On October 25, the summing-up meeting of the 3^rd Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (hereafter, the 3^rd Competition) and the preliminary training course for the 4^th Competition took place in Xiang’an campus, Xiamen University. Xue Weimin, vice chairman of Fujian CPPCC , deputy director of Fujian Education Department and Zhang Rong, president of XMU attended the meeting . Lin Dongwei, XMU deputy secretary of the party committee shared the experiences on behalf of the school. Xie Youping, director of the Students’ Affairs Department of Fujian Province, took the chair and presided over the meeting.

Zhang Rong delivered a welcoming speech. He said this competition is an important event that has risen to the occasion when China is implementing its innovation-driven development strategy. It is not only a competition for college students, but also a firm handhold by which to deepen the educational reform on innovation and entrepreneurship, a key link closely integrating production, education and scientific research, and an important platform for higher education to play a leading and supporting role in both economic and social development.

Zhang added that since the dawn of the 21^st century, XMU has invariably pushed ahead with the educational reform, with its main focus on raising students’ consciousness of innovation and entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, the school regards innovation as one of the essential qualities of the college students of today, and incorporates entrepreneurship in its talent training process and will promote the education on innovation and entrepreneurship as a proactive response to the innovation-driven development strategy of the country. Next year, XMU will play host to the 4^th annual contest, which mirrors the trust placed in XMU by the Ministry of Education and Fujian province and their full recognition for XMU’s effectiveness and efficiency in its educational reform. As per the request to “make it super, superb and superior”, XMU will do its utmost to run the 4^th Competition well, inviting varied universities in Fujian province to be good hosts for the grand event.

Xue Weimin summarized the 3^rd Competition and analyzed the problems and shortcomings with Fujian players in this contest. He said the competition indicates a novel breakthrough in quality education. It has kicked off an exploration for a new talent training mode, set in motion a comprehensive tertiary educational reform, established a new mechanism of the education on innovation and entrepreneurship, provided an opportunity for the young people to showcase their talent and serve the motherland, and built a new bridge to connect the university and society. Now this event, as one of the most influential contests, has extended its coverage to all the universities within Fujian Province and has become an important carrier and a firm handhold by which to deepen the tertiary educational reform on innovation and entrepreneurship, and a key link combining production, education and scientific research and an important platform for higher education to play a leading role in both economic and social development.

Zhang Rui, vice chairman of the National College Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Coalition, was invited to give a keynote report. He strengthened the significance of the contest and introduced the basic process, evaluation rules, formation of the preparatory teams and the general operation of the project, etc.

88 universities from Fujian province participated in this year’s competition. 80 projects from 26 universities finally secured their places in the provincial final. Universities of Fujian province had a total of 27 projects qualified for the final online evaluation. Of the 120 projects in the national final, 10 projects from Fujian province won four gold medals (including two from Xiamen University, one from Fuzhou University, and one from Xiamen Institute of Technology), eight silvers (including  one from Malaysia campus of XMU ) and 16 bronzes, coming in the second place.

Edited by Wu Qianyi

Source:http://news.xmu.edu.cn/cb/b7/c1550a314295/page.htm