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Project narrative
The Chinese Government provided funding for the establishment of the Indian Luban Workshop, a vocational training institute. The workshop had the support of three schools: Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College, Tianjin Vocational College of Mechanics and Electricity in China, and Chennai Institute of Technology. The center opened in December 2017. The Indian Luban Workshop provided training in manufacturing, mechanical design, photovoltaic power generation, and numerical control equipment; these skills are in high demand amongst Chinese companies operating in India and are needed to maintain and operate Chinese equipment imported to India. By October 2019, the Indian Luban Workshop had trained more than 200 Indian college students and 500 employees in Chennai. 65 of its trainees were hired by Chinese companies in India
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 is not funded through a specific fund or a government entity. Instead, it 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. As a result, AidData assumes an unspecified Chinese government agency has funded the project. For more information, please consult: https://www.tj.gov.cn/zwgk/szfwj/tjsrmzfbgt/202005/t20200519_2370529.html?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template and http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/s5147/202112/t20211202_584025.html