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The City of Wuxi, Jiangsu invites international entrepreneurs and start-up companies to participate in the 2022 “TAIHU” Cup International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

Submit your business proposal online and get the opportunity to present it towards local companies, investors, and public decision-makers.

OVERVIEW

Time:

Round 1: 29/30 June 2022, Round 2: July August 2022.

Application Deadline 30th May 2022

Location: Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China

Application format: Online and offline

Wuxi is known as one of the strongest economic powerhouses in China. The “Taihu” Cup innovation provides Korean and other international companies with a stage to share business ideas and innovation progress with a local Chinese audience, and a chance to win cash rewards. International contestants also get the opportunity to find Chinese business partners, and to engage directly with Wuxi Municipal Government. The participating projects should be in line with the provincial and municipal policies on industrial and scientific and technological talents, and have certain forward-looking, innovative, and excellent development potential and market prospects. The track will be set up around key industries and future industries in Wuxi, such as information technology, life and health, advanced manufacturing, new materials, new energy, and the Metaverse.

Contest Details

Korean companies are now also invited to join the contest. All proposals related to the Key Sectors will be reviewed. The international team group semi-finals will be conducted in the “cloud” roadshow mode, and the semi-finals will be held in the areas where the overseas registration projects are concentrated. After the semi-finals, the number of places to advance to the finals will be 20 with due diligence by the evaluation experts. Prizes of 100,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan will be given to the first, second and third prize winning projects of each group. The award-winning projects in each group that meet the basic application conditions of the ” Talent Plan in Taihu” will be directly included in the 2023 annual support, and will be given financial support of 1 million yuan to 10 million yuan respectively.

How to Apply ?

What we need from you is a brief description of your business solution that underlines WHAT your solution is, WHY it is innovative, and HOW it contributes to people’s lives. You can submit your proposal directly to the contest organizers. Or you can choose to get support from Nanjing Overseas Innovation Center. If you already have a pitch deck, please email it to: alice.zhang@messenanjing.cn

Learn More

Nanjing, as the capital of Jiangsu Province, is its main driving force in terms of sustainable development and innovation. Jiangsu is China’s most prosperous province per capita with Shanghai lying at its easternmost tip.

The vitality of Nanjing is embodied in Jianye Central Business, Exhibition and Olympic District. With China’s most important banks, international exhibitions and sports events taking place in this impressive architectural yet environmentally friendly setting, Jianye district is a hotbed for entrepreneurs and investors. Chinese corporate heavyweights such as Alibaba and Xiaomi have chosen this district to head their provincial operations confirming its dynamic innovative ecosystem.

In its desire to internationalise and reach out to foreign stakeholders, The People's Government of Jianye District, with the approval of the Nanjing Municipal People's Government, established the “Nanjing Overseas Cooperation Innovation Center” in Stuttgart in May 22nd, 2019.

The purpose of the center is to promote sustainable city to city cooperation and support regional innovation by acting as a contact and promotional point in Stuttgart for German and European companies that are pursuing a “China Strategy” i.e. wishing to engage with China, either as a target market, sourcing base, for partnerships or for other collaboration purposes.

The cooperation scope is broad and includes, Government to Government interaction, University and educational projects, business, entrepreneurial, technological and scientific exchange initiatives.

The operating team of the Nanjing Overseas Collaborative Innovation Center in Stuttgart is made up of personnel from Landesmesse Stuttgart and its affiliate in China, Messe Nanjing. It welcomes you to share your China Strategy and discuss how to make it a success.

Your China Strategy

Reach out to us in order to evaluate your China strategy.

We invite all entities that wish to establish or deepen cooperation with China to reach out to us so that we may discuss how to support through our networks, in the corporate, government, educational, technological and scientific sectors. We can arrange relevant connections and advise on an optimal course of action based on our onsite experience in China and our Chinese and European sensibility and knowledge.

Beyond our tailored approach, the regular events we organise allow to take the pulse of China directly from leading political and business figures. These enable participants to present and meet face to face with potential investors, partners and clients online and offline from China or Germany.