西藏第一所技工類院校開工建設

Construction on the first technical college in Tibet autonomous region started in Lhasa, the region's capital, last Tuesday, according to the regional human resources and social security department.

據西藏自治區人力資源和社會保障廳稱，該自治區第一所技術學院於上週二在首府拉薩開始建設。

With an investment of 1 billion yuan (about $145 million), the college is expected to be built and put into use in 2020.

該學院投資10億元（約合1.45億美元），預計將於2020年建成並投入使用。

Covering about 25.3 hectares, the college is scheduled to enroll 5,000 students and have over 10,000 people trained in the short and medium terms annually.

該學院佔地約25.3公頃，計劃招收5000名學生，並且每年會有10000多人接受中短期培訓。

The college will provide more than 20 technical majors including vehicle repair, computer network technology, architectural engineering technology and ethnic art, to cultivate technical professionals at different levels.

學院將開設汽車維修、計算機網絡技術、建築工程技術、民族藝術等20多個專業，培養不同層次的技術人才。

Meanwhile, it will also offer training courses, host examinations and give evaluations for professional technicians.

同時，它還將爲專業技術人員提供培訓課程、舉辦考試和評估。

The college will fill a vacancy, help improve technical education in the plateau area and relieve the technical talent shortage in this Southwest China region, said Li Fuzhong, director of the department.

該人力資源和社會保障廳廳長李富忠表示，該學院將填補空缺，幫助改善高原地區的技術教育，緩解西南地區的技術人才短缺。