On the morning of April 28th, 2023, the ” Immersion” observation meeting of the independent evaluation of the skills of the enterprises in Zibo High-tech Zone was held in the Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Industry and Education Integration Demonstration Base.

On 28 April 2023, the first stage of the graduation examination for the German vocational qualification of Rhein Koester was successfully completed. The examination lasted for seven days and was open to three disciplines, including mechatronics, electrical automation and industrial mechanics. 171 students of the Sino-German class of 2021 from 10 institutions, including Zibo Vocational Institute, Pingdu Industrial Technical College, Shandong Industrial Technical College and Luzhong Vocational College, took part in this examination.

On 27 April 2023, Cui Zhi, Chairman of Rhein Koester, Tang Jun, President of China Operations Headquarters, Liu Dali, Director of Vocational Education Research Institute, and Hu Pengchang, Director of Education and Training Business, and a five-member delegation visited Shandong Vocational Institute of Commerce to carry out school-enterprise cooperation and exchange activities.

On the morning of April 26, 2023, the signing ceremony of school-enterprise cooperation between Chongqing Telecommunications Polytechnicl College and Rhein Koester was successfully held at the Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base. Chongqing Telecom Polytechnicl College President Li Yuxiang, Vice President Zhou Xingxing, Vice President Gao Zhanguo, Rhein Koester Deputy General Manager Chen Peng, Marketing Director Wang Zhen, Channel Director Zhang Yonghua and other school-enterprise leaders attended the event.

On 26 April 2023, a delegation of three African foreign guests, including the Tanzanian Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Omari Juma Kipanga, the Ethiopian Minister of State for Labour, Teshale Berecha Yadesa, and the Seychelles Principal Secretary for Education, John Thomas Lesperance, visited Zibo in Shandong. The delegation visited Rhein Koester in the morning of the same day.

On 25 April 2023, the Secretary General of the Sino-German Cooperation in Advanced Vocational Education (SGAVE), Chen Yi, the Head of Public Relations of the Secretariat, Xu Zhiju, and the Advisor of the Secretariat, KJ Brix, and a delegation of four people visited Rhein Koester for the investigation und study.

On the morning of April 25, 2023, He Xiaolong, Deputy Director of the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, attended the event of the National Walk for the Integration of Digital Economy and Real Economy and the Launching Ceremony for the Promotion of Digital Empowerment for Customs Clearance and Facilitation in Shandong Province. After the event, Deputy Director He Xiaolong and other leaders visited Rhein Koester for research.

On 17 April 2023, Prof. Dr. Bremser, Director of the Institute for Lightweighting of Hybrid Systems (ILH), Director of the Working Group for Technical Chemistry – Brakes at the University of Paderborn and Vice-Rector of the Central German Campus, visited Rhein Koester.