On June 7, the 15th Shanghai “Challenge Cup” College Student Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, co-sponsored by the Communist Youth League Shanghai Municipal Committee, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology and Shanghai Students’ Federation, concluded successfully. Students from the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics fulfilled their youth mission through hard work and won 1 Special Prize and 1 Second Prize in this competition, setting a new all-time best record for the School of Economics in the “Challenge Cup”.
Project Name
Walk with Light — Dedicated Facilitators for Urban Integration of China’s Migrant Children
Team Members
Lü Tingshuo, Zhao Yihan, Zhang Xiantao, Wang Hanyu, Qian Du, Chen Yijia
Supervisors
Chen Yuanyuan, Huang Feng, Jin Xiaoqian, Yu Meijiao
Project Introduction
“Walk with Light” is a public welfare innovation and entrepreneurship project jointly built by faculty and students of the School of Economics, based on its labor economics research team. Targeting the pain points in education and social integration of migrant children amid the new-type urbanization drive, the project has developed a support system covering “identity recognition · enrollment support · career planning”. The team has launched the SUFE Summer Camp for more than one hundred migrant children in Shanghai, offering multi-dimensional courses, documenting and sharing stories via new media, delivering multiple lectures for policy popularization and evaluation, conducting surveys and follow-up visits across multiple schools and districts, and building a long-term tracking archive database for migrant children. Closely integrating practice with research, the project has produced high-quality papers and monographs, been reported by mainstream media including Guangming Daily, China Education Daily and China Youth Daily, and featured on Shanghai News Radio. It continues to contribute SUFE’s strength to addressing relevant social issues.
Team Reflections
Throughout field practice and competition preparation, the project supervisors provided careful guidance and full support by organizing multiple tutoring sessions. Team members stood side by side, worked efficiently and stayed committed to polishing their project relentlessly. Thanks to collective efforts, the team stood out and claimed the Shanghai Special Prize. The project journey brought abundant gains. As they gained deeper insights into social livelihood issues, the team members developed a stronger sense of the responsibility that young people should shoulder. They will stay true to their original aspiration and march toward a better future together!
Project Name
Smart Mobility Hub — Development and Practice of a Lightweight Emergency Service Platform for Air-Rail Transfer
Team Members
Wu Chenyu, Wang Shuoyu, Fan Xinyi (Chongqing Normal University), He Ruichen (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Liu Jiaobin, Zou Ran, Tan Zihao
Supervisor
Li Shuangjian
Project Introduction
“Smart Mobility Hub” is a smart travel innovation and entrepreneurship project led by students from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in collaboration with peers from multiple universities. Focusing on emergency transfer pain points in air-rail intermodal passenger travel under the Yangtze River Delta transportation integration initiative, the project addresses travel difficulties at major hubs such as Hongqiao and Pudong, including isolated flight and railway information and the lack of comprehensive response plans for sudden delays. It builds an integrated service system featuring real-time information synchronization, dynamic route re-planning and emergency delay solution push. The team completed the full workflow of “survey – development – pilot”, including more than 300 on-site user questionnaires at transportation hubs, adaptation of multiple types of transportation data interfaces, and construction of a local coordinate database for transport hubs. Deployed on a lightweight WeChat mini-program, the product precisely fills the gap in emergency transfer services among existing travel platforms. Integrating multidisciplinary expertise in economics, computer science, big data and accounting, the project develops an asset-light and rapidly replicable student entrepreneurship model, delivering youth-oriented solutions for smart, people-friendly services at comprehensive transport hubs.
Team Reflections
During practice and competition preparation, the supervisor offered guidance on project orientation. The seven cross-major team members independently tackled challenges hand in hand. Balancing heavy academic coursework with intensive competition preparation, they iterated product prototypes, refined business plans word by word and rehearsed defense presentations repeatedly after class hours. At the municipal final, the team responded calmly, clearly and logically, fully demonstrating the project’s practical viability and innovative thinking. The team broke through multiple rounds of evaluation and won the Second Prize of the 2026 Shanghai “Challenge Cup” on behalf of the university. It represents a solid achievement from SUFE’s interdisciplinary science and innovation team. From project initiation to the municipal final, team members grew rapidly through livelihood-oriented practical work and gained a genuine understanding of young people’s commitment to pragmatic innovation and teamwork. Going forward, they will stay true to their aspiration and keep shining on the path of innovation and growth!
The School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, consistently adheres to the philosophy of promoting learning and innovation through competitions. It guides students to translate solid theoretical foundations into business wisdom and social value for solving real-world problems. Moving forward, the School will keep nurturing top-tier innovative economic talents with a strong sense of national mission, global vision and practical capabilities, so that youth can bloom brilliantly in the practice of building a modern socialist country in all respects.
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