(250601) -- DUSHANBE, June 1, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Students learn skills at the Luban Workshop in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 31, 2025. The Luban Workshop in Tajikistan, co-founded by China's Tianjin Urban Construction Management and Vocation Technology College and Tajik Technical University, was officially put into operation in November 2022. It covers 1,138 square meters and is the first of its kind in Central Asia.

The workshop, named after Lu Ban, an ancient Chinese woodcraft master, is a Chinese vocational workshop program training talent overseas, a win-win model for vocational education cooperation.

So far, the workshop has provided learning and training opportunities for more than 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students. (Xinhua/Li Renzi)