China sponsors the establishment of Luban Workshop in Cote d’Ivoire

Project narrative

At the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in early September 2018, China pledged to establish 10 Luban workshops in Africa to teach vocational skills to youth people, one of which will be established in Cote d’Ivoire. On September 27, 2019, Wan Li, Chinese Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, met with Zheng Qingchun, Vice President of Tianjin University of Technology, who came to Cote d'Ivoire for inspection, and exchanged views on the establishment of Luban Workshop at the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (亚穆苏克罗国立博瓦尼理工学院). Tianjin University of Technology will corporate with Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny in the construction of the workshop. On December 9, 2020, the unveiling ceremony of the Luban Workshop was held online. It covers an area of 805 sqr meters. It has a large equipment workshop (training venue), 3 laboratories, 3 experimental teaching and learning classrooms, 1 teaching and research room, and is equipped with 11 sets of 5 types of large-scale equipment, and 87 sets of 16 types of small instruments and equipment, as well as auxiliary teaching equipment such as experimental benches and projectors. The Cote d'Ivoire Luban workshop became the fourth Luban workshop to be unveiled in Africa within half a month.