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中国国际大学生创新大赛是由教育部等12个中央部委与省级政府联合主办的国家级创新创业赛事，经过十余年的发展，已成为参赛规模最大的全球性创新赛事，2025年共吸引全球161个国家和地区5673所高校参与，参赛人次达到2443万。为进一步扩大国际影响力，搭建世界大学生创新实践竞赛平台，2026年起大赛将设立中东区域赛，由中国石油大学（北京）承办，选拔优秀国际参赛项目推荐晋级总决赛。诚挚邀请中东地区高校及世界其它国家高校青年学生积极参加，共圆青年创新梦想，共创世界美好未来。

一、参赛要求

参赛项目需围绕科技前沿、产业需求及社会发展痛点问题的解决，设计并实践科技创新或创业项目，将参赛项目内容按要求凝练成PPT版商业计划书（用于函评、路演、答辩展示）。参赛项目可涉及新产品、新业态、新模式，促进制造业、农业、卫生、能源、环保、战略性新兴产业等转型升级，促进数字技术与教育、医疗、交通、金融、消费生活、文化传播等深度融合。

二、参赛方式

大赛以团队为单位报名参赛。允许跨校组队，每个团队的成员不少于2人，不多于15人（含团队负责人），须为项目的实际核心成员。

参赛团队所有成员须为具有国外普通高等院校学籍的在校生或毕业5年以内的毕业生（即2021年之后的毕业生，下同），参赛申报人须为团队负责人，根据团队负责人的国外院校学籍或学历确定参赛团队所代表的参赛学校，且代表的参赛学校具有唯一性。国外院校是指设立在国外、有独立办学资质、可独立授予学生国外学历或学位的普通高等学校及专科院校。具有国外院校学籍是指已在国外院校注册且具备获授国外院校学历或学位的资格。

根据参赛申报人所处学习阶段，项目分为本科生组、研究生组。根据项目发展阶段，本科生组和研究生组均内设创意组、创业组，请各推荐院校指导项目填报参赛类型。

具体参赛条件如下：

（一）本科生组

创意组：参赛项目具有较好的创意和较为成型的产品原型或服务模式。项目负责人及成员须均为在校本科生或专科生。

创业组：参赛项目须已完成工商等各类登记注册（在2026年4月8日前注册）。参赛申报人须为项目负责人且为参赛企业法定代表人，须为在校本专科生，或毕业5年以内的本专科学生。

（二）研究生组

创意组：参赛项目具有较好的创意和较为成型的产品原型或服务模式。项目负责人及项目成员须为在校研究生或本专科生。

创业组：参赛项目须已完成工商等各类登记注册（在2026年4月8日前注册）。参赛申报人须为项目负责人且为参赛企业法定代表人，须为在校研究生，或毕业5年以内的研究生学历学生。

三、赛事安排

区域赛分四个阶段：网上报名、资格审核、网络评审、区域赛决赛，由大赛组委会统一组织。

1.网上报名（即日起-2026年4月8日）：登录赛事网站https://middleeast.pilcchina.org/home进行网上报名。

2.资格审核（2026年4月8日-4月11日）：针对评审规则涉及的主要评审要点，大赛组委会对报名的国际项目的参赛资格和材料完备性进行审核。

3.网络评审（2026年4月11日-4月15日）：对资格审核合格的项目进行网络评审，确定入围现场决赛的作品。

4.区域赛决赛（2026年5月中上旬）：网络评审的优秀项目参加中东区域赛决赛（根据情况采取线下方式或线上线下相结合方式举行）。区域赛决赛将请每个参赛项目进行5分钟左右PPT演讲展示和5分钟左右答辩环节。

四、参赛奖励

中东区域赛将通过网评遴选20余个项目晋级区域赛决赛，设置金奖、银奖、铜奖若干。获奖项目将由组委会颁发获奖证书，并根据获奖等级给予相应现金奖励（具体金额另行通知）。

金奖项目将优先被推荐参加中国国际大学生创新大赛（2026）总决赛现场赛，其他项目将优先被推荐参加总决赛网评，网评晋级后进入在中国江苏省举办的总决赛现场赛（区域赛组委会将为晋级总决赛现场赛的队伍提供2名人员的往返旅费（经济舱）和参赛期间的食宿费用）。

五、参赛报名

1.参赛项目在全球青年创新领袖共同体促进会（PILC）官网中东赛区报名模块(https://middleeast.pilcchina.org)注册并提交参赛资料。

2.参赛项目必须提供PPT形式的商业计划书，可自行选择是否提供Word形式的商业计划书或1分钟视频作为辅助资料。为便于评审，所提交的商业计划书请转换为PDF格式再行上传。

3.为便于审核参赛资格，所有参赛团队成员必须在报名截止日期前提交学籍学历证明或持股证明。有指导教师的团队，须同时在报名系统填报指导教师信息。

4.所有参赛材料和现场答辩原则上使用中文或英文。

六、评审规则

大赛评审规则和更多说明请登录“全国大学生创业服务网”（https://cy.ncss.cn）或全球青年创新领袖共同体促进会（PILC)官网（https://www.pilcchina.org/）查看具体内容。

七、其他

以上条款的最终解释权归中国国际大学生创新大赛中东区域赛组委会所有。中东区域赛具体事宜可咨询赛事承办方中国石油大学（北京）。

八、联系方式

余老师

中国石油大学（北京）创新创业教育学院

电话：+86-10-89734144

邮箱：ciee_cupb@163.com

Invitation to Participate in the China International College Students' Innovation Competition (2026) Middle East Regional Competition

The China International College Students’ Innovation Competition (CICSIC) is dedicated to promoting international exchange and collaboration in innovation and entrepreneurship. As a global platform for college students to showcase their innovative practices, CICSIC has become one of the largest innovation competitions worldwide. In 2025, CICSIC attracted participation from 5,673 universities in 161 countries and regions worldwide, with a total of 24.43 million participants. To further expand its international influence, the Competition will launch the Middle East Regional Competition starting from 2026, hosted by China University of Petroleum (Beijing), which will select outstanding international projects to recommend for advancement to the CICSIC 2026 Grand Final. We sincerely invite young students from universities in the Middle East and other countries around the world to participate, join us in realizing young people's innovative dreams and creating a brighter future together.

I. Entry Requirements

College students from universities around the world are welcome to register in teams (limited to students with foreign university enrollment status). Teams are required to design and submit innovative or entrepreneurial projects focusing on cutting-edge technology, industrial needs, and solutions to pain points in social development. Participating projects must submit an English business plan (in PPT format) for letter review, roadshow, and defense. All participating materials and on-site defenses shall be conducted in Chinese or English in principle.

Participating projects should meet social needs, create innovative products and business models, and contribute to the development of key industries such as manufacturing, energy, environmental protection, agriculture, and medical and health care. At the same time, participating projects are encouraged to explore the integrated innovation of digital technology with education, medical care, transportation, finance, and cultural exchanges.

II. How to Participate

The Competition only accepts only team entries. Teams must consist of 2 to 15 members, including a designated team leader. Teams may be composed of students from multiple colleges. All team members must be core contributors to the project.

Team members must be currently enrolled students at a non-Chinese institution of higher education or have graduated from such an institution within the past five years (i.e., after 2021). The team leader must submit the application on behalf of the team. A team can represent only one institution, which must be the institution where the team leader is currently enrolled or from which they graduated. A "non-Chinese institution" refers to a university or vocational school located outside the People's Republic of China that is accredited to provide tertiary education and award degrees. An "enrolled student" is defined as a student officially registered and studying at a non-Chinese institution, pursuing a degree or diploma.

Projects will be categorized based on the team leader's academic status (Undergraduate or Postgraduate) and the project's stage of development (Idea Stage or Startup Stage). Institutions are responsible for guiding their teams to select the correct category during registration.

The specific entry requirements are as follows:

1.Undergraduate.

Idea Group. Projects should demonstrate strong creativity and a well-developed product prototype or service model. The applicant, acting as project leader, and all team members must be currently enrolled undergraduate or associate degree students.

Startup Group. Projects must have completed all necessary business registrations (including industrial and commercial) before April 8, 2026. The applicant must be the project leader and the legal representative of the registered company, and must be either a currently enrolled undergraduate or associate degree student, or have graduated from an undergraduate or associate degree program within the past five years.

2.Postgraduate

Idea Group. Projects should demonstrate strong creativity and a well-developed product prototype or service model. The applicant must be the team leader and a currently enrolled postgraduate student. Team members can be currently enrolled postgraduate, undergraduate, or associate degree students.

Startup Group. Projects must have completed all necessary business registrations (including industrial and commercial) before April 8, 2026. The applicant must be the project leader and the legal representative of the registered company, and must be either a currently enrolled postgraduate student or have graduated from a postgraduate program within the past five years.

III. Competition Rules

The Regional Competition consists of four stages: Online Registration, Eligibility Review, Online Evaluation, and Regional Final, all organized uniformly by the Competition Organizing Committee.

Online Registration (March 7, 2026 - April 8, 2026): Register online by logging into the website：https://middleeast.pilcchina.org

Eligibility review (April 8 - April 11, 2026). The organizing committee will review all submitted materials from international participants to ensure completeness and adherence to eligibility requirements.

Online Evaluation (April 11 - April 15, 2026): Qualified projects will undergo online evaluation to determine the works shortlisted for the on-site final.

Regional Final (early to mid-May 2026): Outstanding projects selected through online evaluation will participate in the Middle East Regional Final. The event will be held either offline or in a hybrid online-offline format, depending on the actual situation. Each participating project will be given approximately 5 minutes for a PPT presentation followed by around 5 minutes for the Q&A session.

IV. Awards

Over 20 projects will be selected for the Middle East Regional Final through online evaluation. Several Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards will be presented. Award-winning projects will receive certificates issued by the Organizing Committee, as well as cash prizes corresponding to their award levels (specific amounts will be announced separately).

Gold Award projects will be given priority to be recommended to participate in the on-site competition of the CICSIC 2026 Grand Final. Other winning projects will be given priority to be recommended to participate in the online evaluation of the CICSIC 2026 Grand Final, and those advancing through the online evaluation will enter the on-site competition of the CICSIC 2026 Grand Final to be held in Jiangsu Province, China (the Regional Competition Organizing Committee will provide round-trip airfare (economy class) and accommodation and meal expenses during the competition for 2 members of each team advancing to the on-site final of the CICSIC 2026 Grand Final).

V. Registration

1.Register online at https://middleeast.pilcchina.org/home，the official website for the Promotion Association for Global Youth Innovation Leaders Community (PILC).

2. Submit your business plan in PPT format. You may also include supplementary materials, such as a Word document or a 1-minute video. Please convert your business plan into PDF format prior to uploading.

3. All team members must submit proof of their student status (current enrollment or graduation certificate) or shareholder status, as applicable, by the registration deadline. Teams with mentors should provide their mentor's information during registration.

4. All submitted materials and presentations should be in either Chinese or English. Contact the organizing committee for guidance if another language is required.

VI. Judging Rules and Criteria

For detailed information on the Competition's judging rules and criteria, please visit https://cy.ncss.cn or https://www.pilcchina.org/.

VII. Other

The final interpretation of the terms and conditions outlined in this Annex rests with the Organizing Committee of the Middle East Regional Competition of the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition. For specific matters regarding the Middle East Regional Competition, please consult the host institution, China University of Petroleum (Beijing).

VIII. Contact Information

Mr. Yun Yu

College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, China University of Petroleum-Beijing

Email:ciee_cupb@163.com

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