The final round of the "China Chuangyi" Entrepreneurship Competition concluded in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, on Sept 26.

Nine projects from Shanxi advanced to the finals, with two first prizes, three second prizes, three third prizes, and one honorable award, marking the province's best-ever performance in the competition.

The participating projects from Shanxi demonstrated strong innovation, exemplification, and driving force characteristics, showcasing the promising trend of Shanxi's entrepreneurial enterprises seizing development opportunities, leading innovation, and fostering entrepreneurship. They boasted both vast market prospects and immense social value.

The "new ruthenium-based benzene-cyclohexene catalyst" project by Shanxi Runjing Technology Co won the first prize in the advanced manufacturing category. With core technologies possessing independent intellectual property rights, the project has achieved overall industrialization and holds broad application prospects.

Shanxi Zhongyun Zhigu Data Technology Co's green big data industry service project secured the first prize in the modern service industry category. The company focuses on advancing the comprehensive pilot of new energy "energy-grid-load-storage integration" and "multi-energy complementarity", accelerating the construction of zero-carbon green data centers.

Hosting the competition in Datong not only fully affirmed Shanxi's entrepreneurship and employment efforts but also provided an opportunity to learn from the positive experiences and practices of sister provinces. It encourages more entrepreneurial resources to collaborate with Shanxi enterprises, injecting new vitality into Shanxi's high-quality development and comprehensive transformation.