On May 8, 2023, Zhou Hongwen, a member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Shandong Finance and Investment Group Co., Ltd., and a group of five people visited Zibo High-tech Zone to conduct investigations and research on relevant investment projects. In the afternoon, Deputy General Manager Zhou Hongwen and his delegation visited and inspected Rhein Koester, learning about the company’s situation. They were accompanied by Su Ruigang, Deputy Secretary of the Zibo High-tech Zone Working Committee and Executive Deputy Director of the Management Committee.

On May 6, 2023, Yang Yong, a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of Hangzhou Dianzi University, and Wang Yan, the Party Secretary of the School of Information Engineering, along with six other individuals, visited and exchanged experiences at Rhein Koester.

On May 6, 2023, a research team from the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province visited Rhein Koester for investigation and research. The team, led by Qian Bo, a Level 3 Researcher and Deputy Director of the Industrial Policy Division of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, consisted of four members. The purpose of their visit was to conduct on-site investigations and prepare for the second batch of National Industrial Design Research Institute incubation objects and innovation development research activities for service-oriented manufacturing. Accompanied by Wang Lin, Deputy Director of the Zibo Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.

On May 5, 2023, Fan Guijun, the Party Secretary of Shandong Vocational College of Light Industry, along with Yuan Lei, the Deputy Party Secretary and President of the College, and other responsible department heads, visited and exchanged experiences at Rhein Koester.

On April 29, 2023, Zibo Sixth Middle School and Zibo Eleventh Middle School in Shandong Province organized more than 50 high school students to go to the Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Industry and Education Integration Demonstration Base to conduct a study activity on the theme of “Industrial Robots, Transformers Big Helpers”.

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.