National College Student Entrepreneurship Service Network

The only official website of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China dedicated to promoting, encouraging, guiding and helping college students start b...

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Want to start a business but don’t know where to begin? This official platform helps you sort it all out in one go

Many current students and fresh graduates have experienced similar confusion: they have a startup idea in mind but don’t know where to look up policies, which reliable competitions to enter, or where to find investors. Faced with scattered and hard-to-verify information online, an authoritative, unified entry point is especially important. The National College Student Entrepreneurship Service Network is a platform built precisely for this — it brings together policies, competitions, projects, funding and other entrepreneurial elements on a single website, so that every step of the entrepreneurial journey has solid ground to stand on.

Official website: https://cy.ncss.cn/

No ordinary platform: a national-level entrepreneurship platform guided by the Ministry of Education

Unlike the various commercial entrepreneurship information websites on the market, the National College Student Entrepreneurship Service Network holds a rather special identity — it is the only official website of the Ministry of Education dedicated specifically to promoting, encouraging, guiding and helping college students start businesses. The platform was officially launched on 29 March 2011, guided by the Department of College Students Affairs of the Ministry of Education, with daily operations handled by the National Centre for Higher Education Student Information Consultation and Employment Guidance. Its authority and credibility are beyond question.

Its positioning goes far beyond “publishing information”. The platform aims to build a comprehensive entrepreneurship ecosystem, forming a complete service chain that runs from inspiring college students’ entrepreneurial enthusiasm to helping startup projects take off and grow. In other words, whether you are a cautious “observer” whose idea has only just taken shape or an “action taker” who has already assembled a team, you can find support suited to your stage here.

Broken down by startup stage: four categories of functions, each covering one phase

The most intuitive way to understand this platform is to look at its services along the timeline of starting a business:

• The direction-finding stage: The platform brings together entrepreneurship policy consultation, industry updates, success stories and a startup project library. Students just starting out can study policies and cases to grasp market trends and identify a business direction that matches their own abilities and resources.
• The competition stage: The platform runs a dedicated service channel for the “Internet Plus” competition, covering the entire process of registration, project matching and competition enquiries — the official hub no participating team can do without.
• The project-building stage: After registering and logging in, users can create projects and add team members, and upload materials such as business plans, PPTs and videos. Once a project’s information is complete, it can be showcased publicly and matched with financing opportunities; the platform also maintains a mentor database and can arrange one-to-one professional guidance.
• The incubation-seeking stage: Online courses combined with offline salons help teams fill gaps in their entrepreneurial skills; startup teams can also apply through the application channel for funding support and business incubation services.

A word of experience: the more complete your project materials and the fuller your team, the more easily you will catch the attention of mentors and investors. After creating a project, it is worth completing your business plan and presentation materials as early as possible.

From idea validation and skills training to competition experience and capital matching, these four categories of functions correspond exactly to the key milestones of taking a startup from 0 to 1, interlocking and building upon one another.

Behind the numbers: a bridge connecting students and investors

The platform’s influence can be directly felt from two sets of figures. As of 2024, the National College Student Entrepreneurship Service Network had hosted more than 1.3 million student startup projects in total and attracted the continued attention of over 3,000 investors. This means that projects published here by students have a real chance of being seen by investment institutions.

In 2014, the platform completed a comprehensive upgrade focused on building a two-way matching platform for startup funds and projects, further strengthening its capacity to connect resources. After the upgrade, fund providers and project owners could choose each other, greatly shortening the path for student entrepreneurs to find partners and obtain policy support and resource guarantees. After years of operation, it has become an important bridge for countless students to realise their entrepreneurial dreams.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who runs the platform? How credible is it?

The platform is guided by the Department of College Students Affairs of the Ministry of Education and operated by the National Centre for Higher Education Student Information Consultation and Employment Guidance. As the only official website of the Ministry of Education dedicated to student entrepreneurship, its information comes from an authoritative source, so there is no need to worry about interference from commercial promotion.

Want to enter the “Internet Plus” competition — what can you do through this website?

The platform has a dedicated service channel for the competition, where registration, project matching and competition enquiries can all be completed. For participating teams, following the website’s updates promptly is the most reliable way to stay informed about the competition.

What project materials need to be prepared? Can you form a team?

After creating a project, users can add team members to manage it together and upload materials such as business plans, PPTs and videos to enrich the project’s presentation. The better prepared the materials, the stronger the project’s competitiveness in the presentation and financing matching stages.

Can teams with no experience get help?

Yes. The platform helps build entrepreneurial skills through online courses and offline salons, and its mentor database provides one-to-one guidance; startup teams can also apply for funding support and business incubation services through the application channel. Even with zero experience, teams can gradually fill in their gaps with the platform’s systematic support and move their ideas towards the market step by step.