On October 11, 2007, the Coordination Conference for China-Germany ITS Cooperation was convened in Beijing.

Officials from the Ministry of Communications briefed on the status of supporting cooperative projects and transport infrastructure in China. The German counterparts expressed willingness to share their experience in Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) Technology. The two sides will further cooperate in developing a pilot ETC system using GPS-GSM technologies in the Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway.

On the 14th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems held on October 9-13 in Beijing, the delegation from German Federal Ministry of Transport presented the GPS Toll Collection System which was put into operation in their country.