China actively promotes the high-quality development of vocational education and supports communication and cooperation between China and other countries in the sector, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
In response to the eight major initiatives of the 2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit, the first Luban workshop in Africa – the Djibouti Luban Workshop -- was put into operation on March 28, 2019.
The launch ceremony of two Egypt Luban Workshops was held online on Nov 30, 2020. One was built by the Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College and Ain Shams University, Egypt, and the other was built by the Tianjin Transportation Technical College and the Advanced Technical School for Maintenance Technology, Cairo.
A ceremony was held on Thursday to release the bilingual book series The Luban Workshop and EPIP Book Series in Tianjin.
"Role Model of the Times", Zhang Liming, attends the first World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference (WVTEDC), which is being held in Tianjin from the 19th to 20th of August.
The British Luban Workshop, jointly built by Tianjin Economics and Trade School (formerly Tianjin Second Commercial School) and the University of Chichester, was inaugurated and launched on May 18, 2017. The goal is to train international Chinese cuisine professionals, which is the second Luban workshop established overseas by Tianjin and the first Luban workshop established in Europe.
The world's first Luban Workshop was unveiled in Thailand on March 8, 2016, sponsored by the Tianjin Bohai Vocational Technical College and Thailand Ayutthaya Technical College.
The first World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference (WVTEDC) will kick off in North China's Tianjin, from Aug 18 to 20. It's expected to be shaped into a first-class platform for promoting vocational education development, and become a brand with Chinese allure and global influence.
