China International College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has been held for seven sessions since 2015. Participated by 25.33 million college students in 6.03 million teams from 121 countries and regions in five continents, the competition has become the largest global event for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Commissioned by the Organizing Committee of the Competition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University is inviting excellent young people engaged in innovation and entrepreneurship all over the world to this event where entrants can work to realize the dream of innovation and entrepreneurship, and to create a better future for the world. 

 

Requirements

The Competition only accepts team entries, which may be formed by members from more than one college.

Two channels of participation, one for Chinese college teams and the other for teams from colleges outside of China. For the latter,

1. 2 to 15 people in a team (team leader included).

2. all entrants must be students who are currently enrolled at a college/university located outside China or those who have graduated within the past 5 years.

3. entrants must be under 35 years old (born after March 1, 1987)

4. no limitation of applicants' nationality and ethnicity, and the projects' place of business.

5. projects in all kinds of fields are welcomed, not necessarily “Internet” related.

 

Competition groups

All projects entered will be divided into two main groups: Undergraduate Group and Postgraduate Group according to entrants’ academic status. Each group can be further divided into three categories: Creativity Category, Emerging Project Category, and Rising Project Category according to business start-up stages. 

 

Undergraduate Group

1. Creativity Category. Projects entered that:

(1) are creative;

(2) have mature product prototypes or service models;

(3) have not completed business registration and other types of registration on or before April 8, 2022.

The applicant must be the team leader, and the team leader and members must be current undergraduates or junior college students.

2. Emerging Project Category

Projects entered that have completed business registration or other types of registration within the past three years (after March 1, 2019).

The applicant must be the team leader, the legal representative of the start-up and a current undergraduate or undergraduate/junior college student who has graduated within the past 5 years.

3. Rising Project Category

Projects entered that have completed business registration or other types of registration for over 3 years (prior to March 1, 2019).

The applicant must be the team leader, the legal representative of the start-up and a current undergraduate or undergraduate/junior college student who has graduated within the past 5 years.

 

Postgraduate Group

1. Creativity Category. Projects entered that:

(1) are creative;

(2) have mature product prototypes or service models;

(3) have not completed business registration and other types of registration on or before April 8, 2022.

The applicant must be the team leader, and the team leader must be a current postgraduate student. The team members must be current postgraduate students or undergraduates/junior college students.

2. Emerging Project Category. Projects entered that have completed business registration or other types of registration within the past three years (after March 1, 2019).

The applicant must be the team leader, the legal representative of the start-up and a current postgraduate student or postgraduate who has graduated within the past 5 years.

3. Rising Project Category. Projects entered that have completed business registration or other types of registration for over 3 years (prior to March 1, 2019).

The applicant must be the team leader, the legal representative of the start-up and a current postgraduate student or postgraduate who has graduated within the past 5 years.

 

Awards

50 projects will receive the Gold Award, 100 projects the Silver Award, and 350 projects the Bronze Award.

award certificates

assistance in finding investment and incubators

cash award（corresponding cash award based on the results in the championship round at the Competition）

 

Timeline

Participants’ registration (Jun.1-Jul.15). Register at the official website of PILC: https://www.pilcchina.org/ during 0:00 Jun.1 to 24:00 Jul.15. Please select "Shanghai Jiao Tong University" as the recommended university in registration. SJTU will provide help with your participation.

Qualification review (Jul.15 - Jul.31).

Online evaluation (Aug.1- Aug.15) .

On-site competition (late October). Online or offline. If offline defense is available, the committee will cover for 1-2 members from each of the finalist teams the travel expenses (round-trip and economy class only) and the local accommodation and transportation expenses during the competition period.

 

For participants who want to join the mentoring session held by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, please click the link https://qingflow.com/f/a6aa628a  to submit the following information before June 6. (Please ignore this link and just register at https://www.pilcchina.org/ during Jun.1 to Jul.15 if you are not interested in the mentoring.)