A total of 88 innovative companies entered the semi-final of the 8th China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition on August 7. [Photo by Zhou Renxing]

On August 7, a total of 88 innovative companies from different sectors gathered at Zhongshan Polytechnic for the semi-final of the 8th China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition (Zhongshan Guangdong Division) and the 4th Zhongshan Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2019.

The companies involved have been engaged in the areas of advanced manufacturing, electronic information, internet, biomedicine, new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection, and new materials. There are a number of innovative and entrepreneurial "star companies", such as Zhongshan XG Intelligent System Co Ltd and Sinoscience Fullcryo (Zhongshan) Low Temperature Equipment Manufacturing Co Ltd.

"Internet plus" has also served to highlight some of these enterprises. There are a total of 16 internet companies in this competition.

According to the organizer, the list of qualified companies for the provincial final will be announced later.