Recently, the 2025 National College Students' Business Elite Challenge Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition - Startup Plan Track National Finals, jointly organized by the Commercial Industry Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Commercial Industry Chamber of the China Chamber of International Commerce, came to a successful conclusion. Chen Deqing, the chairman of Jiangxi Silicon Nitride New Materials Co., Ltd., was invited to serve as a judge at the national finals based on his profound accumulation in the new materials field and practical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship. He provided professional guidance to young entrepreneurs' projects from an industry perspective.
As the leader of a technology enterprise dedicated to the full industrial chain research and development, manufacturing and sales of silicon nitride ceramics, Chairman Chen Deqing has been deeply involved in the field of new materials technology research and industrial transformation. Under his leadership, the company has completed angel round financing and achieved rapid development. During this review, he combined his own entrepreneurial experience and industry insights to conduct professional evaluations around the core dimensions of the technological innovation, the integrity of the business logic, and the feasibility of market implementation of the participating projects. He focused particularly on the technological breakthroughs and industrialization potential of projects in cutting-edge fields such as new materials and high-end manufacturing, providing the participating teams with improvement suggestions that are both theoretically profound and practically valuable.
Since its launch in 2013, the National College Students' Business Elite Challenge - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has become a significant platform for fostering college students' innovative consciousness and promoting the interaction among industry, academia, and research. It has been included in the ranking list of national college students' competitions. Chairman Chen Deqing stated, "The innovative vitality demonstrated by the participating teams is truly inspiring, especially the exploration in the application of new materials which is full of potential. The in-depth participation of enterprises in the competition's evaluation not only supports the cultivation of innovative talents but also serves as an important way to discover technological breakthroughs and promote the integration of industry, academia, and research."
Being invited to serve as a judge for a national-level competition not only recognizes Chairman Chen Deqing's professional expertise in the industry, but also highlights Jiangxi Silicon Nitride New Materials Co., Ltd.'s industry influence in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. In the future, the company will continue to deepen cooperation among industry, academia and research, provide support for young people's innovative practices, and facilitate the transformation and implementation of innovative achievements in the new materials field.
