On October 26, 2025, as the 9th Shandong Provincial Huang Yanpei Vocational Education Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was about to kick off, Sun Zhongliang, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, and Cheng Haifeng, Full-time Secretary-General of the Shandong Provincial Chapter of the China Vocational Education Association, led the competition observation group to conduct an on-site research at the Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base.

On October 21st, the 2025 Qingdao-Germany Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Meeting was successfully held in Düsseldorf. Nearly 200 Chinese and German guests attended the meeting to discuss the prospects of pragmatic and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Germany, especially between Qingdao and Germany.

From October 17th to 19th, the 4th Session of the 2025 Special Training on New-Quality Productive Forces for Enterprises in Zibo High-Tech Zone was held at the Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base.

On October 11th, 2025, the 5th Vocational Skill Level Certification organized by Rhein Koester Social Training and Assessment Organization was successfully held at the Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base.

On September 26, the CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Professional Skills Competition cum Youth Professional Skills Competition – Locomotive Electrician Competition Trial kicked off at Rhein-koster (Zhuzhou) Base.

On September 23, 2025, a 4-member delegation including Mr. Bernhard Franz Schwab, former Training Director of Schaeffler Group (Germany), Ms. Annette Körber, Principal of Herzogenaurach Vocational School (Bavaria, Germany), Ms. Bärbel Vogel, Vice Principal of Herzogenaurach Vocational School (Bavaria, Germany), and Mr. Norbert Aichholzer, Principal of Wolfsburg Vocational School (Austria), visited Rhein-koster for exchange.

Recently, under the guidance of the Bureau of Industry, Informatization and Commerce of Zibo High-Tech Zone, multiple sessions of the 2025 Zibo Enterprise New-Quality Productive Forces Training Program were launched at the Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base.

On September 22nd, the opening ceremony of Zibo Water Group’s 2025 PLC Practical Empowerment Training Course was held at the China-Germany Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base.