University hosts innovation conference for students

The 7th Annual Conference of the National University Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship was held on Oct 18 and 19 in Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.

The conference received 672 candidate papers and 138 candidate innovation and entrepreneurship projects from 394 universities. After initial evaluation and re-evaluation, 90 papers and 30 projects were recommended to the conference.

It attracted more than 700 students and teachers from nearly 300 universities and colleges and 240 national-level innovation and entrepreneurship training programs.

The programs covered 12 disciplines, including science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, literature and law.

It was the first time the conference was held in Xi'an Jiaotong University.