Final of the 15th Shandong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition ("Qingchuang Qilu") Held in Yantai

Source: Qilu Evening News  Reporter: Fan Jia  Correspondent: Niu Chunfeng

From September 20–21, the 15th Shandong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition ("Qingchuang Qilu") was successfully held in Penglai District, Yantai.

With the theme "Qingchuang Qilu: Youth Innovation Shandong, Forging Ahead with a New Outlook," the competition set up two special categories: scientific and technological innovation, and new consumption formats, new models, and new scenarios. It closely aligned with the development trends of youth innovation and entrepreneurship in the new era, built a province-wide platform for displaying youth entrepreneurial projects, matching resources, and empowering growth, and effectively promoted the implementation and transformation of high-quality innovation achievements. After intense competition, the competition awarded 10 gold awards, 15 silver awards, and 22 bronze awards.

Before the competition, the organizers also held an innovation and entrepreneurship training camp, inviting national-level youth entrepreneurship mentors to provide targeted training on key topics such as project market prospects, financial operations, and competitive advantages within the industry, helping participating teams shore up weaknesses and improve quality and efficiency. Officials from the Penglai District Investment Promotion Center were invited to present the region's industrial foundation, distinctive resource endowments, and supporting measures for youth innovation and entrepreneurship. Participants in the new consumption formats, new models, and new scenarios category were organized to visit the construction of the Penglai Historical and Cultural Street District, building a government-enterprise bridge for youth project implementation and development and providing targeted policy support.

Moving forward, the Shandong Provincial Youth Entrepreneurship Action Guidance Center will continue to enhance the "Qingchuang Qilu" brand, focus on practical needs such as youth entrepreneurship competitions and events, platform support, targeted financial support, mentor guidance, and policy empowerment, continuously improve the full-chain service system for youth innovation and entrepreneurship, promote the effective transformation of competition innovation results into real productivity, and help more youth entrepreneurial projects take root and bear fruit.