The 10th “Chunhui Cup” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for Chinese overseas student kicked off in Chinese Consulate General in New York on May 8, 2015. Interested applicants have up till July 31, 2015 to apply for the competition (New York Division). Zhang Qiyue, Consul General of China in New York attended the launch meeting.

Previous winners and guests attended the kick-off meeting

The “Chunhui Cup” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was founded in 2006 by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, and was developed to encourage Chinese overseas students to return to China to start their own businesses. Since the first year of the competition, the program has attracted over 300 overseas Chinese students to start their businesses in China, while a total of 1,564 entrepreneurship projects were screened.

The competition’s New York division was launched in 2014, and has selected 58 entrepreneurship projects from 77 applications, ranking No.1 in terms of number of applications among all Chunhui worldwide divisions.

Education Consul, Ms. FU Bo with IntroAmerica Founder & CEO Betty Wong.

Interested applicants may refer to the following timeframe of the competition’s New York division:
April 21—July 31, 2015:
Accepting applications: submit business plan at http://cyds.cscse.edu.cn/
August—September, 2015:
Application screening
October 23, 2015:
Award ceremony (North American division, and connect North American divison with other divisions
Late December, 2015:
Selected projects start roadshow in China, and participate in science and technology exchange conference in Guangzhou.

To apply, please visit http://cyds.cscse.edu.cn/.

Contact:
Education consul Fu Bo and vice-consul Ding Jie, Chinese consulate in New York
Tel: （212）244-9392 ext. 8007 or 8011
Email: sinofubo@gmail.com,
dingjiejia@gmail.com
Website: http://cyds.cscse.edu.cn/