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State Secretary Dr. Georg Schütte opens the worldwide first semicentrale STC in Qingdao
On June 28, 2011, in the presence of Premier Wen Jiabao and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, a joint declaration on the research and innovation program “Clean Water” was signed by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). As part of this program an environment-friendly semicentralized supply and treatment center near the premises of World Horticultural Exposition was build. After 6 months construction time, on April 27, 2014, this worldwide first reference plant was officially opened by State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Dr. Georg Schütte and vice mayor of the city Qingdao WANG Jianxiang, with an extensive program and many high-ranking guests from China and Germany representing the fields of politics, industry, and science. The center is considered a milestone in sino-german knowledge transfer with global impact.
