On the morning of September 29, 2018, the opening ceremony of the first mechatronics Sino-German class in Zibo Information Engineering School was held in Rhein-Koester Intelligent Manufacturing Inter-enterprise (Zibo) Training Center. Guo Qing, principal of Zibo Information Engineering college, and Liu Donghai, deputy general manager of Rhein-Koester attended the ceremony and made speeches. Director Mr Anke from Zibo Information Engineering College Mechatronics department, Teacher Qi Chuanli, Wang Honglei, Minister of Education Division of Rhein-Koester, Lian Kaiwei, Project Manager of Sino-German Class, and new students of Sino-German Mechatronics  class of Zibo Information Engineering School participated in the activity. Mr. Jiang Ying, the head teacher of the 2018 Sino-German classes, presided over the ceremony.