On April 2, 2019, the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement between Rhein-Koester and Fachhochschule Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and the unveiling ceremony of the Sino-German Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology were held in the conference room on the 10th floor of the Huoju Tower of the Management Committee of Zibo High-tech Zone.

 Prof. Lothar Budde, Vice President of Fachhochschule Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, and Mr. Cui Zhi, General Manager of Rhein-Koester attended as representatives and signed the agreement.

Weiyu Jiao, Zibo High-tech Zone Deputy Secretary of the Working Committee and Executive Deputy Director of the Management Committee, and Prof. Lothar Budde, Vice President of Fachhochschule Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, unveiled plaque to open the German Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Institute.

The strategic cooperation between Rhein-Koester and Fachhochschule Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences enables domestic high school students to to receive training from German technicians and technicians in abroad, and then have opportunity to obtain undergraduate degrees. The new established channel is another milestone about realize the localization of the German "dual system" vocational education system in domestic.