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The project, a joint development between the
Governments of Brunei and China will not only
help Brunei achieve its economic diversification
goals and boost the country’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP), it is also set to generate economic
spin-offs, employment opportunities and ensure
local skill set development and place Brunei
on the map as one of the key players in the
petrochemical landscape in the region.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on the occasion of
his State Visit to the Sultanate last year said
that the project is one of the cornerstones of
heightened economic cooperation and trade
between the two countries that has seen rapid
expansion, making China one of Brunei’s most
important partners.
In tandem with Brunei’s industrial localisation
initiatives, Hengyi Industries is committed to
achieve more than 40 per cent of local content
in the workforce during operations stage. Out of
1,665 positions, 666 jobs will be filled by local
non-technical and technical staff. With two
scholarship programmes that were rolled out;
Hengyi-UBD-Zhejiang University Scholarship
programme in 2014 and Hengyi-IBTE-Lanzhou
Petrochemical College Scholarship programme
in 2018, Hengyi Industries is committed and is
working with the Ministry of Energy, Manpower
and Industry (MEMI) to achieve a continuous
growth of localisation rate.
Hengyi Industries’ local graduates will
undergo on the job training for two years in
Hengyi Industries’ refinery and integrated
petrochemical plant alongside experienced
operators via a “buddy system” or “shadowing
system” to allow them to gain job knowledge
and experience.