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Global innovation and entrepreneurship competition opens for registration

The inaugural Hengqin Scientific & Technological Entrepreneurship Competition has opened for online registrations.

An initiative of the Administration Committee of Hengqin New Area, the Hengqin Scientific & Technological Entrepreneurship Competition is a new annual event with the aim of supporting innovative and entrepreneurial teams that have achieved advanced innovation results and breakthroughs in core key technologies with a promising industrialization prospect.

According to the latest information released by the organizer, a prize pool of RMB300 million (US$45.3 million) will be distributed across the 10 winning teams including RMB100 million for the most outstanding team. Two runners-up rated first grade, three rated second-grade, and four rated third-grade will receive RMB50 million, RMB20 million and RMB10 million respectively. First-class venture capitalists will also be introduced as support.

Projects should involve strategic emerging industries such as new-generation information technology, biomedicine, digital economy, new materials and marine economy. Teams that have already made some achievements and breakthroughs in core or key technologies will be given major support, as will participants with a strong ability to commercialize their business ideas.

A screening process in October will select 150 candidates and be followed by a preliminary contest to reduce the number to 60. Twenty shortlisted projects that make it through the semi-finals will be eligible for the final competition in November. Their projects will be scored by a judging panel composed of national technical experts, noted venture capitalists and experts in industrial economy.

To be eligible for the subsidies, winning teams must establish and register as an independent legal entity in Hengqin. They must conduct R&D and office work, among other things, in Hengqin New Area, the Zhuhai Free Trade Zone and Hongwan and Wanzai integrated area for at least eight years and will have unchanged tax liability.

Registration forms are available at www.hqkcds.cn. Applications close on 30 September 2018 with latest news to be found on the WeChat account (ID:gh_7167d71dc8ba).

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2018首屆中國橫琴科技創業大賽啟動全球報名

2018首屆中國橫琴科技創業大賽於6月22日正式啟動全球報名,參賽者可通過大賽官網(http://www.hqkcds.cn)或賽事官方微信:「橫琴科技創業大賽」了解賽事最新資訊並報名。大賽報名時間從6月22日起至9月30日止,整個賽事將持續至今年11月。

5月14日,橫琴新區管委會正式對外發布《橫琴新區舉辦創新創業大賽並給予優勝團隊研發費無償資助的暫行辦法》,決定自今年起每年舉辦一屆面向全球的創新創業大賽,總額最高共給予3億元研發費無償資助。大賽由橫琴新區管委會主辦,將邀請國家級技術專家、風險投資專家和產業經濟專家擔任大賽評委,從參賽項目產業方向、技術創新成果、產業發展前景和參賽隊伍背景等方面進行評審。

比賽分為報名、初選、初賽、決賽、總決賽5個環節,報名後將通過形式審查、初步篩選、線上評審等流程,從報名項目中初選150個項目進入初賽,排名獲勝的60個優秀團隊晉級決賽,並安排現場答辯,最終評選20個晉級總決賽項目,並從中選拔出不超過10個優勝團隊給予研發費無償資助。

為鼓勵新技術持續研發和產業化落地,大賽組委會還將為參賽團隊提供系列配套優惠政策,並組織國內一流創投機構現場挑選項目,以形成適合橫琴新區優選產業方向的創業,創投生態圈,進一步推動橫琴新興產業發展。

本次大賽主要面向新一代信息技術、生物醫藥、數字經濟、新材料、海洋經濟等戰略性新興產業領域,重點支持取得先進創新成果,實現核心關鍵技術突破,具有良好產業化前景的創新創業團隊;項目團隊成員不限國籍,無不良信用記錄,核心團隊成員不少於3人,且參賽項目的產品,技術及相關專利歸屬參賽團隊,無產權糾紛,同時具有來橫琴發展的意向。

報名參賽可進入官網報名系統填寫信息,並按照要求上傳附件,同時可以在9月30日前不限次數隨時修改。參賽團隊在報名期間無需在橫琴註冊企業,但獲勝後擬獲得資助前需在橫琴新區註冊成立具有獨立法人資格的實體企業,並需在橫琴、保稅、洪灣一體化區域內開展研發,辦公等實際經營活動,並承諾8年內不遷出,不改變納稅義務。

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