To strengthen students’ innovative thinking and enhance their entrepreneurial practice capabilities, on the morning of July 4 the School of Economics and Management (SEM) successfully held the mid-term consultation of the 11th "SEM Entrepreneurship Practice Camp" project in Room 1205 of the Economics and Management Building. The event mainly took the form of on-site expert guidance and project-team presentations and defenses.
The meeting scene
As the mid-term consultation began, the host, Qin Yifang, Director of the Alumni and Fund Office of SEM, first introduced the guests in attendance: Lin Shaorong, alumnus of the 1987 Management Research class and Chairman of China Resources International Development Co., Ltd.; Liu Xingyu, alumnus of the 1989 Industry & Trade class and shareholder of North America BCL Mining Group; Wei Guoliang, alumnus of the 1997 Industry & Trade class and Chairman of Beijing Zhongguan Interconnection Technology Incubator Co., Ltd.; Liu Wei, alumnus of the 2002 MBA class and Deputy General Manager of Beijing Jingneng Huaqing Comprehensive Energy Co., Ltd.; Zhong Yangang, alumnus of the 2012 MBA class and Deputy General Manager of Zhongshe Jianzi International Engineering Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd.; Wu Sen, Secretary of the SEM Party Committee; and Liu Yan, Deputy Secretary of the SEM Party Committee and Vice Dean.
Qin Yifang hosting the meeting
The five teams taking part in this mid-term defense were the Spark Think Tank team, the LiLu Smart Desktop Pet team, the Solar Green Shield team, the Lingwu Innovation Technology team, and the Sunshine After Rain team.
The five teams successively reported on the progress of their respective projects, presenting the current status of each project, the practical difficulties encountered during implementation, and their plans for the next stage. After carefully listening to the reports, the expert judges analyzed each project one by one from a professional perspective, affirming their strengths while pointing out directions for improvement. In response to the specific questions raised by each team, the judges gave detailed replies and offered suggestions that were both forward-looking and practical.
Project presentations
Expert comments
After the project presentations, the expert deliberation session began. Drawing on their profound industry experience and extensive expertise, the judges made a comprehensive assessment of the projects’ prospects, analyzing their potential market space while fully considering the challenges and uncertainties that might arise in subsequent implementation, and set higher expectations for each team’s concrete path of future practice.
Lin Shaorong announcing the deliberation results
Finally, on behalf of the school, Wu Sen expressed sincere gratitude to the alumnus judges, experts, teachers and students who have long supported the Entrepreneurship Practice Camp. She fully affirmed the efforts and achievements of the five teams over the past period. She noted that the SEM Entrepreneurship Practice Camp, initiated and continuously funded by alumni for more than a decade, serves both as an incubation platform for innovation and entrepreneurship and as an important vehicle for students to integrate professional knowledge with practice. She urged each team to cherish the opportunity and move forward steadily, and wished the students a steady, far-reaching and prosperous journey on the path of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Wu Sen delivering a speech
The mid-term consultation of the 11th "SEM Entrepreneurship Practice Camp" concluded successfully with a group photo. During the event, the entrepreneurial teams fully demonstrated the high spirits of young students devoted to innovation and entrepreneurship and the enterprising spirit of SEM people. Team members not only received careful guidance and practical advice from the expert judges, but also accumulated hands-on experience and strengthened their communication and teamwork abilities through the project presentations and exchange defenses, injecting fresh energy into the continued advancement of their projects.
