The finals of the 7th China International College Students' "Internet+" 
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition kicked off on October 13th in 
Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. The event was organized by 
the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and Jiangxi 
Provincial Government. 

This event, both online and offline, with "Brave, Creative as I Can Be" as its 
theme, attracted the participation of more than 9.56million students of 
4,347colleges and universities from 121countries and regions, with a total of 
2.28million projects involved.  

This competition has largely boosted the spirit and enthusiasm of college 
students for innovation and entrepreneurship, according to the organizer, 
adding that participation of college students worldwide has helped achieve the 
competition goal of "More National, More Global, More Educational, More 
Comprehensive, and More Innovative".

With a separate "Undergraduate creativity team" set up, the competition 
organizer has tried to provide more opportunities to college students, make 
sure their in-depth participations, and so more "future stars" of innovation 
and entrepreneurship could stand out. The age limit of competition participants 
is 35 years old.

An "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Achievement Exhibition" was also held 
during the competition, with the aim to highlight the achievements of colleges 
and universities around the country, by implementing the fundamental task of 
building morality and cultivating a new force for mass entrepreneurship and 
innovation.

Despite COVID-19 situation, students from the world top 100 universities, 
including Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University, Stanford 
University and MIT, formed teams to sign up for the competition. Through the 
combined forms of online and offline, participating teams at home and abroad 
have realized people-to-people communications, cultural exchanges and 
competitions. The event has helped built the largest communication platform for 
global innovation and entrepreneurship education, as well as enhanced the 
international impact and competitiveness of China's higher education.

Besides keeping the main higher education track, vocational education track and 
emerging track, this competition has added an industry and business proposition 
track, which has caught attentions of many well-known enterprises such as 
Huawei, Tencent, JD, ByteDance and China Southern Airlines. This effectively 
promoted the transformation of competition achievements, nurtured a good 
ecosystem for collaborative training of innovative and entrepreneurial talents, 
and promoted the transformation and application of scientific and technological 
innovation achievements.

Inaugurated in 2015, the China International College Students' "Internet+" 
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has been held annually for seven 
consecutive years. 

This year's event is jointly sponsored by 12 ministries including the Ministry 
of Education and the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, and is hosted by 
the Nanchang University and the Nanchang Municipal People's government. 

College Student Innovation, Entrepreneurship Competition has become an 
important carrier for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship 
education in China, a stage to help college students worldwide realize their 
innovation and entrepreneurship dreams, and a platform of cultural exchanges 
between China and foreign countries.

SOURCE:Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

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"Internet+" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition kicked off on October 
13th in Nanchang, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province.