The on-site finals of the Guangdong Division of the China International College Students' Innovation Competition (2026) were held at South China Agricultural University from 23 to 25 October. After intense competition through online review, on-site presentation and defence, GDUT's entries stood out from more than 126,800 projects across the province, winning nine gold and seven silver awards. The University ranked fourth among all universities in the province by number of gold awards, and swept gold in every category of the Higher Education Main Track.
Chen Zhuowu, Deputy CPC Secretary of GDUT, followed and guided the organisation of the competition and the development of the projects. He called for using the competition as an important lever to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship education more deeply into the whole chain of talent cultivation. He made several special research visits to the schools to ensure that projects were identified, selected and incubated effectively, and travelled to the venue to guide the teams in their preparations, providing direction for the orderly running of the competition and for raising the quality of the projects.
These results are a clear reflection of the GDUT's sustained efforts in recent years to advance the commercialisation of students' research outcomes and to deepen education through the integration of industry and education.
