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Chapter 1. Introduction1. BackgroundInvolvingin the new normal economic growth, Dongguan as a veteran manufacturing-featuredcity is willing to promote economic restructuring and industrial transformationand upgrading during the 13th Five-Year Plan period of Chinese government, thenultimately realize the "machine substitutions", "twofusion", "Dongguan Manufacturing 2025 "and other strategicobjectives. In order to achieve the above goals, Dongguan needs to intensifyefforts to build high-end talent highland, innovative enterprise and regionalinnovation heights.
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To fullyimplement the innovation-driven development strategy, build the atmosphere andplatform for the mass entrepreneurship and innovation, accelerate theconstruction of the Songshan Lake Park technology innovation service echelon, reservelong-term development momentum of the park, explore and attract innovation andentrepreneurship talents, straighten out and perfect science and technologyservice system and realize the dream of innovation and entrepreneurship, SongshanLake (Eco-Park) National New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (i.e.Songshan Lake Park) decides to hold the "Songshan Lake Cup"Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. This Competition takes the"innovation-driven, Songshan Lake dreams" as the main thrust andsupport the development of those projects which are of products promotionneeds, government support and venture capital needs in Dongguan. The competitionofficially started in October, 2016 and the finals of Europe division, SiliconValley division, Taiwan division and Songshan Lake division will be held inDecember, 2016. 5 T7 b1 l1 `1 r
In linewith the principle of fairness and openness, the business plan and theperformance on the pitch presentations of divisions will be appraised byexperts. Through the above selection, all chosen outstanding projects teams willget together in Songshan Lake, Dongguan in January 2017 to fight for therewards which is 4.3 million RMB yuan and 20 places in total. # T$ a" D2 n* E2 M1 E' }- T/ K
Besides, everyproject team interested in landing after the competition will be aided by SongshanLake Park to get the capital docking, entrepreneurial space and park policysupport and park business services. ) M, O% H+ u4 i% T& o9 u( X+ k
Afterlanding the project, if the project gets further reward from the national,provincial and municipal talents policies, Songshan Lake Park will offer thesame amount of funding because of implementation of the project in SongshanLake Park.5 L3 R" c6 i5 ?8 G1 P
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2. Globalfinals (January 2017, Songshan Lake Park,Dongguan)1. Thecompetition will be divided into two groups (startup group and enterprisegroup) regardless of industry fields, while the oversea divisionswill be grouped according to the registration status of enterprises. 2. Accordingto the number of enterprises being recommended to enter the global finals, thefinals will be divided into semi-finals and the finals. About the people whoare invited to participate the semi-finals and finals, for enterprise group, theCEO, CFO and CTO of the company should attend the finals, and for startupgroup, the core members of startup team (no more than 3 people) should attendthe finals. Organizing Committee of the competition will reimburse certainamount of the cost of food, accommodation and journey to the teams. 3. Inthe semi-finals, each team will have 10 minutes for roadshow and 6 minutes fordefense. At the end, 10 outstanding projects will be chosen from each group toparticipate in the finals. 4. Thefinals will be live broadcast by China IT media. The finals will includeproject video display (optional), project roadshow and expert quiz. At the end,there will be for each group one first prize, two second prize, three thirdprize and four winning prizes to share 4.3 million RMB yuan rewards. 3. Europeandivision(December 2016, Munich Germany)1. Europeandivision will not group all projects into startup group and enterprise group. 2. Europeandivision will be co-sponsored by Sino-European Professionals ExchangeCenter-SEPEC e.V. and German Incubator, in collaboration with the Chinese-GermanInnovation and Entrepreneurship Association, German local venture capital fundsand the experts from whole Europe, to build Dongguan’s international businesscard. 3. Thereview board of European division compose of well-known Chinese investors,entrepreneurial mentor from UnternehmerTUM, Professors, German local venturecapitalists. The review board will review all registered projects and recommend14 projects to the European division. 4. The14 teams being recommend by the review board will participate in the finals ofEuropean division in Munich, the cost of journey and accommodation for attendingthis finals will be reimbursed by the organizing committee of Europeandivision. 5. Theofficial language of European division is English, which mainly includes 8minutes roadshow in English and 7 minutes defense in English. The review boardwill score all projects based on the roadshows and business plans and then rankthe first, second and third prize to 10 winning teams. 6. These10 teams will be recommended to participate in the global finals in SongshanLake Park, Dongguan. The organizing committee of global finals will reimburse certainamount of the cost of travel and accommodation. 7. Mediasupport: Kaiyuan network and German channel of the People's Daily OverseasEdition. Chapter 2. Participation Information4. Focusedindustry sectorsIt isnecessary to meet the "4 + 1" industrial categories, namelyelectronic information industry, biotechnology industry, robot industry, newenergy industry, modern service industry (cultural innovation and E-commerce)and other strategic emerging industries. Projects which have won the 2015Songshan Lake Cup prize are not qualified to join in the competition this year./ w& w8 {7 F* S/ [) Y- t2 `$ {6 e
5. ParticipationrequirementsStartupGroup
|0 L' G! x: u5 @. k& t3 G1. Participantsshould have innovation- and entrepreneurship-related oversea experience, and masterthe industry's cutting-edge technology, technical achievements or managementexperience. Meanwhile participants should be interested in starting up businessor working in Dongguan. 2. Beforethe registration to this competition, participants have not registered or setup a business or worked in China. And the members of each team should not beless than 3. 3. Participantshave to agree to register an enterprises or work in Dongguan within 3 months afterthe global finals. 4. Participants’integrity about the innovation experience is assumed. At the same time, the participantsneed to have the property rights to the innovations and have no propertydisputes. Participants are responsible for outcomes of the infringement and dishonestyduring the competition. 5. Participantshave to agree to be checked about the information related to the projects from thereview board of this competition. Enterprise group1. Participantsare preferred to be small and medium-sized innovative enterprises in the worldand have independent intellectual property rights; 2. Participantsare preferred to be technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises thathave a sales volume no more than 150 million yuan in 2015; 3. Itis necessary to meet the "4 + 1" industrial categories from SongshanLake Park, have independent intellectual property rights and no propertydisputes; 4. Participantsshould be unlisted enterprises and have no bad legal record. 6. Participantshave to agree to be checked about the information related to the projects from thereview board of this competition. 7. Participantshave to agree to register an enterprises or work in Dongguan within 3 monthsafter the global finals. 6. Application1. Participantswill not be grouped in European division and the same rules will be applied toevery project. Meanwhile, participants have to register with email accounts. 2. Allenterprises and teams participating in the domestic Songshan Lake Park division(in China) have to register through the homepage of this competition ( http://cxcyds.ssl.gov.cn) 7. Applicationaccess (deadline: November 20, 2016)Chinease Students and Scholar Association at HelmholtzMunich Center received the commission from Sino-European Professionals ExchangeCenter-SEPEC e.V., the organizer of European division that through thefollowing registration email address to accept all applications: 9 |. X4 v5 Q/ p5 Z+ I& B) b( s! Y
Helmholtz.munich+songshanlake@gmail.com
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Chapter 3. Assessment criteriaThe review board of European division composes of experienced venturecapitalists, well-known entrepreneurs and experts from technical fields. In theprinciple of openness, fairness and justice, the project will be gradedaccording to the following evaluation standards:
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| Target market conditions (capacity, occupancy, growth, competitive landscape, etc.)
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5 a/ e; c8 p m6 f j | Business model (CRM, distribution channels, supply chain, R & D production strategy, key resources, key partners, etc.)
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| Team evaluation (members, industry experience, implementation capacity, management, division of labor, etc.)
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| Financial forecast (the next three years) and financing options (capital requirements, fund utilizing plan, equity transfer ratio, etc.)
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# c8 Y0 s9 w3 g$ k3 x; d8 `Chapter 5. SupportpolicyBesides thesupport from the framework of ‘Science and technology policy’and ‘Keyindustrial policy’ of Dongguan, Songshan Lake Park and Dongguan City alsoprovide talents and their families with life, work, education and medical caresupports. By providing a rich, multi-level support for the talents in startupand business, Songshan Lake Park promise to help the talents work and livehappily in Dongguan.0 Q( `3 U: h2 a( z6 P6 L
To providea window for oversea talents to better understand Dongguan and Songshan Lake, DongguanMunicipal Government will hold ‘Talents week’whose theme is "Innovation-drivendevelopment, Talents-driving Dongguan" from23th, November to 25th November2016. # v, K& _5 O$ I, ?& G: }, x4 T
8. TalentPolicyAccordingto various existing codes and government supporting frameworks and the upcomingmultiple level support policies for talents, Dongguan Songshan Lake Park will provideup to 1: 2 monetary grants for both talents and projects for the winner of variedentitlements, covering international, national, provincial and municipal level talentstitle).8 o/ N0 n2 m$ I" C
9. VentureCapital and Preferential PoliciesProfessionalssupported by ‘Dongguan leadership of entrepreneur’program will get 2 million yuanas startup grant in the first 2 years. After the first 2 years and the adoptionof experts, talents can receive another 3 million yuan as awards.
2 r! u4 E) p1 f) C9 [Projectteams got supported by‘Dongguan scientific research teams’program, can receive5 to 10 million yuan funding after the initialization of projects. Upon the finalizationof the project, teams will receive the awards no more than the funding givenfor project initialization according to the implementation condition and degreeof contribution of the project.
6 d9 n& `$ E" w- n10. VentureCapital and Incubation大赛组委会主承办多方应发挥优势资源,积极组织风险投资机构、知名企业、各类园区等单位,与参赛项目进行专项落地对接,加强海外才智与资本间的对接交流,做好项目在松山湖落地的各项具体服务工作,促进项目在松山湖落地实施转化。6 H6 Y( ?8 S H3 X* a0 g a
TheOrganizing Committee together with all organizers and co-organizers will givefull play to possessed advantageous resources, initiate matching meetings forventure capital institutions, well-known enterprises, project teams andindividuals to strengthen the exchange between overseas talents and localcapitals. Other efforts will be made to promote the soft landing, implementationand transformation of projects in the Songshan Lake park.
1 F* c0 s5 t) y* ]/ q9 E Scope | Content | Remarks | Capital docking | Organize business matching meetings for the PE, VC and outstanding projects. Provide inquiries, match-making meetings, projects roadshow, closed-door meetings and other services for the participants and investors in cooperation. | 1. Including but not limited to winning projects! u! l# ^! v1 b! Y- a1 P' |
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| Startup project | For the enterprises and teams settled in the park, relevant functional departments of the park will provide entrepreneurship training, application training for funds and talents title, management consulting, mentoring, patent applications, resource sharing, exhibition, international exchange and talent recruitment and other services. | 1. Project settled in Songshan Lake;
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2 i/ E$ K1 ~; }& t% P | Tracking service | After settling in Songshan Lake Park, the winning projects will enjoy relevant service based on the phase of the project, including: One contact will be assigned to each team for project progress update and communication; One team will be aided by a business mentor; Talents recruitment and entrepreneurship Salon will be held for enterprises; Discount for local purchase will be given; The platform to promote the sales of innovative business and other activities will be built; Organize specialized institutions to help start-up enterprises to apply for national, provincial funds, “the Thousand Talents Plan” and other talents policies (Such as incubators, the administration offices in the Park, specific contact person); After settling, free services, such as paperwork polishment will be available. For academic talents, help to build more communication and cooperation channels to universities and institutes to promote the transformation of research results to production, meanwhile providing the soil for the talents to root in Dongguan. | 1. Project settled in Songshan Lake;
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11. OthersupportsDongguan will support the talents setting up business or work inDongguan from all aspects of life and work, including (but not limited to): talentscan enjoy the simplified registration of business with priority, apply for housingsubsidies; be available to medical treatment through VIP channel (in second-classor better hospitals), annual physical exam and personalized health careprograms; get 80% refund from personal income tax (the part retained by localgovernment) and choose one of the municipal level or better public primary andsecondary schools for children's compulsory education.
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1 u$ D, v! f8 k+ j) o1 cChapter 6. Contact usManager:Yuanhui Huang3 ~3 T! {2 Z) ?6 }# {( O( U
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