New Sprouts Breaking Ground, Forge the Future with Innovation: The 2nd 2026 "Sci-Tech New Sprout" South Shanghai Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Officially Launches
Based on the construction of the South Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Vitality Zone, we will activate the development momentum of new quality productive forces. The 2026 2nd "Science & Innovation Sprout" South Shanghai Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, guided by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, hosted by the People's Government of Fengxian District, and undertaken by Fengxian District Science and Technology Commission and South Shanghai Science and Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has fully launched project collection, targeting high-quality innovation and entrepreneurship projects across the country. By building a platform through the competition, empowering with policies and supporting with capital, we will create a full-chain cultivation platform for science and technology enterprises and entrepreneurial teams from technology R&D to industrialization implementation.
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As a highly representative mass entrepreneurship and innovation brand event in South Shanghai, the competition closely follows the industrial development orientation of Fengxian, focusing on five major tracks: beauty and wellness, green new energy, advanced generic new materials, digital intelligent new equipment, and future industries to gather science and technology innovation talents. Participating projects can apply for up to two tracks, and the final track of the project will be determined by the review expert panel. It helps innovative achievements from laboratories walk out of the ivory tower, empowers high-quality projects to grow from germination to prosperity, and helps entrepreneurs with ideals get through the complete growth path from technological breakthroughs to industrialization of achievements. Adhering to empowering regional development through science and technology innovation, the event will fully promote the construction of "Beautiful and Strong Fengxian". In short, as long as you have hard-core core technologies and good growth potential, this is a broad stage for entrepreneurs to break through development bottlenecks and release innovation vitality!
This competition has two major groups: team group and enterprise group, with open registration across the country — no matter you are a new entrepreneur who has just formed a team, or a practical entrepreneur who has entered the development stage, you can sign up for the competition. At the same time, in order to further broaden the promotion path of high-quality projects and reduce the cost of participating in the competition, the competition has specially set up the "through train" channel. You can search the official website of "Shanghai Fengxian Biotech Park Development Co., Ltd. — Oriental Beauty Valley" to check the detailed requirements.
The finals will finally select outstanding enterprises and teams that win the title of "Science & Innovation Sprout". At the same time, a package of heavyweight policy packages is in place, providing real financial support to help science and technology innovation enterprises take off!
✔ Special bonus support: Each enterprise successfully selected as "Science & Innovation Sprout" can get a special bonus of RMB 200,000 to inject starting momentum into the project development;
✔ Additional R&D expense subsidy: The annual net increase of the enterprise's R&D expenses, after verification, can be subsidized at a maximum proportion of 30%, with the maximum subsidy amount up to RMB 1 million, reducing the burden of scientific research and innovation;
✔ Dual benefits of R&D services and venues: You can apply for innovation R&D service vouchers, with up to 50% reimbursement for professional R&D services, and the maximum quota for a single enterprise is RMB 300,000; eligible enterprises can prioritize enjoying the "rent guarantee" policy for science and technology innovation carriers, greatly reducing the office and entrepreneurship cost;
✔ Heavy support for leading teams: The introduced leading innovation and entrepreneurship teams, after verification, can enjoy a maximum of RMB 20 million in special support, gathering talents to empower the leapfrog development of enterprises;
✔ Green channel for diversified resources: Shortlisted and winning projects will be prioritized to connect with sci-tech finance and various talent programs, directly access to the industrial ecology and investment and financing circles, and fully open up the key growth links of enterprises.
Now, the competition registration channel is officially open. All eligible participants can log on to the official website of Shanghai Fengxian Biotech Park Development Co., Ltd. — Oriental Beauty Valley (https://cobvgroup.com) to check the competition process and relevant requirements for participation, and submit the registration materials online before September 30. Please ensure that the information filled in is true, accurate and complete.
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South Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Center is positioned with "global vision and regional leadership", making every effort to build a demonstration benchmark of science and technology innovation source, industry-education integration, and "fund + base", and continuously building a gradient cultivation ecology for micro, small and medium-sized sci-tech innovation enterprises. The 2026 2nd "Science & Innovation Sprout" South Shanghai Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition is not only a display stage for start-up projects to compete on the same field, but also directly addresses the practical development problems of sci-tech innovation enterprises such as capital, venues, talents and market docking, carefully caring for every "sprout" of sci-tech innovation, so that they can take root and grow in the fertile entrepreneurial land of Fengxian and thrive into towering industrial trees. We look forward to your coming with high-quality projects, daring to think and create, to co-create the future with us and empower the sci-tech innovation development of Shanghai and the whole country!