Ambassador of China to Jordan H.E. Chen Chuandong presented certificates of doctoral degree to ISSCAD (Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University) graduates Dr. Ahmad Neyaf Alkhraisha and Dr. Raed Abd Al Qader on August 9. 

Ambassador Chen congratulated Dr. Alkhraisha and Dr. Al Qader upon their successful completion of studies at ISSCAD. He referred to the ISSCAD as an important endeavour of China to promote international development cooperation and build towards a community of shared future for mankind, as well as a valuable platform of exchanges for developing countries in exploring development roads compatible with their distinctive national conditions. He encouraged the graduates to maximize the benefit of knowledge and experience learned at ISSCAD for development and reform of Jordan, magnify the spirit of mutual learning in South-South cooperation, and multiply the friendship and cooperation between China and Jordan in an extraordinary year of centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and centenary of statehood of Jordan. 

Dr. Alkhraisha and Dr. Al Qader expressed their sincere gratitude to the Chinese Government and Chinese people. They said that their valuable learning experience at ISSCAD was a lifetime memory. During their study in China, through exchanges and discussions with Chinese experts and scholars and with peers from developing countries, and through visits to different regions of China, they have gained a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of China, witnessed great achievements of China's development and success in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. They expressed their desire to apply the knowledge and experience gained in China to practical work so as to better serve Jordan's economic and social development and contribute to the friendship and cooperation between Jordan and China.

 Dr. Alkhraisha and Dr. Al Qader are the first Jordanian PhD graduates of ISSCAD. Nine Jordanian candidates are currently studying at or have been enrolled in doctoral and master degrees programmes at ISSCAD.