主办单位:中共杭州市委、杭州市人民政府
承办单位:中共杭州市委人才办、杭州市人力资源和社会保障局、杭州市科学技术局
特别支持单位:杭州市上城区、杭州市拱墅区、杭州市西湖区、杭州高新区(滨江)、杭州市萧山区、杭州市余杭区(未来科技城海创园)、杭州市临平区、杭州市钱塘区、杭州市富阳区、杭州市临安区(青山湖科技城)
特别合作单位:阿里巴巴集团、蚂蚁科技集团、吉利集团等
本届大赛定于2025年3月正式启动,面向全球征集优秀创新创业项目。参赛项目经过海选、复赛、决赛及西部振兴专项赛各阶段评审选拔,将于9月下旬“2025杭州国际人才交流与项目合作大会”期间进行总决赛。大赛举办期间将全程举办“创客彩虹桥”项目对接活动。
2025年大赛由留学人员创新创业项目专场、外国人创新创业项目专场构成(以下简称“留学人员专场”、“外国人专场”)。留学人员专场设置数字经济(包括硬件芯片、信息软件、云计算大数据等专业方向)、生命健康(包括生物技术、医疗器械、医药制药等专业方向)、先进产业(包括高端装备、新材料、绿色能源、服务业和现代农业等专业方向)3个专业组别。外国人专场不区分专业领域进行比赛。
本届大赛特别设置人工智能、类脑智能、数字医药、人形机器人4个专项赛。专项赛分别由我市重点开发区、产业发展平台承办。
大赛项目评价严格遵循公开、公平、公正、竞争择优的原则,对参赛项目进行评选,主要从技术和产品、商业模式及行业及市场、团队等方面,结合参赛项目在杭落地可行性及我市未来产业发展要求进行综合评价。
留学人员专场遴选出90个左右项目进入复赛,外国人专场遴选出30个左右项目,共计120个左右项目进入复赛。
留学人员专场3个专业组,遴选出每组前12名,共36个项目进入大赛决赛;外国人专场共遴选出12个项目进入大赛决赛。
邀请进入决赛的48个项目参赛人及其团队代表在2025杭州国际人才交流与项目合作大会期间来杭参加决赛,参赛人未能到现场参赛的将视作放弃参赛。
决赛将在留学人员专场3个专业组每组分别遴选出2个项目,外国人专场遴选出2个项目,共8个项目进入总决赛。
由我市重点开发区、产业发展平台围绕本地区产业发展需求,针对重要战略新兴行业领域,举办人工智能、类脑智能、数字医药和人形机器人等4个专项赛。四个专项赛的前2名项目共8个项目入围大赛总决赛。
总决赛项目由6个留学人员专场晋级项目、2个外国人专场晋级项目和其他8个专项赛晋级项目共16个入围项目组成。总决赛将在“2025杭州国际人才交流与项目合作大会”期间进行。经总决赛评审团综合评定后,决出大赛一、二、三等奖。
“西部振兴”特别专项赛的参赛项目从留学人员专场进入复赛未能进入决赛的项目中“复活”产生,主要面向有意向赴杭州市富阳区、临安区、桐庐县、淳安县、建德市落地的项目。参赛项目根据复赛结果排名次序,先后发送参赛邀请,经确认参赛项目的落地意向后,邀请12个参赛项目来杭参加“西部振兴”特别专项赛。“西部振兴”特别专项赛将与大赛决赛同期在杭举办,不区分项目领域,以参赛选手路演展示项目,评审团评议推荐的方式确定比赛名次。
大赛参赛人应为有意向来杭创新创业的海外留学人员及非华裔外国人,参赛人应在海外取得硕士及以上学位,具有海外创新创业工作经验,拥有市场前景良好的创新性技术或成果。如参赛人目前已回国(来华)发展,其年龄应在50周岁以下,回国(来华)时间不超过4年。
2025年1月1日前,在杭州企业担任法人或者参股、在杭州用人单位存在缴纳社会保险记录的,已参加过大赛两次以上(含两次)的人员,具有上列情况之一的不可作为本届大赛参赛人。
1. 参赛人必须为参赛项目的主要持有人,可另申报不多于三人的团队核心成员,协助参赛人完成比赛各阶段任务。要求参赛人及团队核心成员间的专业结构合理,具有关联性和互补性,可长期稳定合作。参赛人必须出席各阶段赛事和项目落地全过程,参赛人任一阶段无法出席的均视作自动退出。项目在杭落地创办企业且满足高层次留学人才在杭创新创业项目资助资金申报条件后,可享受大赛相对应的创业资助及人才选拔等优惠政策。
2. 每个参赛人只能申报一个参赛项目。
3. 参赛人和参赛项目报名审核成功后,不得在参赛期间变更。
4. 参赛项目中所提出的产品和服务,可以是参赛人参与或经授权的发明创造或专利技术,也可以是一项可能研发实现的概念产品或服务。项目产业符合我市产业发展导向,属于高新技术产业和战略性新兴产业,产品、技术有较好的先进性。参赛人及团队必须对其参赛项目拥有合法的知识产权或使用权(授权)。
5. 参赛人及团队应在进行广泛市场调研和分析的基础上,制作将产品或服务推向市场的完整、具体、有实施可能性的商业计划书,其中应包括项目的技术、市场前景、经营策略、资金需求等方面,并展示团队的成员和未来规划,商业模式清晰。
6. 进入复赛的参赛项目必须参加至少一场由大赛组委会组织的项目对接活动,参与对接活动形式根据具体活动场次安排商定。
7. 参赛人应承诺参赛提供的信息真实准确,项目所涉技术知识产权明晰,因信息不实或因知识产权纠纷所造成的后果,由参赛人承担一切法律责任。同时大赛组委会具有就参赛材料的真实性向参赛者提出必要询问的权利。
本次大赛采取网上报名的方式,登陆大赛官网注册(https://rchkt.hrss.hangzhou.gov.cn/page/competition.html),填写报名资料并以商业计划书的形式上传项目介绍PPT或其他相关资料。
Organizer: CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government.
Host: Talent Management Office of the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee, Hangzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Hangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau.
Supporting Authorities: Shangcheng District, Gongshu District, Xihu District, Hangzhou High-Tech Zone (Binjiang District), Xiaoshan District, Yuhang District (Future Sci-Tech City/Haichuang Park), Linping District, Qiantang District, Fuyang District, and Lin’an District (Qingshan Lake Science and Technology City).
Co-sponsors: Alibaba Group, Ant Group, Geely Group, etc.
Tracks
The 2025 Competition consists of two sessions - the one for the Chinese candidates back from overseas (the Chinese Session) and the one for international contestants (the International Session). The Chinese Session will feature three categories, namely digital economy (e.g. hardware chips, software programs, cloud computing, big data), bio-medicine (e.g. biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceutics), and advanced industries (e.g. high-end equipment, new materials, green energy, the service industry, and modern agriculture). The International Session will not have specific divisions.
There will be four additional competitions for four specialties as follows: Artificial Intelligence, Brain-inspired Intelligence, Digital Medicine, and Humanoid Robots. These will be hosted by the city's key development zones and industrial platforms.
Evaluation Rules
The process of entry evaluation will be open, fair, and competitive for the better. Entries will be assessed based on factors such as technology, product, business model, industry and market potential, team composition, and feasibility for landing in Hangzhou, in line with the city’s future industrial development goals.
Preliminary Round
Approximately 120 entries will be selected to enter the semi-finals (90 from the Chinese Session and 30 from the International Session).
Semi-Final Round
The top 12 entries from each of the three categories in the Chinese Session will be qualified, totaling 36 projects, while 12 projects from the International Session will also proceed to the next stage.
Final Round
There will be only 2 entries qualifying for the grand final from each category of the Chinese Session, together with another 2 entries from the International Session. The grand final will have 8 entries.
The “Revitalize the West” Special Competition (RWS)
Entries for the RWS shall come from those disqualified for the Chinese Session’s finals, particularly the projects intending to start and grow in Fuyang District, Lin'an District, Tonglu County, Chun'an County, or Jiande City. An invitation for RWS participation will be sent based on the ranking of the semi-finals. Upon confirming the projects’ preference for their future locations, 12 projects will be invited to appear in the RWS. The special competition, with no category required for entries, will be a project roadshow. The final ranking shall be made on the basis of the review and recommendation of the judge panel.
Contestants and project representatives of the 48 entries to the finals are required to attend the competition during the 2025 Hangzhou International Human Resources Exchanges and Cooperation Conference in the city of Hangzhou. Failure to appear at the event in person will be considered withdrawal from the competition. The RWS will be held concurrently in Hangzhou.
Specialized Competitions
Four additional specialized competitions on Artificial Intelligence, Brain-inspired Intelligence, Digital Medicine, and Humanoid Robots will be hosted by the city’s key development zones and industrial platforms based on its economic goals. The top two entries from each of the four specialized competitions will proceed to the grand final.
The Grand Final
Scheduled to be held during the 2025 Hangzhou International Human Resources Exchanges and Cooperation Conference, the grand final will cover 16 entries, including 6 from the Chinese Session, 2 from the International Session, and 8 from the Specialized Competitions. The first, second, and third prizes will be granted after the comprehensive evaluation of the judge panel.
Contestants must be overseas Chinese students or non-ethnic Chinese foreign nationals interested in innovating and starting a business in Hangzhou. They are supposed to have a master's degree or above from overseas, with a startup experience abroad, and own innovative technologies or findings with a broad market prospect. If a contestant has already moved to China, he/she shall be under 50 years old and has been in China for no more than four years.
Someone owning a company as the legal person or holding shares in this company, thus with a paid social security record in Hangzhou before January 1, 2025, or anyone who has participated in the previous Competition two or more times, is not eligible for the 2025 Competition.
1. The contestant must be the primary owner of the entry project, and may apply to include up to three core team members to assist in the competition at different stages. They are required to appropriately share correlated and complementary academic knowledge on their project and can stay in cooperation for a lone time. As the main contestant, the owner of the project must represent the team at all stages of the event and throughout the commercialization of the project. His/her failure to attend any part of the Competition will be considered withdrawal from the Competition. Special Competition policies, like subsidies or talent selection help, will be granted to projects taking roots in Hangzhou once they are eligible for the high-level talent startup funding application accordingly.
2. Each contestant is allowed to submit only ONE project.
3. No change is allowed during the Competition once the contestant and his/her registered project have been approved.
4. Product or service specified in the entry project can either be an invention or a technological patent in which the contestant is involved or authorized. It can also be a concept likely to be materialized. The entry shall be in alignment with our city’s economic growth strategy, fall under the category of either high-tech or strategic emerging industry, and be technologically advanced. The contestant and his/her team should legally be in possession of the intellectual property rights of the entry project or be authorized to use it.
5. The contestant and his/her team should have a complete and detailed business plan that, based on all-out market surveys, can probably allow the project to gain a foothold in the market. It should be an account of any technology applied, market prospects, business strategies and funding request, and contain a description of all team members and a future growth plan. The business model must be clear and well-stated.
6. An entry project in semi-finals is required to contestant in at least one business matchmaking session of the Competition. The plan and schedule will be confirmed based on the specific event arrangements.
7. All contestants are required to pledge the accuracy and truthfulness of the data and information provided to the Competition. The intellectual property rights related to the project should be clear. Contestants shall be solely responsible for any legal consequences arising from inaccurate information or disputes over intellectual property rights. In addition, the Organizing Committee of the Competition reserves the right to make a necessary inquiry on the authenticity of data and information provided by the contestants.
Please register on our official website (https://rchkt.hrss.hangzhou.gov.cn/page/competition.html), fill in the registration form, and upload slides and other documents regarding the project in the form of business plan.
参赛项目于大赛结束一年内来杭落地实施转化且符合落地转化条件的,可不经评审获得与所获奖项对应金额的市级高层次留学回国人员在杭创新创业项目资助;于大赛结束两年内来杭落地实施转化且符合落地转化条件的,可申请对项目进行复评,经复评确认项目仍保持先进性的,可获得与所获奖项对应的市级高层次留学回国人员在杭创新创业项目资助。其中:进入大赛复赛阶段的项目根据所获名次分别对应资助金额20万元,进入大赛决赛阶段的项目以及获得各专项赛3-5名的项目对应资助金额100万元,获得大赛总决赛一、二、三等奖的项目对应资助金额分别为500万、300万、200万元。参赛落地项目享受注册所在地的人才、项目及产业政策按照相关规定执行。
“西部振兴”特别专项赛项目在富阳区、临安区、桐庐县、淳安县、建德市落地并完成注册手续后,符合条件的项目可根据“西部振兴”特别专项赛比赛结果获得对应的市级高层次留学回国人员在杭创业创新项目资助,其中:“西部振兴”特别专项赛1-3名的项目对应资助金额100万元,“西部振兴”特别专项赛4-12名的项目对应资助金额50万元。如项目最终选择杭州市其他区落地,将按照复赛名次享受对应资助金额20万元。
同时,进入大赛复赛阶段的优秀项目在杭落地实施转化的,可不经评审获得企业注册所在地相对应的扶持政策。
优惠政策
来杭落地并实施转化的项目,可享受所在园区房租补贴、融资担保、贷款贴息等优惠政策。
跟踪服务
对大赛获奖项目在杭落地情况进行统计跟踪和落地服务;兑现落实大赛各项奖励及政策,做好获奖项目申请各类项目资助资金及其他配套政策的相关工作;为项目团队配备创业导师,为大赛参赛者量身定制创业培训课程,进行创业指导;举办大赛落地企业人才招聘会、创业沙龙等活动。
全程项目对接
大赛组委会与各特别支持单位一起会同省市创投协会组织头部风投机构,通过举办“创客彩虹桥”活动,开展大赛参赛项目的全周期常态化路演。
大赛组委会办公室联系方式
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