THE 13TH CHAOYANG INTERNATIONAL TALENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE GLOBAL COMPETITION

ABOUT ITEC COMPETITION

The Future Hub of Chaoyang where global talents gather to advance high-quality development.

The Chaoyang brand is internationally recognized and influential, known for fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through its Chaoyang International Talent Entrepreneurship Conference (ITEC).

So far, ITEC has attracted:

  • 60,000+ entrepreneurs

  • 14,000+ innovative projects

  • Hundreds of top venture capital firms
    from 86 countries and regions, making it a global hub for tech innovation.

The 13th ITEC, themed “Chaoyang · Future Hub: Connecting Global Talents and Empowering High-quality Development”, will center around the ITEC Global Entrepreneurship Competition, welcoming domestic and international projects.

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

WHO SHOULD JOIN

Startup Group

0-3 Years

Whether you are a student who has an idea or a dream, a working person who inspire to be a successful person, or a newbie entrepreneur who just started your company in less than 3 years, you can apply for this startup group category.

Growth Group

4-10 Years

If you have built your company in less than 10 years and you are not listed in any Ace/Main Board are welcome to apply this growth group category.

Eligible? Check whether your company or idea is in these track settings.

Track Settings

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN

PRIZES

Industry & Special Track

5 Million Yuan

Grand Prize

1 winner

2 Million Yuan

First Prize

6 winners

1.5 Million Yuan

Second Prize

10 winners

1 Million Yuan

Third Prize

16 winners

Talent Track

200,000 Yuan

30 winners (one time grant)

The award-winning project should be an entity enterprise with independent legal personality and standardized operation in Chaoyang District.

Award-winning projects that do not have an entity in Chaoyang District shall, in principle, have a standardized entity in Chaoyang District within one year after the end of the competition, and meet the relevant requirements for receiving the award. The award funds will be allocated in two years from the date of verification and at a rate of 50% per year.

REWARDS

Industry + Special Competition
Talent

Policy Support

lThe main founders of eligible third-prize and above award-winning projects can be included in the “Phoenix Plan” high-level talent service system and enjoy the “1+8” high-level talent service guarantee such as health management and transportation.
The joint functional departments integrate industrial policies, covering the development needs of enterprises at all stages, focusing on artificial intelligence, data elements, digital health and other fields.

Space Services

lThrough the space support system of “one industry, one park and one platform”, more than 450,000 square meters of industrial cluster resources are integrated to provide differentiated space guarantee for award-winning projects.
ITEC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Park will provide exclusive support and “butler-style” incubation services (policy matching, international resource docking, investment and financing direct access, etc.) for three consecutive years according to the special prize of no more than 500 square meters and the first to third prizes of no more than 400, 300 and 200 square meters respectively.
The spatial resource matrix relies on carriers such as the IC/PIC Center of the Electronic City, the Artificial Intelligence Application Industrial Park, the AIGC Audiovisual Industry Innovation Center, and the Chaoyang Data Element Industrial Park, and provides corresponding space support in combination with the actual situation.

Capital & Resource Empowerment

lConnect with Chaoyang Science and Technology Innovation Fund and leading investment institutions, and provide portfolio support of “financial support, resource docking, and mentor escort”.
Industrial cluster linkage support, linking industrial AI industrial park, digital medical industrial park, Internet 3.0 industrial base, digital human base, Dawangjing business center and other industrial cluster resources, providing R&D platform, proof of concept and supply chain docking services.
Accelerate the transformation of technology in key scenarios in the open zone, link Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Cloud, NetEase and other industrial ecosystems to provide brand exposure, overseas and large enterprise orders.

Policy Support

The main founders of eligible award-winning projects can be recommended to become outstanding young talents of the “Phoenix Plan” and be included in the “Phoenix Plan” high-level talent service system.

Space Services

Enjoy a free registered address, a shared meeting room for up to two years and office space of 5 workstations (or no more than 100 square meters in the ITEC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Park).

Capital & Resource Empowerment

Jointly with Chaoyang Science and Technology Innovation Fund to explore the establishment of a special seed fund, give priority to the first phase of start-up funds, and solve the problems in the early stage of the development of participating projects. Connect with practical application scenarios and help award-winning projects to cooperate deeply with Chaoyang District.

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TRACK SETTINGS

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The AI basic layer (data services, AI chips, cloud services), the AI technology layer (computer vision, natural language processing, biometric recognition), and the AI application layer (AI agents, industrial AI, enterprise services, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent logistics, and smart cities) involve key technologies such as pre-trained large models, AGI general artificial intelligence, AIGC generative artificial intelligence, and AIGC multimodal technology (audio and video).

Industrial Internet

Upstream industrial interconnection automation (industrial perception, industrial control, edge control), industrial digital equipment (intelligent instrumentation, automation equipment), industrial Internet network (network services, network equipment), midstream industrial Internet security (security protection, security services, security monitoring, etc.), industrial Internet platform, industrial Internet software, downstream system solutions, etc., involving industrial operating systems, industrial software, immersive interaction, industrial simulation, blockchain, 3D rendering, sensors, core components and other key technologies.

Digital Security

Upstream basic network security (basic hardware, software systems), midstream network security (security equipment, security software, security services), downstream industry network security (network endpoint and interconnection security, communication security, data and application security, industrial control and Internet of Things security), etc., involving security monitoring and early warning, attack and defense drills, development and operation and maintenance, deception defense and other key areas, as well as security brain, data security, artificial intelligence security, software supply chain security, information innovation security, network attack and defense, advanced threat identification and traceability, Key core technologies such as big data security range.

Data Elements

Focusing on eight subdivisions: data sources, data basic services, data production services, data product services, data circulation services, data application services, data security and governance services, and data ecological services, we will recruit excellent practice cases of data elements, promote data technology innovation, and cultivate special data talents.

Metaverse (Internet 3.0)

Digital twins, surveying and mapping modeling, digital humans, etc., involve key links of core algorithms such as extended reality, virtual engine, 3D image modeling, ray tracing, and industrial simulation, as well as core display devices, high refresh rate, high-resolution MicroOLED, MiniLED, ultra-high-definition audio and video, near-eye display, holographic display and other technologies.

Digital Health

AI+ drug R&D, AI-assisted diagnosis and treatment, intelligent high-end medical equipment and medical devices, traditional Chinese medicine + digital, etc., involving computer biology, computational chemistry, large and small molecule drug R&D database construction, high-performance robotic arm R&D, multi-functional medical imaging system construction and other key core technologies.

Digital Culture

It focuses on the innovation and transformation of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, ultra-high-definition display, perceptual interaction, virtual reality, 5G and 6G in the cultural field, including AIGC application innovation (covering cultural content generation and creative works with computer technology and artificial intelligence as auxiliary tools), science fiction games, XR virtual production, naked-eye 3D, ultra-high-definition audio-visual content, future entertainment and other new digital and intelligent cultural formats, as well as digital cultural and creative projects related to new forms of cultural consumption such as digital art exhibitions, digital cultural tourism, and trendy toy culture.

Industries of the Future

Humanoid robots, quantum information, optoelectronics, 6G, new energy, commercial aerospace, satellite networks, etc.

2025 INDUSTRY TRACK COMPETITION PROCESS

Registration

1 July - 26 August

Apply online through the official registration channel.

Preliminary Evaluation 

End of August

Judges will score projects based on submitted applications. Projects registered before August 1st will be evaluated in August, while those registered on or after August 1st will be evaluated in September.

Preliminary Top 100 

Early September

Top 50 Qualifiers Semi-Finals Round (online)

Mid September

SEA Finals Round (Hybrid)

24 & 25 September

SEA Finals Round
(Hybrid + Kuala Lumpur) 

Pre-China Mentoring & Guidance ( Training )

Global Finals (China)  

  October

Participant Due Diligence Check-ins by China Organising Committee

November

2025 ITEC Global Award Presentation Ceremony (China)

December

REGISTRATION

Project Registration Deadline: August 26, 2025, 11.59pm
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ELIGIBILITY, RULES & REQUIREMENTS

1. The applicant and the respondent shall generally be the main founders of the project. The original shareholding ratio of the main founders and founding teams is generally not less than 30% (after penetrating and merging).

2. The main body of the project has been established for no more than 10 years (i.e., established after January 1, 2015).

3. Only one industry competition (special competition) can be selected for application, but you can register for the talent competition at the same time (relevant qualification materials for talents must be submitted before the competition).

4. The projects participating in the talent competition should be round A and previous early projects, and at the same time, the applicants should be emerging in the field of digital economy, with strong innovation ability and great development potential.

5. The subject of the project cannot be a listed company (except for those listed on the New Third Board and the New Fourth Board).

6. All members of the project should abide by the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and relevant laws and regulations, have no major record of dishonesty, have good conduct, and have good professional ethics.

7. Entries must have legal intellectual property rights or use rights (authorization), and have certain innovation and commercialization potential.

8. Entries should have a real intention to develop in Chaoyang District.

9. The subject of the project must be consistent with the subject of the award.

10. Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial projects that have been supported by the ITEC (formerly OTEC) Global Entrepreneurship Competition can participate in the competition, butcannot receive the same level or below.

11. Entrepreneurs and their enterprises who have been identified as high-level talents or high-end business talents of the “Phoenix Plan” in Chaoyang District can participate in the competition, but do not participate in the awards.

12. If the conditions for participation are not met, the organizer has the right to terminate the competition process once discovered.

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