A Luban Workshop, a vocational educational training program initiated by Tianjin’s educational authorities and launched overseas, was inaugurated at the University of Abuja, Abuja, capital of Nigeria, on Friday.

The workshop, the fifth one on the African continent, following Djibouti, Kenya, South Africa and Mali, was set up by Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences and Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was held online in Tianjin and Abuja.

The workshop is part of the efforts of China setting up 10 Luban Workshops in Africa to provide vocational training to African youth -- under an initiative launched by China in collaboration with African countries during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences has helped to establish the workshop in 800 square meters, offering curriculum of the major in electronic and electric engineering with the orientation of communication engineering and the automation of electronic system.

It has set up four laboratories with 71 sets of equipment worth 4.96 million yuan ($723,996) and developed 10 bilingual teaching resources database there.

Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College has helped to establish an area of 180 sq m of the workshop, offering curriculum of the majors in machinery engineering with the orientation of locomotive engineering and transportation.