On July 12, 2018,College Students’ Innovation andEntrepreneurshipBase ofSuihuaUniversity ushered inits first anniversary. In the past year, the base has undergone tremendous changes.
This building isfull ofyouth, enthusiasm, innovation,hope andvitality. It has gradually become a transformation base for scientific and technological achievements, a platform for training innovative and entrepreneurial talents, a training base for teachers and students as well asstudent internship employment base through government guidance, discipline support, joint construction of the school and the local government, and market operation model, creating an innovative and entrepreneurial environment of “integration, synergy and sharing”.
Upgrading — TheCreation ofInnovation andEntrepreneurshipBase
In 2015, the tide of“mass entrepreneurship and innovation” rose and became magnificent.College Students’ Innovation andEntrepreneurshipBase is born on the potential.
At that time,the building was the oldest onein the school. The teachers and students called it “the second teaching building”or “the east building”. In 2016, with the support of the Suihuamunicipalgovernment,both sides invested more than 10 million yuan to buildthe base and renovated theold building of6900 square meters. A brand-new building, which can accommodate 75 enterprises at the same time, appears on the campus and becomes the firstinnovation andentrepreneurship base in Suihua.
Time is the best witness. In the past year, due to the joint efforts of teachers and students, there have been 31 innovation and entrepreneurship projects in our school, covering science and technology innovation, social services, cultural education, and e-commerce. Among them, 8 projects have successfully registered companies, and 4 research and development results have reached an intentional cooperation agreement with related companies, the products being transformed. It has led to direct employment of 16 students and drove more than 1,500 undergraduates to go through practical training. It has formed three functional zones, that is, College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Zone, Suihua E-commerce Innovation and Entrepreneurship Zone, Small and Micro Scientific and Technological Enterprise Incubation Zone. In the base, we are taking a solid and powerful step to witness our own growth.
Training — ToIgnite theFire ofInnovation andEntrepreneurship
In order to stimulate the vitality, theCollege Students’Innovation andEntrepreneurshipBasehasorganized more than 50 lectures and training sessions to help students take threekinds ofclasses, that is,“enlightenment class” whose purpose is to cultivateinnovative entrepreneurial awareness,“practice class” whose purpose is to cultivateinnovative entrepreneurialability, and “professional course” whose purpose is to help students to set up innovation andentrepreneurshipproject. We invite national and provincial entrepreneurship training teachers to train nearly two thousand teachers and students, such as Jiang Daxing who won the honorary title of“China’s ten major business models” and“the twelfth model worker of Heilongjiang province”, Qiao Weiqi who is one of the ten largest entrepreneurial farmer in the province, Pu Qiuxia, a national entrepreneurial trainer, Qin Guangqi, an expert in employment and entrepreneurship in Heilongjiang province, Yan Guofu, a national training expert, and so on.
In 2008, our students in the baseparticipates in 10 projects ofCollegeStudents’ Innovation andEntrepreneurshipTrainingProgram. Among them, 4 are provincial projects, and 6 are school-level projects.
Competitions — TheEngine ofPromotingInnovation and Entrepreneurship
In the context of innovation and entrepreneurship, we have organized many events to motivate students, such as, Sandbox Combat Simulation Contest, Double Creation Cup Design Competition in 2017,“Lee Khao Cup” Suihua University’s First Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest, the 3rd“China Wings” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Selection Contest of Suihua Competition District, and so on. Nearly 500 people took part in the competitions.
In the past year, theresults ofacademic competition were remarkable. A total of 113 awards at the provincial level and above were awarded, including 43 national awards, such as Gold Medal of the Fifteenth“Future Star” National Arts Competition, the Second Prize of the“Xue Chuang Cup” National University Students’ Entrepreneurship Comprehensive Simulation Contest in 2017, the Second Prize of“Friends of the Tax Cup” National Tax Skills Competition in 2017 and so on. 88 were provincial-level Awards, such as the First Prize of the Ninth“Blue Bridge Cup” National Software and Information Technology Professionals Competition (provincial competition), the First Prize of Heilongjiang“Postal Savings Bank Cup” Intelligent Robot Competition in 2017, the Second Prize of the 3th “Internet +” College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Heilongjiang Province, the Second Prize of University Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition in Heilongjiang , and so on.
Prospects— LookingForward to theFruits ofInnovation andEntrepreneurship
During the year, the teachers and students of the base experienced many unforgettable moments. We are delighted to know that College Students’ Innovation andEntrepreneurshipBase arereportedin a full version ofHeilongjiang Daily. Of coursewe have paid a lot of hardship, too.Our teachers and students, with setbacks and beliefs, are brought together into a forward force. On the first anniversary ofCollege Students’ Innovation andEntrepreneurshipBase, we are excited and firmlybelieveSuihua Universitywilltakeopportunities of transformation and development toachieve moreresults.
(submitted by Huang Longbin)