"PGY NEWS" records the development of dandelion incubators and their incubation/acceleration/investment companies, which are broadcast quarterly and grow in a fixed setting.
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Suzhou AI Industry Accelerator was awarded the 2023 Microsoft Innovation Empowerment and Ecological Acceleration Program Operational Excellence Award
At the Microsoft Innovation Program Partner Conference held in Shanghai on June 16, 2023, Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Accelerator was awarded the "2023 Microsoft Innovation Empowerment and Ecological Acceleration Program" Operational Excellence Award, with the theme of "Win-win Cooperation and Create Brilliance", giving full play to Microsoft's rich experience and accumulation in the construction of the innovation industry ecological chain, exploring new mechanisms for the integration of scientific and technological innovation resources and regional development, and creating a benign cooperation ecology. Promote the deep integration of regional modern industries.
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Suzhou artificial intelligence industry accelerator accelerator enterprise won the international championship
At the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), a top artificial intelligence conference held in Vancouver, Canada, Wei Zeqiang, chief scientist of Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center, a company that accelerated the landing of Zhitianxia (Suzhou) Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., won the first prize in the NTIRE ("New Trends in Image Restoration and Enhancement Challenges") competition. Organized by CVPR, the most influential global computer vision competition aims to promote the latest trends and technologies in the field of image and video processing, attracting top participating teams and researchers from around the world.
Project financing
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"17 Dandelion Incubation/Acceleration/Investment Ecological Enterprises Complete New Round of Financing"
Suzhou Yiteng Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., a leading domestic electric vacuum product R&D and production platform led by Shun, announced the completion of a round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, this round of financing was led by Shunfinance Capital, CCB Capital, Wuzhong Financial Holdings, Xingze Capital, Kunshan Institute of Technology and Research and other institutions followed. This round of financing will be mainly used for mass production of core products, new product research and development, and the development of next-generation technologies.
Shun Financing's Series A investment project, Honghu (Suzhou) Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of semiconductor wafer transmission equipment, completed a series A+ strategic equity financing of hundreds of millions of yuan. This round of financing was led by SDIC Ventures, co-invested by Shenzhen High-tech Investment, Yuanhe Origin, Zhidao Capital, Yongxin Ark, etc., and the old shareholder TEDAKE Investment continued to make additional investments.
Suzhou Youlun Vacuum Equipment Technology Co., Ltd., which focuses on the field of automatic high-vacuum thin film deposition equipment, announced the completion of a round A financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing is jointly invested by Shunyuan Capital, Yuanhe Chongyuan, Su Venture Capital and Chuangyuan Venture Capital. This round of financing will be mainly used for team expansion, development of new product sputtering machines, and R&D expansion. Further accelerate the in-depth development of thin film deposition equipment, expand the variety of thin film deposition, increase investment in talents and research and development, inject fresh blood into new technology development and market development, and further realize independent and controllable in the field of domestic thin film deposition equipment.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase 6 X-MAN Enterprise, the world's leading brain-like intelligence and application solution provider, SynSense, announced that it has completed a strategic round of financing of tens of millions of yuan. This round of financing is jointly led by Shengshi Technology and Runwu Venture Capital, and the funds will be mainly used to promote the research and development of SynSense's 3D AI high-speed vision brain-like processor to expand high-speed dynamic vision solutions that can be widely used in autonomous systems such as drones, robots, and autonomous driving.
COBOS DANDELION ACCELERATOR PHASE III X-MAN ENTERPRISE - CHINA CHATBOT DIALOGUE ROBOT MANUFACTURER NANJING STAR BAT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ANNOUNCED THE COMPLETION OF NEARLY 10 MILLION YUAN SERIES A FINANCING, EXCLUSIVELY INVESTED BY ROYAL TRENDING CAPITAL. This round of financing is mainly used for Yunbat to accelerate the combination of Yunbat's self-developed CHATBOT application and ChatGPT, expand the development of digital human product applications, deploy and expand the computing power resources and algorithm improvement of Yunbat Intelligence, and closely communicate with Yushi Capital to accelerate the marketization process of digital human and AICC products.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase 9 X-MAN Enterprise - Satellite Laser Communication Enterprise Helium Starlight Alliance has completed the fifth round of financing. This round of financing was led by Yonghui Capital, and co-invested by Zijingang Capital, Chuangxiang Investment, Jiaxing Black Box, and old shareholders Orient Securities Innovation and Hangzhou Aohua. Previously, the company has obtained several rounds of investment from many investment institutions such as ZhenFund, Qiji Chuangtan, TusStar, Shouye Capital, Zhongguancun Development Frontier Fund, etc. This round of financing is only 6 months after the previous round and reflects the recognition of the project and technology in the primary market.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase III X-MAN Enterprise, an industry-leading VCSEL chip and optical solution provider, obtained nearly 100 million yuan in B1 round financing. This round of investors include Chery Group's Ruicheng Fund, Cornerstone Capital and Nanshan Zhan New Investment, and old shareholder Ivy Capital continues to follow suit. This round of financing will be used to accelerate the mass production of products and comprehensively layout the automotive market, intelligent sensing and medical and health markets.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase III X-MAN Enterprise - Deepview Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of tens of millions of financing. The financing was led by Zhejiang Huarui Investment. Previously, Shallow Youshi had received strategic investments from Sunny Group's V Fund, Yaotu Capital (Yaotu Capital participated in the seed round of financing and added multiple rounds in the future), Xiaomi Yangtze River Industrial Fund, and Zhenghao Capital. This round of financing will be mainly used for the production base of Shenzhensha Youshi to settle in Jiaxing Nanhu Industrial Park.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase 8 X-MAN Enterprise - Orange Technology announced that it has completed a series A financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by XVC, with old shareholder Lenovo Venture Capital co-investing, and Index Capital acting as the exclusive financial advisor. After this round of financing, it will be used for the construction robot service network including real estate development, paint dealers, subcontractors, etc., to promote the company's exterior wall spraying robot to achieve planning and landing nationwide.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase 6 X-MAN Enterprises –
Uni-Ubi announced the completion of the C1 round of financing. The lead investors of this round of financing are Zhejiang Innovation Development, a platform under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Zhejiang Province, and Hangzhou Shigong Investment Development, an enterprise platform under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Hangzhou Municipality, and two other district-level platforms participated in the investment. State-owned assets and scene empowerment. This round of financing is mainly used for the continuous research and development of AIoT, low-code platforms, and intelligent terminals, as well as the continuous development of overseas markets.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase 10 X-MAN Enterprise - Yuanzhu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of a series B financing of more than 100 million yuan. This round of financing is led by CMBI's New Momentum Fund, followed by Guangyuan Capital and Porsche Ventures, and the funds will accelerate the company's global layout and vertical industry solution expansion. In addition, in the process of the development of Yuanzhu Intelligence, it has also been favored by many investment institutions such as XBot Park Fund, Brizan Fund and Sequoia Capital.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase 11 X-MAN Enterprise - composite robot manufacturer Sazhi Intelligent completed tens of millions of pre-A round financing, led by Shenzhen Venture Capital, and co-invested by old shareholder Jinyu Bogor. This round of financing will be used for the continuous research and development of the underlying core technology of composite robots, domestic and overseas market expansion, and the co-construction of ecological partners.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase 10 X-MAN Enterprise - Zhonghao Xinying completed hundreds of millions of yuan of pre-B round financing, this round of financing led by Kede Education, Zhejiang University Wangxin, Huban Shannan, Saizhi Bole, Shenneng Chengyi, Wing Sheng Capital and other institutions participated in the investment. The funds are used for the company to further promote the development and application of AI training chips and computing clusters. After the completion of this round of financing, the company will improve the layout in AI training and inference chips, computing power clusters and large model research and development, and further improve the fully autonomous controllable computing power and large model construction.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase III X-MAN Enterprise - Xinxinteng Growth Enterprise Market IPO Meeting. Announcement of the 33rd deliberation meeting of the Listing Review Committee of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2023: The first offering application of Shenzhen Xinxinteng Technology Co., Ltd. was approved!
The eleventh phase of Cobos Dandelion Accelerator X-MAN Enterprise - Ryman Intelligent Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. announced the completion of A+ financing, led by Cobos, co-invested by Yuanhe Capital, Yuanke Capital and old shareholder Yunqi Capital, and Yunxiu Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor for the financing.
Cobos Dandelion Accelerator Phase II X-MAN Enterprise - Content Technology Company Shenqing Technology has recently completed a series A+ financing of tens of millions of yuan. According to reports, this round of financing is led by Heshijia, followed by Ningbo Intellectual Property Operation Fund, and financial advisor Bai Ze Capital. The financing funds will be used to explore AIGC and promote the landing of related products.
Muxi Integrated Circuit (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., invested by Oriental Fuhai, the eighth phase of Cobos Dandelion Accelerator, announced the completion of the functional test and basic test of the computing platform of the flagship GPU product, taking a key step towards the domestic self-research of high-computing power GPU chips.
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Suzhou Municipal Bureau Leaders and Park Leaders Visit Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Accelerator
On April 25, a total of 8 leaders of Suzhou Municipal Bureau and park leaders visited the park. Hu Jie, Deputy Director of Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Han Wenjia, Director of the High-tech Division of Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Jiang Yuhang, High-tech Division of Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Li Meng, Secretary-General of Suzhou Public Innovation Space Association, and Du Jie of Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Innovation Center; Zhou Cun, deputy director of the Park Science and Technology Innovation Committee, Zuo Zhiwei, deputy director of the Digital Innovation Department of the Park Science and Technology Innovation Committee, and Cheng Si, a member of the Enterprise Service Center, came to visit.
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Hubei College Students Entrepreneurship Training Camp Students Visit "Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Accelerator"
Organized by Hubei Talent Development Center, the 2023 Hubei College Students Entrepreneurship Training Camp visited the Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Accelerator on June 6 and conducted in-depth exchanges.
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Leaders of Hangzhou Qiantang District Government Visit "Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Accelerator"
On June 15, leaders of Hangzhou Qiantang District Government visited Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Accelerator, and Lianlin Hangzhou Qiantang District Bureau of Commerce and staff, Sun Shanshan, Senior Account Director of Government Industry of Microsoft China Public Utilities, and Li Yuan, Director of Strategic Development of Microsoft China Public Utilities Division, attended the event.
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Panzhihua CPPCC and Hefei CPPCC visited and investigated "Hefei Dandelion Innovation Center"
On May 27th, 12 people from Panzhihua CPPCC and Hefei CPPCC visited Hefei Dandelion Innovation Center to learn more about the construction of co-working spaces, and visited incubating enterprises such as Yunyi and Chuangpai Technology. During the exchange, participants had an in-depth discussion on the future development of co-working space, entrepreneurship and innovation work, and how to better provide various entrepreneurial services.
Event Review
Dandelion Incubator Headquarters
"Win in Suzhou, Create a Winning Future" International Maker Competition
The final of the 2023 "Win in Suzhou, Create a Winning Future" International Maker Competition "Central China Film Division" ended in Wuhan.
The event was hosted by Suzhou International Elite Entrepreneurship Week Settlement Enterprise Alliance and organized by Suzhou (Central China) Maker Incubation Center. Mr. Cheng Ge, a fourth-level researcher of Suzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, attended the event and made a promotion of Suzhou's innovation and entrepreneurship environment. Mr. Gu Jian, Second-level Director of the Office of Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Mr. Zhang Ruidong, Deputy Director of the Talent Development and Foreign Cooperation Division of Suzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and Ms. Dong Yun, Deputy General Manager of Dandelion Incubator attended the event.
2023 iFLYTEK AI Developer Competition
As a strategic partner of iFLYTEK, Dandelion Incubator will build an AI "Spark" ecosystem with entrepreneurs, and simultaneously recruit partners for the 2023 AI Developer Competition.
PGY's "Interview with Pu" launched the "YI Voice" program
In 2022, the "YI Voice Plan" will speak out for 17 start-up companies, of which 5 have obtained 1V1 docking with multiple investment institutions, and 1 has entered 2 rounds of negotiations with investment institutions; Two of them were interviewed by the official media for phenomenal exposure. Through omni-media channel promotion, help enterprises obtain brand exposure of 200W+.
In 2023, the "YI Voice Plan" will continue to advance, deepen the power of synergy and alliance, and help entrepreneurs make a stronger voice. This time, we move forward with courage and perseverance, so that the world can hear our voice.
Project docking service
Dandelion Incubator is deeply engaged in the field of venture capital incubation, focusing on intelligent manufacturing, artificial intelligence, new energy, new materials, semiconductors, medical technology and emerging fields, creating an "ecosystem" where all elements of capital, talents, markets and technologies are gathered, providing entrepreneurs with the most core services, resources and links, and has provided enabling services for 2000+ projects.
"Relying on the Youth - Project Recommendation" will regularly disclose high-quality project information seeking financing, market cooperation and industry exchanges, helping entrepreneurs connect with dandelion ecosystem resources. Entrepreneurs are expected to join the Dandelion Incubator's project ecosystem.
Human resource services
"Relying on Pu Recruitment" is a human resource service window specially set up by Dandelion Incubator for incubating enterprises, regularly collecting, screening, and sorting out the recruitment needs of incubating enterprises, and releasing them uniformly, welcome interested partners to apply!
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PGY Ark Project - Medical Technology Session
On April 27, the 36th PGY Ark Project-Medical Technology Special Investment and Financing Matchmaking Conference online roadshow came to an end. In addition to the 5 high-quality projects displayed online, there are still 20+ projects, attracting the attention of 30+ investment institutions. The online roadshow is over, but the docking of investment institutions continues to be open!
PGY Ark Project - High-end equipment session
On May 31st, the 37th PGY Ark Plan - High-end Equipment Special Investment and Financing Matchmaking Online Roadshow came to an end. In addition to the 6 high-quality projects displayed online, there are still 20+ projects, attracting the attention of 30+ investment institutions. The online roadshow is over, but the docking of investment institutions continues to be open!
PGY Ark Project - Artificial Intelligence Session
On the afternoon of June 15th, the 38th PGY Ark Program-Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center Investment and Financing Roadshow Special Matchmaking Meeting was successfully completed online. This event invited 6 accelerated enterprises of the Innovation Center to conduct online roadshow docking, and invited 30+ investment institutions to participate in the exchange!
Suzhou artificial intelligence industry accelerator
Leading ESG – a key strategy for the future survival of the company
On the afternoon of June 16, the key strategic activity of leading ESG-enterprise future survival was held in Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center, attracting more than 50 participants.
Microsoft AI empowers enterprise innovation
On June 25th, the Microsoft AI Intelligent Enterprise Innovation and Microsoft Business Application Innovation Ecological Forum was held in Suzhou Expo Center, deeply participating in the sharing and exchange of the event forum, and the Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center held a 3-day exhibition at the expo.
Hands-on Lab Camp - Develop AI programs with AI technology
On the afternoon of June 26th, the hands-on experimental camp - using AI technology to develop AI programs was held online, the course shared the advantages and limitations of GitHub Copilot, and its impact on the work and life of programmers, discussed the advantages and challenges of using GitHub Copilot to develop AI programs, introduced the principles and technologies of OpenAI-based chat programs, and why chose to use GitHub Copilot for development, with more than 50 participants online. At the same time, we led everyone to conduct practical exercises.
Azure OpenAI integrates cloud-native apps
On May 19, the hands-on experimental camp--Azure OpenAI integrated cloud native application course was held online and offline at the same time, this course mainly emphasizes the combination of explanation + demonstration + hands-on, and the offline will invite Microsoft cloud computing architects to lead everyone to practical training on site, and the innovation center will also provide free Microsoft cloud resources for each participant to carry out hands-on practice. A total of 53 participants were attended. May 23rd To B sales management course, the course around the problems and challenges in To B sales, through the combination of theory and case analysis, cultivate sales methods, improve sales capabilities, since the course was launched, extremely popular, the first three alumni of the innovation center also actively signed up to participate!
To B Sales Management Course
May 23rd To B sales management course, the course around the problems and challenges in To B sales, through the combination of theory and case analysis, cultivate sales methods, improve sales capabilities, since the course was launched, extremely popular, the first three alumni of the innovation center also actively signed up to participate!
Microsoft Business Surface Education Industry Partner Seminar
On May 25, AI Innovation, Empowering the Future - Microsoft Business Surface Education Industry Partner Seminar, invited Microsoft suppliers to participate in this event, and displayed Surface commercial series products in the event, education industry. Partner cases and other exchanges and sharing
ChatGPT and Microsoft's Azure Open AI service
On April 3, 2023, the ChatGPT and Microsoft Azure Open AI Service event was held online, attracting 62 acceleration alumni to explore the future development trend of ChatGPT, understand its application prospects in the field of artificial intelligence, how to apply Azure Open AI services, and discuss the future development direction with technical experts.
Winning Future Season 7
On the afternoon of April 26, 2023, the seventh quarter of Chuangying Future - Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center audition special event was successfully completed in the Innovation Center, which was hosted by Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center, Suzhou Radio and Television Station Win Future Program Group, and co-hosted by SISPARK (Suzhou International Science and Technology Park), Dandelion Incubator and Digital Domain Joint Innovation Center. At the same time, Jiang Jie, partner of Gaomei Capital, Wang Mengfei, investment director of Jiayu Technology Venture Capital, Pan Xuelian, investment director of Xingyin Investment Suzhou, Zhou Junhua, executive general manager of Fosun Wealth Investment, and Ma Yuehui, chief director of Suzhou Radio and Television Station's "Winning the Future" column, were invited to attend the event.
Fujifilm Group co-creates acceleration plan
On the afternoon of April 27, 2023, the Fujifilm Group Co-creation Acceleration Program Exchange Meeting was held at the Microsoft Innovation Empowerment and Ecological Acceleration Program-Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center, Zhang Feng, Chairman and General Manager of Suzhou Industrial Park Technology Company, Zhu Yiming, Operation Director of Microsoft Innovation Alliance, and Fujifilm Group FUJIFILM China Innovation Center Director Tiansheng Congren, Marketing Manager Li Qian, Marketing Director Yan Die, ReGACY Innovation Fu Haofeng, General Manager of Greater China of Group Co., Ltd., attended the event, which was a closed-door meeting, and invited companies with in-depth understanding of the Fujifilm Group Co-creation Acceleration Program and cooperative enterprises to participate in this exchange, and a total of 9 projects were invited to participate.
Changshu Dandelion Intelligent Manufacturing Accelerator
"Win in Suzhou, Create a Winning Future" International Maker Competition
On May 26, the 2023 "Win in Suzhou, Create a Winning Future" International Maker Competition (Changshu Overseas Direct Competition) and Suzhou Changshu Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Overseas Special Competition were held in the lecture hall of Changshu International Hotel.
Zhang Xin, Director of the Talent Development and Foreign Cooperation Division of Suzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Gu Wenjie, Deputy Director of Changshu Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and Member of the Party Committee, heads of relevant business departments of various departments and sectors and representatives and experts of venture capital carriers in related fields, and roadshow players participated in this competition.
Suzhou High-speed Railway North City Pilot Demonstration Innovation Center
"Winning the Future Smartly" investment and financing roadshow
In order to link early and middle-stage enterprises (projects) with investment and financing institutions, build a platform for exchanges and cooperation between enterprises and institutions, go in both directions, cooperate for win-win results, and solve the problems of difficult financing for enterprises and insufficient project sources of investment and financing institutions. On May 23, the "Momentum North City, Smart Win the Future" series of investment and financing project roadshow new energy and new materials special session was held on the 12th floor of Guanghua International Building, Xinyang Avenue, Xinzhuang Town, Changshu.
The roadshow was hosted by Suzhou High-speed Railway Beicheng Pilot Demonstration Innovation Center, guided by the People's Government of Xinzhuang Town, and co-organized by Changshu Branch of China Minsheng Bank Co., Ltd., Caohejing Oasis Core City Changshu Development and Development Co., Ltd., and Changshu Venture Capital Association.
Dandelion Incubator Park Station
Interpretation of R&D expense policy
In order to further encourage enterprises to increase investment in R&D, the state has introduced a series of R&D expense super-deduction policies in recent years. In order to help more enterprises understand the policy and practice, on May 26, the Dandelion Incubator Park Station launched an online training "R&D Expense Policy Interpretation".
Kunshan Dandelion Science and Technology Industrial Park
Patent pledge financial seminars
On April 26, in order to help talent science and technology enterprises improve their awareness of intellectual property rights, guide enterprises to strengthen and improve intellectual property management, improve the ability to use intellectual property rights, accelerate the transfer and transformation of innovation achievements, and inject new impetus into the development of enterprises, the Finance and Economic Development Bureau of Zhoushi Town and Kunshan Dandelion Science and Technology Innovation Industrial Park jointly held a patent pledge financial lecture activity, inviting full-time personnel to explain intellectual property rights and bank patent pledge related content to more than 20 enterprises in Zhoushi Town.
Tongtian Dandelion Creative Space
Start-up equity design incentives and financing method practice
On the afternoon of April 27, 2023, a special training seminar on equity design incentives and financing methods for start-ups was held at Tongcui Dandelion.
This event invited Ms. Mao Yaqing of Jiangsu Cambridge Yihua Law Firm to be the keynote speaker, to train 6 Tongcui projects, explain to start-ups through practical cases how to design the most reasonable equity structure and equity incentives for employees, analyze the legal risks involved in equity financing, and remind everyone how to avoid pitfalls.
New material innovation and entrepreneurship series salon
In order to help entrepreneurs with underlying technology to cross the key stages from technology to products, from products to commodities, on the afternoon of June 29, Tongcui Dandelion Science and Technology Innovation Space, together with Dandelion Incubator and Yangtze River Delta National Innovation Center Functional Materials Institute, organized a special exchange activity of Tongcui Science and Technology Innovation - New Material Innovation and Entrepreneurship Series Salon. At the same time, industry experts, investment institutions and other industry stakeholders in the field of new materials are invited to attend the event, providing entrepreneurs with full-chain guidance, linking industrial chain resources, creating a high-quality ecosystem for industrial development, and promoting the development of new materials industry in Xiangcheng District.
Dandelion Shenzhen Innovation Center
Jiangyin High-tech Zone Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
On the afternoon of June 12th, the 6th Jiangyin High-tech Zone Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Shenzhen City Competition was successfully held in the enclave of Jiangyin High-tech Zone (Shenzhen) Innovation Center, and after fierce competition, finally 4 projects of "Rapid Screening of Depression Based on Non-invasive EEG Devices", "Rapid Design and Intelligent Plate Making System Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology", "R&D and Production of Organic Small Molecule Building Library" and "Self-powered All-weather Clean Photovoltaic Power Station Robot Based on Flexible CIGS Semiconductor Thin-film Solar Cells" stood out. Successfully advanced to the finals of the 6th Jiangyin High-tech Zone Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.