On April 27, the first session English training class of Zhongman Oil & Gas officially kicked off in Wensu County, Xinjiang. The training will last for six months and involve 91 employees. Through systematic and specialized customized teaching, it aims to comprehensively enhanced the employees’ professional English skills, build a high-quality international talent team, establish an English talent pool, and solidify the talent foundation for ZPEC’s internationalization strategy.

At the opening ceremony, ZPEC Chairman Li Chundi delivered an important speech addressing the group’s development situation. He noted that the group had successfully achieved its strategic transformation from drilling engineering service and equipment manufacturing to oil & gas resource exploration and development, had stepped into a critical stage of “major transformation, major adjustment, and major development.” Relying on the Group’s integration advantages, featuring an early start of production capacity construction, complete system and mature operations, Aksu Oilfield has achieved steady growth in production capacity and maintains stable, positive performance in its overall management and operations. The special English training is a key initiative of ZPEC group to deepen talent development and empower strategic implementation. As the Group’s talent cultivation base, Aksu Oilfield will continuously scale up talent devotement efforts. Through systematic and regular training, it will select and supply key talents in batches to support overseas project construction. He encouraged all trainees to cherish the valuable learning opportunity, actively strengthen the awareness of self-initiated learning, engage in assiduous learning and rigorous practice, and attain substantial progress in learning and apply knowledge into practical work.  The dual improvement of comprehensive literacy and professional skills will bolster the steady progression of the Group’s international strategic deployment.

Li Xuesong, Senior Vice President of the Group and General Manager of Zhongman Oil & Gas, stated in his mobilization speech that the Aksu Oilfield, as a strategic pivot project of the Group, bears the dual responsibilities of production capacity construction and talent cultivation. Professional English ability had become key to breaking down communication barriers, ensuring project operation, and enhancing career competitiveness. In light of actual work, he put forward three requirements for all trainees: first, increase awareness, cherish the opportunity, and devote to diligent research and in-depth learning; second, apply what they learn to their positions, effectively transforming knowledge into work capability; third, strictly observe discipline, learn diligently and make progress together, and foster a sense of lifelong learning. He hopes all trainees will fully immerse themselves in learning, improve their professional English proficiency, take responsibility in their roles, and contribute to the Group’s high-quality development.

It is understood that this training invites a professional teaching team from Xinjiang Institute of Technology. Based on the participants’ foundation levels, the classes are divided into beginner and advanced levels. The course content precisely covers professional fields such as basic oil production terminology, oil production processes, equipment operation, safety, and HSE management. Various teaching formats are adopted, including English quizzes, group competitions, role-playing, English corner exchanges, and vocabulary check-ins, to help trainees master public English, professional oil production English, and vocabulary and sentence patterns related to field operations. The goal is to comprehensively improve their all-scenario English abilities, including daily communication, work report, emergency instruction transmission, and cross-team collaboration, effectively meeting the actual needs of internationalized operations and daily office work at oilfield site.