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Shunde Polytechnic and RWTH Aachen University signed an agreement in Germany on "Guangdong-Aachen Industry 4.0 Applied Research Center"
2018-05-08 15:24 Ellen 

On April 24, "Discover Shunde”global roadshow was held at the Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall, during which Shunde Polytechnic and RWTH Aachen University signed an agreement on "Guangdong-Aachen Industry 4.0 Applied Research Center" . Government officials from Shunde and Aachen including Mayor of Aachen, Marcel Philippe and Secretary of the CPC Shunde District Committee, Guo Wenhai witnessed the signing ceremony.

SDPT President Xia Wei was invited to deliver a theme speech - “Hand-in-hand to accelerate the construction of ‘Guangdong-Aachen Industry 4.0 Applied Research Center’", presenting the uniqueness and advantages of SDPT , progress and achievements of the joint research center and its future development priorities.

The establishment of "Guangdong-Aachen Industry 4.0 Applied Research Center" was first agreed between SDPT and WZL of RWTH Aachen University in December 2016. Each side has set up a working team for the project planning with President Xia Wei and Professor Schmitt as team leaders. After rounds of consultation and corporate research, the two sides finally signed a framework agreement to officially launch the project in Hannover in April 2017, followed by the conceptual design of the center, layout of a temporary industry 4.0 exhibition hall at SDPT and an industry 4.0 technology themed training program attended by more than 330 people from 160 enterprises. For the next step, RWTH Aachen plans to send a team of experts to Shunde in May to visit the enterprises and work on a project implementation plan.

 

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