The General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) signed a contract to establish a vocational training center in cooperation with the Chinese government represented by the General Authority for International Economic Cooperation at the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. The agreement was signed by Mr. Waleid Gamal El-Dien, SCZONE Chairman, and Mr. Zhao Liuqing, representing the Chinese side. Under the signing, preliminary designs and construction drawings will be finalized in preparation for the start of construction. The planned training center covers an area of 40,000 square meters, and the cost of establishing the center is about 128 million Chinese yuan as a grant provided by the Chinese government under a cooperation agreement signed between the two countries at an earlier stage.