Peking University, Beijing, Mar. 13th, 2009: The Eleventh "Peking University Science & Technology Park Cup" Students’ Business Plan Competition, as an important component of the "GlaxoSmithKline" innovative entrepreneurship series of PKU in 2008, was officially started with related publicity work all around.

Gold, silver, bronze prizes and other outstanding projects would be selected in 9 months of competition in three rounds, including the first round, the semi-finals and finals. The selected projects will take part in the sixth Beijing Students’ Business Plan Competition and the seventh "Challenge Cup" National Undergraduate Business Plan Competition in 2010. During the period, related activities will also be launched, including lectures and salons on entrepreneurship given by invited outstanding people in business and academia, increased support for resource s for students’ entrepreneurship projects with the help of the selection for "Kawai venture capital fund" by PKU League Committee and expanded students’ entrepreneurship exchange activities with the University of Tokyo.

At the same time, the first round and final competition will be carried out in technological group and services group, respectively. The "Science & Technology Conversion Award" is set up for outstanding projects based on the core technologies independently developed by PKU teachers or students with a good business model and market prospects.

As the largest and most influential innovation and entrepreneurial activity for students in PKU, the Students’ Business Plan Contest has been successfully held for ten times, and becomes one of the most popular activities on campus.

Edited By :Seren

Translated By : Chen Zhenxia

Source : PKU News (Chinese)