On November 15th, the kick-off meeting for the Shandong Provincial Key R&D Program (Science & Technology Cooperation) project, jointly undertaken by Qilu Institute of Technology, Shandong University, and Inha University of South Korea, was held at QIT. Professor KIM DUK KYUNG from Inha University, Professor BAI Zhiquan from Shandong University, university leaders, and key faculty members from relevant disciplines attended the meeting. The event was chaired by Professor YUAN Dongfeng, Dean of both the School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Control Engineering and the School of Computer and Information Engineering.