China Brief published on 5 November 2021 an analysis titled "China's Vocational Education Workshops Seek to Strengthen Relations with Africa" by Conor McCutcheon, Savannah Billman, Johnsen Romero, and Merle Kartcher.
China established ten Luban Workshops in Africa from 2019 to 2021. The vocational and technical equivalent of Confucius Institutes, the Luban Workshops seek to train young African professionals with Chinese funding and cooperation.
