The Portugal Luban Workshop, which was built by Tianjin Vocational College of Mechanics and Electricity, was launched in the Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal), on Dec 6, 2018.
The Luban Workshops in Egypt were established by Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College, Tianjin Transportation Technical College, Ain Shams University in Egypt and Cairo Advanced Maintenance Technical School.
The launch ceremony of the Djibouti Luban Workshop was held at the Djibouti Business School, the largest local vocational college, on March 28, 2020, when Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Chinese Ambassador to Djibouti Zhuo Ruisheng, and Chen Zhemin, Member of the Standing Committee of Tianjin Municipal Party Committee were present at the ceremony.
An online opening ceremony of Cote d'Ivoire Luban Workshop was held on Dec 9, 2020, marking not only the fourth Luban workshop opened in Africa within half a month but also the first one with participation of a Tianjin university.
An online opening ceremony of Nigeria Luban Workshop took place simultaneously at the Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences in Tianjin City, China and University of Abuja, Nigeria on Nov 27, 2020.
On January 8, 2021, the Online Kick-off Meeting of Faculty Training for the Uganda Luban Workshop was held synchronously in Tianjin Polytechnic College and Uganda Technical College Elgon. The online training for Ugandan teachers would begin in the following week.
On April 28, the online launch ceremony of the Ethiopian Luban Workshop was held simultaneously at Tianjin University of Technology and Education (TUTE) and Ethiopian Technical University (ETU) through Internet cloud technology.
