Global innovators gather in Shanghai for college student competition
The finals of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition 2024, along with associated events, will take place from Oct 12 to 15 at the Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
This year's competition, themed "Dare to Challenge, Aspire to Create", is divided into five categories: the higher education main category, the "Youth Red Dream Journey" category (focused on youth and social innovation), the vocational education category, the industry challenge category, and the budding category for middle school students.
Since its launch in May 2024, the competition has drawn 5.14 million projects and 20.836 million participants from 5,406 schools in 153 countries and regions worldwide, including top universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Standford, MIT, and Cambridge.



Schedule
1. Competition schedule
- Oct 12: On-site registration for offline participants.
- Oct 13 to 15:
The gold medal competition across all categories
The "silver-to-gold revival competition"
The "bronze-to-silver revival competition"
The evaluation competition for the budding category
The ranking competition for the higher education category
The championship competition
2. Events schedule
- Oct 13 to 16: Exhibition of student innovation achievements.
- Oct 15:
The Innovation Forum for World University Students and the inauguration of the World University Students Innovation Alliance
A resource matchmaking event for outstanding competition projects
Sources: thepaper.cn and the organizing committee of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition 2024