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.

On April 13 and 14, 2023, in two batches, Zibo Gaoxin District Baoshan Management Center rural revitalization ” The integration of industry and education ” training will be held in Sino-German intelligent manufacturing industry and education integration demonstration base, Baoshan Management Center organization party committee team members, the village community secretary to participate in training.

On April 12, the 2023 Sino-German Cooperation in Advanced Vocational Education (SGAVE) Institutional Seminar and Annual Conference was successfully held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Mr. Fang Jun, Deputy Director General and First Inspector of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Lei Xinghui, Vice President of Tongji University, Mr. Chen Feng, Vice Director of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department, Mr. Chen Yi, General Director of SGAVE Project and Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Tongji University, Mr. Sun Xiaoguan, Vice Director of Shandong Provincial Education Department, Dr. Lothar Budde, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rhein Koester Bavarian Institute for Education and Digitalization, Mr. Liu Dali, President of Rhein Koester Institute for Vocational Education and Mr. Hu Pengchang, Director of Education and Training, attended the seminar. Dr. Lothar Budde, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Rhein Koester Institute for Vocational Education and Digitalization, Liu Dali, Director of the Rhein Koester Institute for Vocational Education, and Hu Pengchang, Director of Education and Training, discussed the “High Quality Promotion of the Sino-German Cooperation Project on Advanced Vocational Education (SGAVE)” and furthered the consensus. Yin Wen, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Tongji University, presided over the meeting.

On the afternoon of April 13, 2023, Peter Vesterbacka, the founder of Angry Birds and Slush, the founder of the venture capital conference, visited the Rhein Koester, accompanied by the Director of the News Center of the High-tech Zone, Song Wei.