China News Agency, Guangzhou, May 25th: Entrepreneurial youth from Hong Kong and Macao: Guangzhou is a fertile ground for innovation and entrepreneurship

  China News Agency reporter Wang Jian

  "Guangzhou is a city full of humanity and a sense of belonging." Yu Yinhua, a young Macao youth who won the first prize in the Hong Kong and Macau Division of the 8th "Youth Chuang Cup" Guangzhou Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently that Guangzhou It is a fertile ground for innovation and entrepreneurship, allowing her and her team to take root in the field of APIs and further develop and promote their products.

  At the end of 2021, the biopharmaceutical enterprise founded by Yu Yinhua settled in the Guangzhou Hong Kong and Macao Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Service Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Youth Innovation Center").

The center was established in January 2021. It is China's first non-profit government agency serving Hong Kong and Macau youth innovation and entrepreneurship. Currently, more than 50 teams have settled in, and start-ups from different industries in Hong Kong and Macau have set sail for their dreams in the youth innovation center. , embark on a journey of innovation and entrepreneurship.

  "During the period of starting a business in Guangzhou, I felt that I was not alone, because there are many friends here who share the same goals as me." Yu Yinhua said that she met many young people from Hong Kong and Macao who came to Guangzhou to start their own businesses at the Youth Innovation Center. Exchange entrepreneurial experience with each other and provide some entrepreneurial help.

  Yu Yinhua told reporters that they need capital very much to start a business. The Youth Entrepreneurship Center will organize many exchange meetings, which can help them get to know many investors. Now there are several investors who want to invest in their company.

  According to reports, up to now, the youth innovation center has accumulated 53 teams, including 20 teams from Hong Kong and Macau, the team's total financing amount has reached 6.83 million yuan, and the team has obtained 48 invention patents, 41 software copyrights, and 22 trademark registrations. , 12 designs, and 4 works copyrights.

  "The Youth Innovation Center provides us with free offices, computers, office furniture, water, electricity and wireless networks. In particular, the gym is my favorite. When you are tired from work, you can go in and exercise to relax." Yu Yinhua said that the Youth Innovation Center is not only in the A number of policies have been launched on the software to fully support their entrepreneurship, and the hardware environment is also very popular.

  Like Yu Yinhua, Feng Haodong, a young mainlander with dreams, came to the Youth Innovation Center in August 2021.

He founded Xiaomi Monkey Camellia Oil Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, and is currently the general manager of the company.

  "The Qingchuang platform provides young entrepreneurs with financial, taxation, legal and financial training, which greatly reduces the time cost of start-ups in the process." Feng Haodong told reporters that the millet monkey camellia oil brand he founded was based on rural revitalization as a social responsibility orientation , activate the camellia oil resources in the hometown, and devote to building the whole industry chain of camellia oil.

  Zhang Yu, who graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Ph.D., will enter the Youth Entrepreneurship Center in 2021.

Xusheng Data Technology Co., Ltd., founded by Zhang Yu, is committed to developing VR technology and psychological application products.

  Zhang Yu revealed that next, his company will further deepen technology development and cooperate with social institutions.

  "We look forward to more young entrepreneurs from Hong Kong and Macau to participate in the 9th 'Young Chuang Cup' Guangzhou Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, come to the Youth Innovation Center to pursue their dreams together, and inject fresh vitality into the development of the Greater Bay Area." Yu Yinhua, Feng Haodong and Zhang Yu Invariably said.

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