A participant gives a presentation about her project, on July 13. [Photo/Baotou Evening News]

A total of 109 projects took part in the fourth China Chuangyi Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition (Inner Mongolia division) -- held on July 13 in Baotou city in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region -- according to local media reports.

The competition lasted for two days and the order of participants was decided on July 13 through an online draw.

The competition was conducted in the form of roadshows, the organizers said.

The judges asked a series of questions and scored the entrepreneurial projects on the responses.

In addition, three national-level entrepreneurial innovation competition judges in Beijing were invited to score the entries through an online video chat.

The China Chuangyi Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition is a national-level competition, hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, as well as the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

It was the third time that the selection competition for the autonomous region was held in Baotou city.

In recent years, Baotou has continued to improve its entrepreneurial innovation environment, promoted employment through entrepreneurship and introduced a number of favorable employment priority policies.

The city has established 95 entrepreneurial incubation bases at or above the city level, covering a total area of 3.53 million square meters.

Officials said it has also attracted some 5,500 enterprises to establish themselves there and helped 65,000 people to find employment.

Officials added that innovation and entrepreneurship training sessions in the city have benefitted 100,000 people. After the training, 78,000 people successfully went on to start businesses, helping some 220,000 people find employment.