Federal Minister Wanka was one of the ministers accompanying Chancellor Merkel for the German-Chinese intergovernmental consultations in Beijing as China is an important strategic partner for Germany in science and innovation.

The G7 Science Ministers met in Tsukuba, Japan, to discuss poverty-related diseases as well as the future of the oceans both being follow-up topics from their previous meeting in Berlin in 2015.

The German vocational education and training system, known as the dual training scheme, is highly recognized worldwide due to its combination of theory and training embedded in a real-life work environment.

The opportunities to have foreign professional qualifications recognized in Germany have improved significantly.

In the poverty stricken regions of the world, many people suffer from infectious diseases. Such diseases often have particularly serious consequences and remain the most common cause of death in these regions.

Securing the global food supply is a central aim of the National Research Strategy BioEconomy 2030. The BMBF launched the funding initiative "Securing the Global Food Supply" to support the global development of sustainable, high-output agriculture.

The seas swallow everything human beings produce, consume and throw away. The world's oceans are filling up with rubbish and the limits of ecological self-cleaning have long been exceeded.