“The ChinaItaly Challenge: scale-up for success”: Italian and Chinese entrepreneurs challenge for innovation. LEDCOM International awarded 2nd prize as best innovative start-up

The ChinItaly Challenge is an entrepreneurial competition between China and Italy, promoted by MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China) and by MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research), with the goal to encourage start-ups and innovative companies to enter the Chinese market through new ideas.

50 Italian start-ups and 50 Chinese start-ups took part in the competition, which was focused on several market sectors: Smart city, Smart/Green building, Agriculture and food safety, Smart manufacturing, Aerospace, Clean energy technology, Health and Life-Sciences, Culture and Creativity, ICT, New Energy Vehicles, Internet Technology, Medical devices and Instruments, Civil Aviation.

Ledcom International, through the quality and innovation of its falgship project “CellLED® – mobile wifi everywhere” was awarded the second prize, after a Chinese start-up working on industrial precision lasers.