Recently, Shandong Province Market Supervision Administration announced the 2023 Shandong Province High-end Brand Cultivation Enterprises List, and a total of 26 enterprises in Zibo City were selected. Among them, Rhein Küsters was successfully selected into the list of high-end brand cultivation enterprises in Shandong Province (manufacturing category)

On the afternoon of January 24, 2024, Shao Xin, Director of Talent Work Department of Personnel and Education Division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Bai Xiao, Director of Talent Service Department of Talent Exchange Center of MIIT, Liu Shangwen, Director of Service Oriented Manufacturing Research Institute of Electronics V, MIIT, and Zhu Daomeng, Deputy Director of Engineering Capability Evaluation and Promotion Center of the Communications Society of China (CCSEC), and other researchers conducted research in Rheinland Köster around the cultivation of industrial talents. Song Zhenbo, member of the Standing Committee of Zibo Municipal Committee and Vice Mayor of Zibo Municipal People’s Government, Zhang Liangyun, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of Zibo Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and Wang Xiaodong, Deputy Secretary of Zibo Hi-Tech Zone Work Committee and Executive Deputy Director of Zibo Hi-Tech Zone Administrative Committee, attended the meeting.

From 15-19 January 2024, the training of examiners for the qualification examination of Sino-German Cooperation in Advanced Vocational Education (SGAVE) was successfully concluded at the Sino-German Demonstration Base of Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration. More than 50 teachers from nearly 30 colleges and universities across China, including Shanghai Zhongqiao Vocational and Technical University, Suzhou Jianxiong Vocational and Technical College, Hubei Institute of Science and Technology Vocational and Technical College, Wuhan Institute of Software Engineering Vocational College, Wenzhou Institute of Vocational and Technical College, and Harbin Institute of Vocational and Technical College, participated in the training.

On January 6, Rhein Koester organized the first batch of enterprise independent evaluation for the year 2024 at Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry – Education Integration Demonstration Base, and 25 enterprise workers participated in the evaluation.

On January 3, 2024, Wu Keshi, Secretary General of VOCs Professional Committee of All-China Environment Federation, Cao Fu, Director of the Office of Professional Committee, and Sun Chuanfa, General Manager of Qingdao YiHua Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. visited Sino-German Intelligent Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base for investigation and research.

Recently, the first Vocational Skills Competition in Zibo City came to a successful conclusion, announcing the list of winners of each competition program and the list of collectives and individuals with outstanding performance. Rhein Koester achieved excellent results in the competition, one employee won the gold medal, two employees won the silver medal, one employee won the bronze medal, and three employees won the merit award.

December 13, 2023, Henan Province, Xinyang City People’s Congress Standing Committee leader Li Gaoling led a research group of five people to Zibo to study vocational education work. 14 morning, the research group visited Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base. Zibo Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee, deputy director of the party group members, Gong Yuefeng, deputy secretary of the Municipal Education Working Committee, City Education Bureau, accompanied by members of the party group, such as Li Xiaoyong research.

On December 9, 2023, the Intelligent Manufacturing Capability Enhancement Class started successfully in Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base, and 31 technical backbones participated in this training together.