2018 JIANGSU OVERSEAS TALENTS  

THE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION  

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

2018 Jiangsu Overseas Talents Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in the United Kingdom was successfully held on November 25th in Imperial College London, with the aim of effectively implementing the strategy of talent development of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Government, and attracting and gathering overseas high-level entrepreneurial and innovative talents.

After a one-month registration, ten projects led by students and scholars from Cambridge University, Oxford University, Imperial College London, University College London and other top universities were reviewed by the organizing committee and nominated to the competition, and prepared to seek a place in the final competition being held in Jiangsu in December.

Projects covered a wide range of areas including bioscience, environmental engineering, quantum communication, electronic information, financial big data, intelligent Internet of things, and aerodynamics.

Jiangsu Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security led a team of experts in related fields from eight cities who were invited as the evaluation panel. Seven out of ten projects stood out after being assessed and were assured a place in the final competition in Jiangsu Province.

The shortlisted projects are invited to participate in the final competition being held on December 7th, 2018 in Jiangsu Province. During the events, room and board expenses of the participants will be borne by the organizing committee. Participants will also be offered traffic allowance of 6,000 RMB per person. Projects landing in Jiangsu Province can enjoy supportive services of entrepreneur training, management consulting, innovation resources sharing, recruitment, angel investment and so on.

Furthermore, in order to introduce the development environment of Jiangsu Province and to promote regional talent introduction policies for high-level talents in the UK, the team of experts also travelled to Edinburgh and interchanged ideas with leaders of Association of Chinese Professionals in the UK and representatives of Doctorate Association on talents cooperation.