As the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) approaching, the 2nd CoE training program on spectrum monitoring jointly held by ITU and the State Radio Monitoring Center (SRMC) / the State Radio Spectrum Management Center (SRSMC) was opened on May 16th in Chengdu, China. The Program Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in ITU Aamir Riaz, the Deputy Director General of the Bureau of Radio Regulation under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Kan Runtian, the Director of SRMC Liu Yan, and the Vice Director of Commission of Economic and Information commission of Sichuan Li Jianjiang attended and delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. The Deputy Director and Chief Engineer of SRMC Li Jingchun presided over the opening ceremony for the training.

27 people from 13 countries including India, Vanuatu, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates and 18 people from China participate in the training.

Liu Yan expressed his warm welcome to trainees on behalf of SRMC. He said that SRMC successfully held 2 training events under the CoE programs in 2015, and the ITU-D Director Mr. SANOU Brahlam was very satisfied with it. This year, SRMC drew from the experience of the previous events, and prepared the current training courses by paying special attention to the training plan, trainers, materials, venues, and accommodations, to ensure the smooth progress of the training. He hoped that colleagues from different countries could improve business abilities and promote mutual understanding via the training and communication.

Kan Runtian said in his speech that China appreciates the efforts made by the ITU in promoting ICT application, eliminating the "digital divide" and promoting sustainable development. China has initiate and implemented a plan of action named “Internet +" and the "made in China" 2025 "national strategies to sticks to its core functions of spectrum management, committed to improving spectrum efficiency, optimize the environment for spectrum uses, with an objective to facilitate the development of industry and the deepening of the information society. “With the increasing demand for spectrum, conflicts among different services highlighted the importance of a reliable electromagnetic environment. To solve these issues it will require everyone in the room to work in joint hands, improve our communication and coordination in spectrum management and monitoring, with a view to a better management of this precious resource under the framework of ITU activities”, he said.

Aamir Riaz said that radio spectrum plays a crucial role in the development of wireless technologies and services. As the rapid evolution of wireless technologies and competition for some preferred frequency bands, administrations and regulators start to face the issues related to spectrum economics，spectrum re-farming，spectrum monitoring，interference mitigation etc. As the specialized agency of United Nations in the domain of ICTs, ITU issue a number of publications on National Spectrum Management, Spectrum Monitoring, Computer Aided Techniques for Spectrum Management，and many more recommendations and reports. Beyond that, ITU also conduct seminars, capacity-building sessions and prepare other training materials in order to help administrations – especially those in developing countries, to link the gap between concepts of Spectrum Management and their real life practical application. The CoE training is a platform for colleagues all over the world to spread experiences in radio spectrum management and monitoring, make a contribution to the development of ICTs together.

As the major manufacturing base of domestic radio spectrum monitoring equipments, Li Jianjiang introduced the actuality of the industry in Sichuan Province.

During the six-day training, specialists from ITU and SRMC will provide English-spoken courses covers Spectrum Monitoring Basic Introduction, Radio Monitoring Capacity and Tendency, Radio Equipment Management, etc. To enhance the actual operation ability of students, the training also increase the proportion of practice, for example, organize visit to radio monitoring stations and manufacturers, and divide students into groups to find out the interference signals in competition.

(Translating and editing by Gan Ni)