A delegation of 12 students and teachers from the Tajik Technical University arrived Tianjin on Friday for a nearly one-month training program at Tianjin Urban Construction Management & Vocation Technology College. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A delegation of 12 students and teachers from the Tajik Technical University arrived Tianjin on Friday evening for a nearly one-month training program at Tianjin Urban Construction Management & Vocation Technology College.

The Tajikistan Luban Workshop, the first of its kind in Central Asia, is a collaborative effort between the Tianjin college and TTU.

Bozorzoda Bakhtiyor, a junior student at TTU, said: "I have developed a passion for my major while studying at the Tajikistan Luban Workshop, abandoning my initial plans to switch major.