On June 19th, the Anhui Provincial Selection Competition of the 12th China National Undergraduate E-commerce "Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship" Challenge, hosted by Anhui Provincial Department of Education and organized by Hefei University of Technology(HFUT), came to an end at the Tunxi Road Campus of HFUT. 15 teams from HFUT achieved outstanding results in the competition, winning 3 special prizes, 4 first prizes, 5 second prizes, and 3 third prizes at provincial levels, among which 1 champion, 1 second place, 1 Best Innovation Award , and 1 Best Entrepreneurship Award were won. At the same time, HFUT was granted the "Excellent Organizational College" Award.
He Jianmin, Secretary General of the Anhui Provincial Selection Competition of the China National Undergraduate E-commerce "Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship" Challenge, presided over the award ceremony. Guo Zhiyong, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Management of HFUT, delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of the School. Professor Hu Xiaoxuan, Dean of the School of Management of HFUT, delivered a closing speech on behalf of the organizing committee of the competition. Professor Zhang Jianlin from Hangzhou Normal University, Vice Chairman of the Teaching Guidance Committee for E-commerce Majors in Higher Education Institutions under the Ministry of Education, announced the results of each team in the final and the list of winners in the provincial competition. Relevant personnel from HFUT attended the award ceremony, and all participating teams and instructors in Anhui listened to and watched the final and award ceremony online.
A total of 50 universities and 6180 teams from across the province participated in this competition. In order to implement the requirements for the prevention and control of the COVID-19, the competition was conducted in the way of online defense via Tencent Meetings, real-time live broadcast of the competition and online review from the judges. Under the care and guidance of Anhui Provincial Department of Education and the high attention from HFUT leaders, the working groups of the Secretariat of the competition organizing committee cooperated with all relevant units and departments. Our university’s teachers and students cooperated actively and supported fully in terms of participation, preparation, organization, guarantee, promotion and announcement of the competition news, thus ensuring the smooth progress of all work related to the competition.
After selection and recommendation through various university campus competitions, a total of 360 teams and their works were advanced to the provincial selection competition. The disciplinary inspection team and arbitration team of the competition organizing committee shall conduct qualification checks on the participating works in accordance with the competition rules and requirements, and propose rectification suggestions for some works' non-standard expression, in order to standardize the original innovation, iterative effectiveness, and organizational compliance of the participating works. 240 teams out of 360 were selected and recommended to advance to the group stage by experts’ communication reviews from June 7th to 9th.
On June 17th, Professor He Jianmin, Secretary General of the Anhui Provincial Selection Competition of China National Undergraduate E-commerce "Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship" Challenge, conducted an online live training on the "Essentials of E-commerce ‘Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship’ Challenge" for the provincial promoted teams participating in the group stage. The organizing committee staff organized online check-in, identity verification, and group drawing, and conducted live broadcasts. Subsequently, each participating team entered the corresponding online waiting group and familiarized themselves with the competition operating and defense procedures.
On June 18th, the opening ceremony and group competition were held. Li Junpeng, Vice Dean of the Undergraduate School and Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Department of HFUT, announced the opening of the Anhui Provincial Selection Competition of China National Undergraduate E-commerce "Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship" Challenge. Teachers and students from 240 teams that were advanced to the group competition, watched the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the provincial competition online. Subsequently, each participating team presented their works and answered questions from experts on the on-site evaluation team in order of drawing lots, and the team that won the first place in each group advanced to the final.
On June 19th, the final competition and award ceremony were held, and 8 advanced teams completed the competition through roadshows and expert evaluations. The "Zhixin Technology" Team (works: AI Psychological Protection Cloud Platform Based on Universal Psychological Computing) stood out and won the championship of the Anhui Provincial Selection Competition. The "3C" Team (works: Zhiyu Patrol -- Intelligent UAV Railway Cruise Leader) and the "Changjiang West Road Tea Research Institute" Team (works: Changjiang West Road Tea Research Institute -- A Leading Tea Culture Original Service Provider in Anhui) respectively won the second place and the third place. 5 teams including the "Car Expo Team" won the "Best Innovation Award", 5 teams including the "Yiqiai Team" won the "Best Creativity Award", and 5 teams including the "Zhixin Technology" won the "Best Entrepreneurship Award". 8 teams including "Zhixin Technology" won special prizes, 32 teams including "Laolaile" won first prizes, 72 teams including "Juchuang Team" won second prizes, and 108 teams including "Qihang Team" won third prizes. Ten colleges and universities, including Anhui University of Finance & Economics, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Maanshan University, Huangshan University, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Huaibei Normal University, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui University, Huaibei Vocational & Technical College, won the "Outstanding Organization College Award".
The China National Undergraduate E-commerce "Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship" Challenge is a national disciplinary science and technology competition organized by the National E-commerce Industry-Education Integration Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance in accordance with the spirit of the documents issued by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance ([2010] No. 13 Letter from the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education). The aim is to stimulate college students' interest in scientific exploration, and innovation and entrepreneurship potential, and cultivate their innovation awareness, creative thinking, entrepreneurial ability, as well as team collaboration and fighting spirit.
(Written and illustrated by Tian Xiangwen / Reviewed by Niu Shanshan)
