The second China Innovation and Start-ups Contest in Shandong Area was been triggered on the whole on August 5 in Dongying City, Shandong Province.

The contest aims to build a start-up service platform for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up teams conforming to plan for national industrial development.

742 enterprises and 49 teams participate in the contest of Shandong Area.

The semi competition will be held on August 15 and enterprises and teams qualified will included in the alternative project libraries of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the provincial Department of Science and Technology and have opportunities to obtain the credit of cooperative bank, start-up investment funds and start-up guidance and training.