Recently, the final of the 8^th China International College Students’ “Internet +” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Beijing) came to an end. USTB has a total of 109 project awards, and the total number of awards ranked first in Beijing, including 20 first prizes, 39 second prizes, and 50 third prizes. The number of first prizes won in each track is the highest of the university over the years, and USTB was also awarded “excellence” by the Competition. The project “Intelligence Agriculture and Xinjiang Cotton — Defend Xinjiang Cotton by Science and Technology” was rated as one of the top ten projects in the track of Red Dreams of Youth, and the project “Preparation of High-quality Composite Plates by Green and Highly Efficient New Technology” was awarded the top ten in the track of Industrial Theme. A total of 10 projects from USTB have entered the nation-level Competition, which is the first in Beijing, and it is also the best grade for USTB over the years.

At the closing ceremony of the Competition

In the main track, 7 projects of USTB won the first prize, ranking 4^th in Beijing. They are:

Project “Zhongan Technology — Safe and Intelligent Warning Platform for Dynamics Disaster in Deep Underground under the Background of Double Carbon” by ZHOU Chao, a doctoral student from the School of Civil and Resources Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. SONG Dazhao, Prof. HE Shengquan, Prof. HE Xueqiu, Prof. LI Zhenlei, and Prof. NIU Xiaomeng; Project “Guardian of the Safety of Global Advanced Nuclear Energy System” by WANG You, a doctoral student from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. ZHOU Zhangjian, Prof. SONG Xinpeng, and Prof. ZHENG Wenyue; Project “A Pilot of High-precision Laser Gyroscope Technology” by LI Guangjin, an undergraduate student from the School of Materials Science and Engineering; Project “A Genetic Multi-omics Pathology Mining Platform for Precision Medicine” by ZENG Zehua, an undergraduate student from the School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. DU Hongwu; Project “Mingxi Science — A Global Pilot of Intelligent Heating Systems for Buildings under the Background of Carbon Neutrality” by ZHANG Mingxuan, an undergraduate student from the School of Economics and Management, under the guidance of Prof. ZHANG Zheng, Prof. WU Ying, and Prof. LI Xiaohui; Project “New Carbon Energy — A Safer Battery Made of More Environmentally Friendly Materials” by YANG Jiajie, an undergraduate student from the School of Mechanical Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. HUANG Miaofeng, Prof. JU Xin and Prof. CHEN Sen, and recommended by the Basic Experimentation Center for Natural Science.

In the track of Red Dreams of Youth theme, 3 projects of USTB won the first prize, ranking 2^nd in Beijing. They are:

Project “Benefiting People with Waste Materials and New Materials — Zero-Carbon Green Building Materials Drive the Revitalization of Township Enterprises in Old Revolutionary Areas and Assist the Development of Urban and Rural Infrastructures” by BA Haojig, a doctoral student from the School of Civil and Resources Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. NI Wen, Prof. ZHANG Siqi, Prof. LI Jiajie, and Prof. LI Ying; Project “Conquer the World Problem of Male Sterility in Maize to Defend the National Food Security” by JIANG Yilin, a doctoral student from the School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. WAN Xiangyuan and Prof. WEI Xun; Project “Intelligence Agriculture and Xinjiang Cotton — Defend Xinjiang Cotton by Science and Technology” by JIANG Shijie, a graduate from the School of Advanced Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. MA Cong.

In the track of Industrial Theme, 10 projects of USTB won the first prize, ranking 1^st in Beijing. They are:

Project “LoT-based Big Data Platform for Geological Disaster Monitoring, Early Warning, and Emergency Command” by HUO Leichen, a graduate student from the School of Civil and Resources Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. XIE Mowen, Prof. DU Yan, Prof. XU Zhen, and Prof. LI Yuan; Project “Key Technologies for Subgrade Construction of Special Soils in Humid and Hot Areas in Southern China” by ZHANG Lingzhu, an undergraduate student from the School of Civil and Resources Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. HUANG Zhengjun and Prof. MIAO Shengjun; Project “Clean Dressing Technology of Polymetallic Copper Sulphide Ore” by LIU Zhengyu, a doctoral student from the School of Civil and Resources Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. SUN Chunbao, Prof. KOU Jue, Prof. WANG Peilong, and Prof. ZHANG Na; Project “Earthquake Control Strategy in Ordos Mining Area” by ZHU Sitao from the School of Civil and Resources Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. HE Xuequ, Prof. JIANG Fuxing, and Prof. LI Jiajie; Project “Smart and Innovative Medical Solutions Based on MindSpore” by QI Siyu, a graduate student from the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. XIAO Ruoxiu; Project “Preparation of High-quality Composite Plates by Green and High Efficient New Technology” by WANG Rui, a doctoral student from the Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, under the guidance of Prof. XIE Jianxin, Prof. LIU Xinhua, and Prof. ZHAO Fan; Project “Digital Twin Method for Hazard Source Perception Early Warning and Safety Control System of Urban Underground Pipeline Networks” by QU Zhihao, a doctoral student from the Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, under the guidance of Prof. ZHANG Lei, Prof. DU Yanxia, Prof. MA Changcheng, Prof. CHEN Shaosong, and Prof. XING Linlin; Project “Industrialization of High-power Core Chips Diamond/Copper and High-thermal Conductivity Chips with Heat Sink” by SHAO Siwu, a graduate student from the Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, under the guidance of Prof. LIU Jinlong, Prof. LI Chengming, and Wei Junjun; Project “Industrialization of High-performance Soft Magnetic Material Parts with Miniature Complex Structure” by ZHANG Deyin from the Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, under the guidance of Prof. QIN Mingli, Prof. SUI Hui, Prof. JIA Baorui, and Prof. WU Haoyang; Project “Green Intelligent Manufacturing for Process Before Iron-making in Iron and Steel Metallurgy Based on Industrial Big Data under the Background of Double Carbon” by ZHOU Jie, a graduate student from the Institute of Engineering and Technology, under the guidance of Prof. HE Hainan, Prof. WANG Xiaochen, Prof. XU Dong, Prof. YANG Quan, and Prof. ZHAO Jianwei.

The 8^th China International College Students’ “Internet +” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held by more than 10 national ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (MOE). MOE has positioned the Competition as an important initiative to implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education and to improve the quality of talent cultivation, as well as a crucial platform to promote innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in universities. Since the Competition in the Beijing zone started, a total of 15,000 projects have registered and more than 88,000 students have participated, both of which are record highs. Because of the large number of strong universities, the Competition in this zone has always been the most competitive, which in this respect is comparable to the nation-level competition.

In recent years, USTB has attached great importance to high-level innovation and entrepreneurship competitions. Led by USTB Communist Youth League Committee, Department of Academic Affairs, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Graduate School, and International Student Center together built an innovative “five assistance” education mechanism to help the talent cultivation work of USTB, which was also reported by the MOE. Next, USTB will actively prepare for the nation-level Competition, promote learning, teaching, research, and innovation through competitions, guide students to be trained and grow in the process of taking the contests, and continuously prepare first-class talents for the country.

Draft: ZENG Bingjie

Revision: CHENG Mingyuan