2017 SMU-Peeli Rural Entrepreneurship Programme concludes

SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Jiangsu Tao Shing Pee Education Foundation have jointly organised the SMU-Peeli Rural Entrepreneurship Programme which is in its third run this year. Ten SMU students travelled to China in April for a week-long immersion to better understand the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape in China. Fifty-eight students from 20 Chinese universities, including Jiangsu University and Nanjing University of Science & Technology, were in SMU from 10 July to 4 August for a four-week programme which included visits to JTC Launchpad, SGEnable’s Enabling Village, Paypal, and SMU Business Innovations Generator. A Business Plan Competition was held on 3 August for the students to secure investments to realize their entrepreneurial dreams. A Youth Entrepreneurship Forum was held on 4 August during which students, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from both Singapore and China discussed topics related to their entrepreneurship journey and opportunities in China and South East Asia. Mr Yu Yun Feng, Education Counsellor from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Singapore, delivered the keynote speech.