Construction on the first technical college in Tibet autonomous¹ 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 enroll² 5,000 students and have over 10,000 people trained in the short and medium terms annually³.

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。

西藏第一所技工类院校开工建设

The college will provide more than 20 technical majors including vehicle repair, computer network technology, architectural engineering technology and ethnic⁴ 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 evaluations⁵ 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 vacancy⁶, 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。