On October 10th, 2018, the 3rd the Third Sino-German Forum on Digital Manufacturing Industries, jointly organized by the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the German think tank research institute MÜNCHNER KREIS, was successfully held in Munich. Prof. Karl-Heinz Streibich, President of National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), Prof. Zhou Ji, former President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Prof. Henning Kagermann, former President of National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), and more than 60 professionals attended this forum. Prof. Liu Baicheng, Prof. Li Peigen and Prof. Guo Dongming, Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Prof. Wang Hao, Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Mr. Wang Xiaohu, General Manager of Haier COSMOplat mass customization solutions platform, Mr. Hu Nan from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Dr. Huang Pei, CEO of e-works global and other guests attended this forum. The forum was chaired by Prof. Michael Dowling, Advisory Member of the Council of acatech, Professor of the University of Regensburg. Representatives from German academia and industry such as Siemens, SAP, Fraunhofer, Technical University of Darmstadt and Adamos delivered speeches.

After the speech, Prof. Michael Dowling invited Prof. Dieter Wegeer from Siemens, Prof. Claudia Eckert from Fraunhofer AISEC, Prof. Liu Baicheng from Tsinghua University, Prof. Wang Hao from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Mr. Wang Xiaohu from Haier for a roundtable discussion to answer relevant questions from the audience.