On January 24, 2022, when the Spring Festival was approaching, Rhein-Koester Party Branch actively responded to the call of the Federation of Industry and Commerce of Zibo High-tech Zone, organized by Yan Yongjia, the vice general manager of Rhein-Koester, and the company’s party member representatives went to Wansheng Village, Yulin Village, Junshan Village, Beigaonan Village and other places visited the party members and people in difficulty, and carried out activities such as ‘Walking with Love’, ‘Warming the Winter’ etc.

On 19th of January, 2022, approximately 20 teachers (trainees) from the Hunan Vocational College Teacher Improvement Class visited Rhein-Koester (Hunan) Inter-Enterprises Training Center and exchange ideas in innovative practice of the German dual system vocational teaching mode, assessment methods, and the work of the German dual system localization.

On 18th of January, 2022, the signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation between Zibo Vocational Education Institute and Rhein-Koester was held at the Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base. Sun Yingtao, the head of Zibo Education Bureau, Li Zhengsheng, the party member, Liu Changwei, the president of Zibo Vocational Education Institute, Liu Qingguo and Wu Jingming, the vice directors of Zibo Vocational Education Institute, Sun Longzhou, the section chief of Vocational Education and Continuing Education department, Cui Zhi, the chairman of Rhein-Koester and other experts attended the signing ceremony.

From December 27, 2021 to January 14, 2022, Rhein-Koester carried out faculty training program of Sino-German Class in Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base.

On 1st of November, 2022, Zhang Xinxin, the president of Zibo Federation of Trade Unions, Han Shaoshan, the vice president, Wang Lejun, the office director, Gao Qian, the chief of publicity research section visited the Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base.

On 31th of December, 2021, the ’Intelligent Production-line Assembly and Commissioning Training Program’ which carried out by Rhein-Koester (Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Public Service Platform) was successfully concluded, 40 students from the Hunan Vocational College of Railway Technology participated.

In order to build an extensive cooperation platform between Chinese and German enterprises, the 2021th Beijing China-Germany Industrial Cooperation and Development Forum was held on 23th of December in Beijing China-Germany Industrial Park (GUOCE International Convention And Exhibition Center), the forum was instructed by Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, Office of Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, Beijing Investment Promotion Service Center, and the forum was jointly held by Shunyi District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality and AHK. The forum was held by ‘Online+Offline+Global Live broadcast’, with sub-venues set up in Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt, Germany, and the global live broadcasts through various platforms. Leaders of relevant departments of China and Germany, experts and scholars, and representatives of German-funded enterprises and institutions gathered in Shunyi district to share new opportunities, seek new development, and jointly create a new future.

On 23th of December, 2021, the Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration & Innovative Development Forum and Opening ceremony of Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base was held in Zibo. The forum was jointly sponsored by the Zibo Education Bureau, the Zibo High-tech Zone Management Committee, and the Bavarian Institute of Digitalization and Education, and hosted by China (Zibo) Vocational Education Association and Zibo Vocational College. This forum coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany. The forum focuses on the theme of ‘Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration and Innovation Development’, in-depth study and implement the president Xi Jinping’s important instructions of ‘deepening the integration of industry and education, school-enterprise cooperation, and accelerating the construction of a modern vocational education system’. Aiming at building an industry-education integration model with Chinese characteristics, promotes the construction of industry-education-integrated cities, industries and enterprises, create an internationally competitive industry-education integration talent training system, and serve the national innovation-driven development strategy by deepening industry-education integration, etc.