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On the 20th and 21st of October 2015, German and Chinese experts met in the premises of the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center (IQTC) in Guangzhou to discuss about how to proceed with the joint research of a screening method for Chromium VI as well as the joint development of reference materials.

On 27 March 2015, the 3rd Expert Workshop on Harmonisation of Testing and Certification Procedures for Toy Products took place in Munich.

On 5 December 2014, German and Chinese experts gathered in Beijing to discuss challenges in the development of reference material.

The second expert workshop on conformity assessment in the toy industry was held in Beijing on 3 December 2014 hosted by the Chinese Certification and Accreditiona Administration (CNCA) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

On 20 June 2014, representatives of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the Certification and Accreditation Administration or the P.r: China (CNCA), the German Association of the Toy Industry (DVSI) and representatives of German toy companies and testing and certification institutes met in Berlin at the invitation of BMWi and the Sino-German Quality Infrastructure Project to attend a planning workshop for the project´s core topics.

On 21 February 2014 representatives of the German Association of the Toy Industry (DVSI), German toy companies as well as testing and certification institutions met in Hamburg at invitation of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and GIZ for a planning workshop to investigate two thematic priorities of the Quality Infrastructure Project involving the toy industry.