Eligibility and key facts
Eligibility to be confirmed The summary below does not confirm your eligibility. Check eligible regions, age, language, and other requirements.
- Who may be interested
- Companies, University students, Young researchers
- Team size
- Enterprise groups: OPC, startup and growth-stage; university-team size limit unspecified
- Location
- Online preliminaries; onsite finals in Fengtai, Beijing
- Eligible regions
- To be confirmed; online does not imply worldwide eligibility
- Entry fee
- Fee unknown
- Prizes and support
- RMB 580,000 listed cash awards: 2×100,000, 4×50,000 and 6×30,000. Relocation, computing and other policy support are separate and conditional.
All deadlines
Original date: Official government notice: August 2026 through October 31, 2026; exact time/timezone not specified.
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Original date: Late November 2026 in Fengtai; exact date not stated.
The time is unconfirmed or the event is cancelled and cannot be added.
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About this opportunity
Jointly hosted by the MIIT Torch center and Fengtai District government. Applications close October 31, 2026; preliminaries are online and final pitches/defenses are planned onsite in Fengtai in late November, with exact dates to be announced.
Rules and deliverables
Participation rules
- Industrial AI-agent projects only. Enterprise subgroups are OPC/startup/growth. University entries include enrolled students and young researchers at full-time universities/research institutions nationwide.
- Open innovation and industry challenge tracks have separate task requirements; confirm enterprise classification, IP and full application eligibility.
- Online preliminaries followed by onsite pitches/defenses. Application fee is not specified; policy funding is not guaranteed to all entrants.
What to prepare
- Apply through the Industrial AI Agents track of the official competition portal with required information/materials.
- The official notice lists editable Word application plus stamped scanned PDF and pitch PPT by email to dszhuany@163.com as backup; check templates and current channel availability.
Sources
- Source platform
- China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition portal; official notice lists a backup email channel
- Source domain
- weibo.com
The organizer’s published schedule and rules take precedence.