The German Division Final of the 5th China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition was held in Shenzhen on November 10.

　　This competition covered seven industries, including new-generation electronic information, digitalization and fashion, high-end equipment manufacturing, green and low-carbon energy, new materials, biomedicine and health, and the marine economy. This year, 121 projects were entered in the competition from around the globe. The first prize went to an innovative indoor heating project.

　　The competition has received positive responses from international innovators, and its global influence is growing. Since first being held in 2016, the competition has attracted 6,182 projects from 89 countries, of which 350 projects have been brought to Shenzhen to join the final competition, and 45 projects have been put into practice in the city.

　　In a speech given at the opening ceremony, Rainer Seider, head of International Cooperation at Berlin Senate's Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, invited enterprises and startups from Shenzhen to Berlin to attend the AsiaBerlin Summit, a platform built up by the Berlin Senate to enhance startup ecosystems' exchanges from Germany and Asia. He also proposed that Berlin enterprises visit China to explore business opportunities at the earliest possible time.

　　Li Chenhao, second secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Germany, said that Shenzhen and Berlin are the most innovative and entrepreneurial cities in the world. The industries of the two cities are highly complementary and there is large space for cooperation. This event will become a high-quality platform for cooperation and exchanges for young sci-tech entrepreneurs and investors of the two countries.

　　Source: Science and Technology Section of the Chinese Embassy in Germany