Moroccan Luban Workshop Delegation Visits ENERGY CHINA TEPC

On November 5, a delegation from the Moroccan Luban Workshop visited ENERGY CHINA TEPC to learn about China's energy and power construction, tour the enterprise's digital-intelligent exhibition hall, and experience fine traditional Chinese culture through immersive activities including ornamental patterns, paper-cutting, and Baduanjin.

The exchange event was themed"Patterns Convey the Way, China-Morocco As One." Starting from traditional Chinese ornamental patterns and built upon Luban Award-winning projects, the event connected to the smart command center of the Al Wahda Energy Project in Morocco—sharing meaning through patterns and resonating hearts through craftsmanship.

At the event hall, Chinese and Moroccan cultural elements met and complemented each other. Ornamental designs blended traditions of both countries: the exuberance of blooming Chinese medallions echoed the geometric stars of Moroccan zellij mosaic. Before the paper-cut work Craftsmanship, created by an intangible-cultural-heritage inheritor from Qingyang, Gansu, the delegation marveled at lifelike depictions of the Egypt EETC 500-kilovolt transmission towers and the Iraq North-South transmission line. At the calligraphy desk, members picked up a brush and wrote auspicious phrases such as"Long live China-Morocco friendship" and the character Fu (blessing). Through the slow forms of Baduanjin, they experienced the wisdom of a thousand-year-old wellness tradition. On the women's air-volleyball court, the unity and grit of the"Women's Volleyball Spirit" drew rounds of applause.

During the visit, the delegation viewed ENERGY CHINA TEPC's Al Wahda Energy Project in Morocco on the large screen of the smart command center: two 495-MW gas turbines stood majestically side by side. The largest integrated energy project in Morocco, the plant will light up the country's central mountain region, secure regional power supply, create jobs, improve livelihoods, and support Morocco's green and low-carbon transition— a vivid example of Belt and Road consultation, collaboration, and shared benefits.

As the visit concluded, delegation members packed away patterned bookmarks and cloth bags, calligraphy works, cultural-creative envelopes, and postcards, saying they would take them home to keep and share with family and friends. They praised the ENERGY CHINA TEPC visit as rewarding and rich in cultural experience.

Known as a"technical station" on the Belt and Road, the Luban Workshop is a flagship initiative of China's vocational-education"going-global" strategy, pioneered by Tianjin and named after the ancient craftsman Lu Ban. Centered on the Engineering Practice Innovation Program (EPIP) teaching model, it delivers degree education and technical training overseas. To date, China has established 38 Luban Workshops in 32 countries. The Moroccan Luban Workshop, the 12th in Africa, has trained more than 200 local technical professionals.

(Source: ENERGY CHINA TEPC）