The 2023 Star of Entrepreneurship Seedling Plan from Zhuhai-Macau College Students Series of Activities Visited Macau University of Science and Technology

The Greater Bay Area is filled with youthful energy and dreams, providing a great stage for ambitious young people from Hong Kong and Macau to realize their aspirations. In order to promote the understanding of employment environment, entrepreneurial opportunities, and employment and entrepreneurship policies in the Greater Bay Area among college students from the Macau, on November 8th, 2023, “The 2023 Star of Entrepreneurship Seedling Plan from Zhuhai-Macau College Students Series of Activities” organized by the Zhuhai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, entered the Macau University of Science and Technology. It was warmly welcomed by Professor Cai Zhanchuan, Assistant Dean of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, and Huang Wei, Director of the University Entrepreneurship and Employment Development Center.

This event invited Professor Qin Wen, a member of the policy presentation team from the Zhuhai government, Professor Zhu Siyin, the head of Guangdong-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base, Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology, Professor Ying Zuobin from City University of Macau, members of the Zhuhai Employment and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee (experts), Mr. Li Guosong, President of the Zhuhai Employment and Entrepreneurship Association, as guest speakers and provided a very meaningful guidance event of employment and entrepreneurship for students from Macau University of Science and Technology.

Lecture on practical knowledge: Students gained a lot.

During the event, Professor Qin Wen, Professor Zhu Siyin, and Professor Ying Zuobin helped students understand the employment situation and related policies on employment and entrepreneurship in Zhuhai and Macao from three aspects: interpretation of the "Outline Development Plan of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", the principles of entrepreneurship, and the cultivation of innovation and entrepreneurship awareness among university students, further enhancing students' entrepreneurial awareness and job search competitiveness.

Professor Qin Wen’s lecture

Professor Zhu Siyin’s lecture

Professor Ying Zuobin’s lecture

Picture of Event

"Career" leads to future: One-on-one Entrepreneurship Mentor

A "face-to-face" mentoring was set up in the event. Many students who had entrepreneurial intentions raised concerns with the mentors. The mentors answered questions in detail based on the students' own situations, and the students expressed that they had benefited a lot.

One-on-one guidance from mentors

Students consulting with entrepreneurial mentors

This event lasted for 4 hours. Students who participated in the event said that through this event they had a deeper understanding of the dividends of the entrepreneurship and employment policy for college students. They felt that Zhuhai and Macao had space of employment and entrepreneurship as well as the economic development potential, and expressed their intention to actively seek opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship in these two cities. They are determined to leverage their strengths and contribute to the development of Zhuhai and Macao.

Group photo of mentors

It is reported that this visit to Macau University of Science and Technology is an important part of the "The 2023 Star of Entrepreneurship Seedling Plan from Zhuhai-Macau College Students ". Since its launch, the program has visited 6 universities in Zhuhai and Macau and carried out more than 30 career guidance activities, covering more than 3,000 students, and 5 outstanding entrepreneurial teams were finally selected and recommended to settle in the public entrepreneurship incubation (training) base in Zhuhai, effectively building a platform for communication, cooperation, and deep integration among college students from Zhuhai and Macao, and guiding and encouraging more college students to actively participate in the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship that integrates expertise and creativity to attract and cultivate outstanding talents for the industrial upgrading and economic development of Zhuhai.