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Project narrative
On May 18, 2017, the Tianjin Economics and Trade School (part of Tianjin University of Commerce) jointly launched the British Luban Workshop with Chichester College. Tianjin Economics and Trade School's participation in the project was sponsored by Tianjin Food Group Co., Ltd (Record ID#101706). The Tianjin government was also a contributor to the creation of the workshop. On December 14, 2016, a cooperation framework agreement with Chichester College was signed for the workshop. On December 15, 2021, an acceptance evaluation meeting for the British Luban Workshop was held in Tianjin, China.
Staff comments
1. Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) is a technical assistance program started by Tianjin's Vocational Institute in BRI countries. While it is an important Chinese foreign policy objective, the workshop's funding is heavily dependent on each project. While the Chinese government may directly fund some projects, Chinese SOEs or the specific vocational schools in Tianjin may fund others. In this case, AidData found multiple contributors reported that are specified as opposed to listing an unspecified Chinese institution as the funding entity.