On Jan 28, People's Daily reported that the Ethiopian Luban Workshop, with Jiang Jiang as its Chinese director, has trained more than 1,500 technical talents in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.
Jiang Jiang teaches students to operate single-chip microcomputers in class. [Photo provided by Tianjin University of Technology and Education]
"After mastering these codes, any word can be displayed on the LED screen," Jiang, a teacher from the Tianjin University of Technology and Education (TUTE), is giving a lesson on intelligent control of single-chip microcomputers at the Luban Workshop at the Ethiopian Technical University (ETU).
In the classroom, there are about 20 students in groups of three or four, and each group is equipped with computers, single-chip microcomputers and a small LED dot matrix screen. Jiang stepped down from the podium, carefully checked the operation progress of each group, and answered questions in a timely manner.
T, a senior student majoring in electronic communication, likes this course very much. “Although I have taken similar courses before, I have had few opportunities to operate equipment. At the Luban Workshop, everyone is able to practice and Mr. Jiang guides us hand in hand.”
T can speak some simple Chinese and looks forward to working in a Chinese company after graduation, following in the footsteps of some senior schoolmates.
The "senior schoolmates" mentioned by T were also Jiang's students. Many of them work in well-known local companies, and some have started their own businesses.
"I feel very happy whenever they tell me that the knowledge they learnt in the Luban workshop has helped them achieve something," Jiang said, "recognition by local teachers and students is the highest praise for me."
Jiang's wife, Gao Yang, also a teacher from the TUTE, participated in the construction of this Luban workshop. The couple are happy to dedicate their youth to Tianjin and Addis Ababa.
In October 2019, the TUTE and ETU signed a MoU of cooperation to establish a Luban Workshop in Ethiopia. The workshop specializes in the field of Artificial Intelligence, and involves the four areas of Industrial Sensor Technology, Mechatronics Technology, Industrial Control Technology and Industrial Robotics Technology.