Leveraging its professional expertise, the GDE team provides technical support, serving as the “instructor” in the export of technology, while local partners, drawing on their on-the-ground experience, strengthen site management as the “mentors” best suited to local conditions. Teaching and learning know no borders; mentor and apprentice become each other’s counterpart. On this fertile ground, everyone is both a learner and a teacher—learning from one another and growing together—to build, through dedicated collaboration, a benchmark project that is safe, high-quality, green and low-carbon.

Though mountains and seas stretch far, the torch of mentorship burns together. As a high-tech enterprise with business operations spanning more than 50 countries and regions worldwide, GDE will continue to deepen its presence in the Belt and Road markets, uphold an open and shared philosophy of development, learn from and join hands with global partners for win-win outcomes, and channel its professional strength into an inexhaustible impetus for building a Green Silk Road.