The 16th National E-commerce “Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship” Competition for College Students concluded recently. Hundreds of teams and over a thousand faculty and students from universities across the country were drawn to Zhejiang for the contest. Two teams from City University of Macau (CityU), the “Active Aging π Squad” and “Light of Macao” team, both won national second prizes. Earlier, the “Dream Builders of Cultural Tourism” team from CityU also won a Second Prize at the National Finals of the Cultural Tourism E-Commerce Competition of this year’s “3Chuang Competition”. Multiple teams also achieved excellent results across different competition categories.
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Among the award-winning teams, the “Active Aging π Squad” focused on the elderly care services and developed the “Carefree Active Aging” project responding to trends of an aging society through in-depth social practice and fieldwork. The team was composed of five students from the Faculty of Business at CityU: Lu Guanliang, Li Chufei, Liao Henghui, Gu Yiwen, and Xiao Zhiyi. Under the supervision of Assistant Professor Li Yi, the team visited the Academy for Seniors at CityU to learn about the genuine needs of the seniors, gathered feedback, and refined the project plan, optimizing the business model and implementations. With their outstanding performance, the team won the grand prize in the Macao regional competition and swept best innovation award, best creativity award, and best entrepreneurship award. Assistant Professor Li Yi was also honored as the best supervisor in the Macao region.
In addition, the “Light of Macao” team, composed of students Chen Jiayao, Zhuang Wenyuan, Hua Jien, Pang Zihan, and Yue Xinzheng from the Faculty of Business, under the guidance of Assistant Professors Yu Kaidong and Xi Xunzhuo, won the first prize in the Macao regional competition with their project ‘Brick by Brick in Macao—An “Integrated Tourism × Intangible Cultural Heritage” Smart Tourism Service Platform’. Assistant Professors Yu Kaidong and Xi Xunzhuo were named outstanding supervisors.
The “Dream Builders of Cultural Tourism” team, consisting of Lin Mingzhou, Liao Shuyi, Lin Xingyan, and Li Jiamin from the Faculty of Data Science, supervised by Assistant Professors Qin Peng and Xiao Yuling, won the best entrepreneurship award in the Cultural Tourism E-Commerce Competition in the Macao regional competition with their project “Dream Builders in the Greater Bay Area – Zhuhai-Macao Twin Star Tour”.
The "Active Aging π Squad"
The “Light of Macao” team
The "Dream Builders of Cultural Tourism" team
