For the second time Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer travel to Beijing in the course of the Chair's internationalization activities. They will continue to work on a research project that was started with Dr. Jing You from the School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Renmin University. Besides, additional strategic alliances and research cooperations shall be initiated. In this context, a PhD Matchmaking Workshop will be organized on May 12. The agenda further includes meetings with experts from DLG AgroTechService, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the German-Sino Agricultural Center.