In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under a blazing sun, construction of Phase II of the CSCEC-built Jeddah Apartment Project is in full swing. Amid this scorching land, there is another special sight to behold: Fan Zhonglei, the project's safety director, and Zeeshan, a local engineer, are mentor and apprentice, and friends. Through safety, they built trust; through collaboration, they crossed borders, writing a heartwarming story together in a foreign land.

When Zeeshan first joined the project, he always followed his mentor's lead, doing exactly what he was told, without thinking for himself. Fan saw this but held back from lecturing, choosing instead to influence his apprentice through his own actions. Once, to rectify a barely noticeable scaffold protection issue, Fan worked under the scorching heat, repeatedly communicating with technicians and verifying on site as surface temperatures approached 50°C, until the hazard was completely eliminated. Seeing his mentor's soaked work uniform and persistent figure, Zeeshan was deeply moved.

He began to settle down and stopped being satisfied with passively following instructions. He proactively pored over codes and drawings, entered buildings and climbed scaffolds, checking theoretical knowledge against on-site practice one by one. When something puzzled him, he chased after his mentor with questions; when facing complex hazards, he studied them on the spot.

Before long, he gathered the courage to volunteer: "Mentor Fan, let me take on the safety training for new workers! I want to pass on what you taught me to more people."

Fan agreed without hesitation. Before the training, the two polished the plan together: Fan distilled the core points of Chinese safety standards and, drawing on common hazards on site, broke them down into easy-to-understand practical procedures; Zeeshan translated the technical regulations into Arabic and deliberately wove in everyday scenarios familiar to local workers.

This mentor-apprentice training not only helped new workers quickly grasp safety knowledge, but also brought Chinese safety standards into the hearts of foreign workers in a more acceptable way.

Today, Zeeshan has grown into a core member of the project's safety supervision department and, like his mentor, has begun training apprentices of his own. He often repeats his mentor's words: "The heart of safety is respect—respect for rules, respect for life, and respect for differences."