A total of 290 contestants from 58 vocational institutions in Guangdong participated in the competition.

From December 18 to 19, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition of the 2020-2021 Guangdong Vocational College Students' Professional Skills Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the competition") was held at Liuxiandong Campus of Shenzhen Polytechnic. The competition was hosted by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province, organized by the School of Economics of Shenzhen Polytechnic, and co-organized by the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Shenzhen Polytechnic, with 290 participants from 58 vocational institutions in Guangdong. After fierce competition, nine teams including the team from Shenzhen Polytechnic won the first prize, 15 teams including the team from Guangdong Polytechnic won the second prize, and 23 teams including the team from Guangzhou City Polytechnic won the third prize.

On December 18, the School of Economics held a meeting for team leaders from various colleges participating in the competition in Conference Room 109, Mingde Building, Liuxiandong Campus, explaining the rules of the Competition and answering questions of concern. On the morning of December 19, all competitors arrived at the site of the competition on time for registration and participation.

The competition was a team competition that was in line with national competitions. It had four parts, namely Entrepreneurship (Creative) Project Plan Writing, Practice of Start-up Enterprise Simulation Operations, Report and Defense of Team Operation and Decision Making Plan, and Practice of Project Operation. Each team had five members who respectively took responsibility to complete the four parts. It took one day to complete the whole process. This competition tested students from higher vocational colleges in terms of specialized knowledge and ability of entrepreneurship and innovation, creative thinking, and professional ethics and quality, promoting the integration of specialties with innovation and entrepreneurship, science with innovation and entrepreneurship, industries with education, and ideology with innovation and entrepreneurship, so as to advance education, learning, reform, and innovation.

This competition was successfully held, receiving recognition from the Department of Education of Guangdong Province and other colleges participating in the competition. Liu Fenming, the supervisor of the competition, inspected the site and the equipment and spoke highly of the arrangement. Teachers and students participating in the competition praised student volunteers for their positive spirit and high quality. The School of Economics will take this competition as an opportunity to enhance summaries and exchanges and share successful experience, applying the achievements of the competition to teaching and continuously improving the quality of talent training.

(Text by Zhang Xianwei, School of Economics)