On December 26, 2016, the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe ("Sao Tome and Principe") and China jointly issued a statement to restore diplomatic relations. San Amaron diesel power station, which supplies power to the capital city, was on a fault downtime. As a result, the Sao Tome and Principe government urgently sought help from the Chinese government for personnel and technical support. This was an emergency foreign aid project jointly implemented by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce and received a lot of attention from national leaders.

CDTO&M is responsible for the implementation of the foreign aid project. With strong professional skills, an expert team was dispatched to quickly troubleshoot the unit and ease the shortage of power supply in the capital. The assistance expert team has been highly recognized and affirmed by Sao Tome and Principe?government and the Chinese Embassy in Sao Tome and Principe.