TOP AWARDS｜USSTers Score Record High in National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

From November 17th to 20th, the final of the 6th China International College Students ‘Internet+’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship competition was held at South China University of Technology. Sun Chunlan, vice-premier of State Council gave some guidance to the organizing committee of competition. Zhong Denghua, deputy minister of Ministry of Education, Lin Huiqing, former vice minister of Ministry of Eudcation, Wu Yan, director of department of higher education, attended the awarding ceremony. After the fierce competition, two USST’s entrepreneurship teams respectively won one golden prize and one silver prize, scoring record high in the higher education main track and “A Red Journey to Building Young Dreams” track. Sun Yuedong, deputy Secretary of Party Committee of USST, personally went to Guangzhou to provide instructions and encouragement for the team members.

China International College Students ‘Internet+’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship competition is an important carrier and platform to deepen the educational reform in innovation and entrepreneurship. From 2015 to 2020, it was held once a year. With a theme “I dare, I can”, the competition involves 1473 thousand projects from 4186 universities of 117 countries and regions as well as 6310 participants. Finally, 300 teams joined in the final, and a total of 143 projects were given golden prizes to. The project “Brighten the Future —Development and Industrialization of Laser-driven White Emitter” won the golden prize in higher education main track. The project “Industrial Chain of Oil, Fruit, Vegetable Chips Promoted by Vacuum Frying and Deoiling Machine” won the silver prize in the“A Red Journey to Building Young Dreams” track . At the same time, These are respectively the only one golden prize in higher education main track and the sole one silver prize in “A Red Journey to Building Young Dreams” track that was achieved by Shanghai representatives. Up to now, our school has won the golden prize in China international College students “Internet +” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for 2 consecutive years, amounting to 2 golden prizes, 4 silver prizes, and 1 bronze prizes, scoring record higher and higher over the past four years.

This competition drew much attention from school leaders who gave some advice on the USST’s competition projects. Our school won the remarkable achievements in China International College Students ‘Internet+’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, reflecting progress in talent cultivation of high-level university construction and deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform focusing on international and national cutting-edged innovation and entrepreneurship competitions as a result of persistent efforts of team members, meticulous guidance of supervisors, and joint efforts of the whole school. Our school regards the educational reform in innovation and entrepreneurship as an important measure to improve the quality of talent cultivation, implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, advance the reform and innovation of talent cultivation pattern and talent cultivation system and mechanism, integrating the innovation and entrepreneurship education into the whole process of talent cultivation, all procedures of teaching and education, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship cultures advanced by innovative factors, training a new generation of young people with lofty ideals, enough capabilities and sense of responsibilities.