More than 40 participants came to the first Fraunhofer alumni event outside Germany. At the German Center in Beijing, they attended exciting lectures by Fraunhofer experts and industrial partners addressing the topics of adhesive technology, small hydroelectric power plants and electric mobility. It was a particular honor that Georg Leube of the German Embassy in Beijing gave the welcoming address to the audience. During the subsequent networking in the brewery, many new contacts were made over beer and roasted knuckle of pork.