西藏第一所技工类院校开工建设

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.

据西藏自治区人力资源和社会保障厅称，该自治区第一所技术学院于上周二在首府拉萨开始建设。

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

该学院投资10亿元（约合1.45亿美元），预计将于2020年建成并投入使用。

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.

该学院占地约25.3公顷，计划招收5000名学生，并且每年会有10000多人接受中短期培训。

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.

学院将开设汽车维修、计算机网络技术、建筑工程技术、民族艺术等20多个专业，培养不同层次的技术人才。

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

同时，它还将为专业技术人员提供培训课程、举办考试和评估。

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.

该人力资源和社会保障厅厅长李富忠表示，该学院将填补空缺，帮助改善高原地区的技术教育，缓解西南地区的技术人才短缺。