On April 9^th 2024, the National College Students’ E-commerce “Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship” Challenge – Tongji University-level Competition was held in Tongji SEM. The competition aims to stimulate college students’ passion for innovation and entrepreneurship, cultivate their sense of innovation, creative thinking, entrepreneurial ability, teamwork and fighting spirit, and provide a platform for students to showcase and exchange their ideas. More than 80 students from different universities participated in the competition. “From 2009 to 2023, the competition has been successfully held for 13 times. After years of development, the number of participating teams has increased from more than 1,500 in the first edition to more than 180,000 in the 14th edition. As the competition has grown in size and influence, it has become an influential national branding event.

The expert judges of the competition were Prof. DAI Dayong, Deputy Director of the Office of Informatization of Tongji University, Prof. SUN Yujie, Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee of Tongji University, Prof. TANG Daizhong of the Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Prof. SHAO Luning of the Department of Innovation and Strategy, Prof. ZHANG Yanxia and Prof. LIU Yili of the Department of Management Science and Engineering, and Prof. LI Haiying of the Department of Economics and Finance of Tongji SEM. The corporate judges were LI Peijun, head of the university team of East Money Information Co., Ltd, LIU Chunsong, Managing Partner of Tongji Investment and Financing Alumni Association and Relay Fund, XIA Houkang, Open Securities Innovation Researcher of the Information Technology Department of Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd, and ZHANG Yongjun, Editor-in-chief and departmental director of Shanghai Securities News. The arbitration group was led by Prof. SHEN Jia, Head of Teaching Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship College of Tongji University, Prof. WEI Feng of the Department of Organization and Management (Preparation) of SEM, and Prof. TONG Aiqin from the Department of Accounting. The disciplinary team was judged by PEI Pei, Secretary of SEM’s Youth League Committee, YANG Yidi, full-time students’ counsellor, and LI Zhao, Academic Supervisor of undergraduate international students.

The competition was judged on five dimensions: innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, presentation and copywriting for student project teams.

The competition selected one Grand Prize Group, five 1st Prize Groups, six 2nd Prize Groups and seven Honorable Mention Groups. The judges and experts strictly adhered to the competition standards and raised questions from their own professional perspectives to inspire the students to create and achieve new breakthroughs. After a fierce competition, the team “Gathering Light” won the Grand Prize of the competition.