China Optics Valley 3551 International Entrepreneurship Competition

About

The China Optics Valley 3551 International Entrepreneurship Competition invites both domestic and international entrepreneurs to showcase innovative projects across various industry tracks, offering substantial cash prizes, travel subsidies, and exclusive training opportunities, all aimed at fostering high-quality entrepreneurial initiatives in the East Lake High-Tech Zone.

Benefits

• First Prize: ¥1 million (4 winners)
• Second Prize: ¥500,000 (6 winners)
• Third Prize: ¥250,000 (10 winners)
• Excellence Award: around ¥50,000 (about 60 winners)
• Talent Recommendation Award: ¥5,000 (no limit on number of awards)
• Travel subsidies for semi-finalists
• Entrepreneurship training for finals winners
• High-level talent services for third prize and above winners

Eligibility Criteria

• Both domestic and international entrepreneurs can apply as a company or project team
• Participants must be the actual controller of a tech company founded after January 1, 2020, or the main person in charge of a project with industrialization value
• Projects must fall within key industry areas of the East Lake High-Tech Zone
• Projects must be innovative with high growth potential and own intellectual property rights
• Projects that have received funding from East Lake High-Tech Zone talent policies or won past 3551 finals cannot re-enter
• Participants in the Europe/US Track must have studied, worked, or started a business in the corresponding country/region
• Each project can only compete in one track