PD Dr. Tim Jennerjahn, PD Dr. Thomas Pohlmann and Dr. Günter Jost participated in a workshop and the steering committee meeting of the Sino-German cooperation in marince sciences in Xiamen. PD Dr. Tim Jennerjahn reported on the progress of the ECOLOC project and presented our plans of the TICAS (Tackling environmental change Issues of China’s coastal Aquatic Systems: Networking, capacity building and knowledge exchange) proposal. More information about Sino-German cooperation in marine sciences is available here (only available in German).