Core Points - The Shaanxi Provincial Association for Science and Technology is organizing the 2025 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for Science and Technology Workers to support the Qin Chuang Yuan innovation-driven platform and deepen the transformation of scientific and technological achievements [1] - The competition will cover six fields: new generation electronic information and artificial intelligence, intelligent manufacturing, energy chemistry and geological resources, civil engineering and materials, modern agriculture, and biomedicine [1] - The competition is open to science and technology workers in Shaanxi Province, including doctoral students, and encourages participation from other regions in the country [1] Competition Structure - The competition consists of a special competition and a challenge competition, with the special competition including online preliminaries, special roadshows, and final defense stages [1] - The challenge competition focuses on key industry bottlenecks and aims to solve critical technical challenges by soliciting needs from key sectors and publicly releasing topics [1] - An innovative mechanism is established where enterprises propose topics, research institutions solve them, and the market evaluates the solutions [1] Awards and Support - The competition will have preliminary, semi-final, and final rounds, with the online registration and review phase running until September 20 [2] - Awards include first, second, and third prizes, with 25 first prizes available, along with excellent organization awards [2] - Participants will receive various policy support, including professional title evaluation, entrepreneurial guidance, and financing connections [2]