China-Tajikistan cultural relations expand under the BRI framework.

China’s people-to-people and cultural exchanges with Tajikistan have increased in recent years under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. Programs related to the Confucius Institutes, Luban Workshops and the China-Tajikistan Center for Traditional Medicine have bolstered cultural encounters between the two peoples.

Many young people are studying Chinese in Tajikistan. The Confucius Institute at the Tajik National University has trained nearly 39,000 Chinese learners since its establishment in August 2008.

The Luban Workshop in Tajikistan, co-founded by China’s Tianjin Urban Construction Management and Vocation Technology College and Tajik Technical University, trains professionals in urban thermal energy and engineering surveying.

The workshops have become a communication platform for vocational school students from both countries to pair skills and make friends.