Beihang University once again won the Victory Cup in the 13th “Challenge Cup” National College Students Business Plan Competition held at Beijing Institute of Technology from March 17 to 19, which marks the fifth time that Beihang nabbed the cup since the award was established in 2014.

The competition was sponsored by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the China Association for Science and Technology, the All-China Students' Federation and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, and was hosted by Beijing Institute of Technology, the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Fangshan District People's Government of Beijing Municipality. This year’s competition received over 330,000 entries from 3,011 universities and attracted 1.424 million student participants. There were a total of 8 projects from Beihang University that survived both the internal selection and the municipal competition, and were shortlisted for the national competition. Among them, 6 made their way to the final defense

The “Challenge Cup” competitions comprise National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest (also known as major-Challenge Cup) and National College Students Business Plan Competition (also known as minor-Challenge Cup). Both events are held every two years. Last year, Beihang updated its record of being the only university that has won cups for 17 consecutive times in the major-Challenge Cup since its inception in 1989. Moreover, it also won “Challenge Cup”, which embodies the highest honor, in the 11th, 16th, and 17th contests. As for the minor-Challenge Cup established in 2014, Beihang University has won cups for 5 consecutive times and was the silver medal winner in 2016 and 2018.

Reviewed by Li Jianwei

Edited by Jia Aiping

Translated by Zhang Anqi