Located in Addis Ababa, where the headquarters of the African Union (AU) is located, the Ethiopia Luban Workshop was jointly built by Tianjin University of Technology and Education and the Ethiopian Technical University, and was inaugurated on April 28, 2021.
In order to implement the action plan proposed at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and to serve the development of higher education in Nigeria and the overall infrastructure plan for 2014-2043, the Luban Workshop was jointly built in Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa.
The South Africa Luban Workshop was officially unveiled on Dec 16, 2019 at the Riston campus of Durban University of Technology (DUT). It is jointly built by Tianjin Vocational Institute, one of the top 10 vocational colleges of China, and DUT, South Africa's largest technical university.
On Aug 13, the first World Vocational College Skills Competition entered its final day. As the "Cross-border E-commerce" competition organized by Tianjin Business Vocational College wound down, all competitions in the Tianjin Division of this event came to a close.
On Aug 10, 32 candidates from 10 countries competed in carbon neutral renewable energy engineering technology in Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College (TLIVTC). They were divided into eight teams, each with two Chinese students and two foreign students. It was part of the 2022 World Vocational College Skills Competition held in Tianjin on Aug 8.
Vocational education is a business card of Tianjin. With the opening of the first World Vocational College Skills Competition, the influence of "Tianjin Vocational Education" will be further enhanced.
The 2022 World Vocational College Skills Competition kicked off online and in person in the northern port city of Tianjin on Aug 8.
A memorandum of understanding to set up a Luban Workshop in Uzbekistan was signed on July 29 by Tianjin Maritime College (TMC) and Tashkent State Transport University of Uzbekistan (TSTUU) online.