On November 7, 2018, the opening ceremony of the first 2018 class Sino-German “Senior Technician Class” of Shandong Engineering Technician College was held in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. After comprehensive evaluations such as preliminary written tests and interviews, 22 students were selected from the 2018 freshmen in the Department of Automation to set up the first "Senior Technician Class".