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"Shandong engineers have a strong professional quality, and they work hard to accomplish anything," said Claudio Operti, director of Technology & Engineering Management and project manager of High & Premium Power Products at Weichai Power, which is based in Weifang, Shandong province.

Before he came to China, Operti's research was often halted because of lack of funding.

"In China, when you want to do new research, it's always a lot faster," said Operti.

Claudio Operti, director of Technology & Engineering Management and project manager of High & Premium Power Products at Weichai Power [Photo/sdchina.com]

After coming to Shandong, with solid experience and sufficient scientific research support, Operti has made rapid progress in his work, which also brings him lots of enthusiasm.

Having worked in Weifang for more than 10 years, Operti has got used to the life here.

"The air is clean, the transportation is convenient, and the city is well equipped and far away from the hustle and bustle," Operti said while speaking highly of Weifang. He added that the city it is a very suitable for scientific research.

"I have a strong sense of achievement and gain it from doing R&D in Shandong," he said.

This year, Operti was named an honorary citizen of Shandong province. "Honorary citizen of Shandong" is the highest honorary title established by the Shandong Provincial People's Government in recognition of foreigners.

Claudio Operti works with his colleagues at Weichai Power. [Photo/sdchina.com]

The senior scientist from Italy believes that such a sense of honor for contributing to society is hard to feel abroad.

Operti said that China has a sound incentive mechanism for foreign talents from the national level to the grassroots government. The recognition from officials and colleagues around him kept him motivated.

"I'm going to retire in a few years, but I haven't finished some new projects and I may continue working on them," he said.

Now in his sixties, Operti noted that he still remains passionate about research.