In 2023, the third Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum was held, marking the beginning of a new "golden decade" for the Belt and Road Initiative, with participation from over 150 countries and more than 40 international organizations.
Luo Zhaohui, chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, is a keen advocate of Luban Workshop — the vocational education brand that China runs to offer skills training, Mandarin study and job opportunities in foreign countries.
Luo Zhaohui, chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency and a member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, said his proposal for this year focuses on promoting the Luban Workshop abroad, and his agency will continue to increase the assistance of such "small yet smart" programs.
Inside the Luban Workshop in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Yonas Akele, a 39-year-old Ethiopian educator, explains the operation of an assembly line to students with the help of an automation control platform from China.
Muhammad Ammar, who is from Pakistan, works for an international education group in Beijing. He says the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC)open a gateway to a new world for Pakistani youth.
On Feb 26, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, president of the Republic of Kazakhstan paid a special visit to the Luban Workshop in Kazakhstan during his tour of the East Kazakhstan Oblast.
An engineering college joint venture between Chinese and Thai universities is set to usher in a novel model for vocational and technological education in Thailand and advance China's global standing.
On Jan 27, 2024, the "Engineering College", a collaborative effort between Tianjin Bohai Vocational Technical College (TBVTC) in China and Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University (NSRU) in Thailand, was inaugurated, setting a new model on the route to vocational education cooperation.
