An inaugural ceremony of the Luban Workshop in Tajikistan, was held on Tuesday simultaneously in Tianjin and Dushanbe, Tajikistan. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The first Luban Workshop in Central Asia was launched on Tuesday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The new workshop was set up by the Tianjin Urban Construction Management Vocation Technology College and Tajik Technical University. A ceremony was held simultaneously online in Dushanbe and Tianjin.

The new workshop covers a construction area of 1,138 square meters, providing two majors, including urban heating application and engineering measurement technologies.

It has set up a green measurement and an intelligent measurement practice centers at the Tajik university. Engineering and practice facilities and online classrooms with bilingual teaching materials and other teaching resources are offered.

The Tajikistan teachers who completed training offered by teachers from Tianjin will provide technological and vocational training for local youth.

Named after Lu Ban (507-444 BC), who is known as the father of carpentry of China and who exemplified exquisite craftsmanship and creativity, the workshops aims to cultivate technical professionals worldwide.

To date, 26 workshops have been set up in 21 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa since Tianjin educational authorities initiated the first Luban Workshop in Thailand in 2016.

Of the 26 workshops, Tianjin has set up 21 in 20 countries. Five others were founded by local vocational and technological colleges in Zhejiang, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces.