| Abstract |
The Geothermal Training Programme of the United Nations University in Iceland has been operating successfully for over 41 years from 1979 to 2020. Till 2018, there will have been over 500 scientists and engineers, mostly from developing countries, trained in the programme. And the MSc and PhD programme has also been operated successfully. In 1979, 3 Chinese particitated in a short course in UNU-GTP, and In 1980, a group of Chinese fellows participated in the 6 month training programme. Till October, 2020, there will have been 92 Chinese fellows participated in the geothermal training, in which 89 of the fellows for the 6 month training, 2 fellows have got their MS degree and 1 Chinese fellow is doing her PhD in Iceland after completed the 6 month training. Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei are the areas that the most fellows come from. The Chinese fellows play very important roles in the geothermal development in the country, and many of them have become leading experts in their specialties. This greatly supported the geothermal development in the past two decades in China. The personals of UNU-GTP often come to China, and shared a lot of their expertise and know-hows in a lot of geothermal projects, such as the geothermal heating project in the Xiongan New Area. In the paper, the overall situation of the Chinese fellows will be introduced and status of a few fellows will be highlighted; the activities and come out of UNU-GTP personals in China will also be introduced. To meet the increasing needs of geothermal man power in China, some suggestions to UNU Geothermal Training Programme will also be put forward, such as starting training courses together with institutions in China. |