International Youth Entrepreneurship Park Opens in Hangzhou, Building a Cross-Border 'First Stop' for International Students in China

On October 30, the opening ceremony of the International Youth Entrepreneurship Park was held in Xihu District, Hangzhou. This cross-border e-commerce entrepreneurship park, featuring a focus on international youth, integrates talent cultivation, industry incubation, resource consolidation, and cultural exchange, and can provide international students in Hangzhou with an entrepreneurial environment of 'zero-cost startup and full-cycle support.' In addition, the 'Set Sail in Hangzhou' 2026 Global Youth Cross-Border E-commerce Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was launched simultaneously.

Zhou Yang, Secretary of the Xihu District Party Committee, stated that the establishment of the International Youth Entrepreneurship Park is an important lever for Xihu District to attract young cross-border talent, improve the cross-border trade ecosystem, and help brands expand overseas. According to him, Xihu District currently hosts 6,774 international students from 127 countries and regions. A large number of international students in China, because they are proficient in languages, familiar with cross-cultural communication, and understand overseas markets, are regarded as high-quality talent reserves for developing cross-border e-commerce.

The park will play a coordinating role to bridge the gap between campus classrooms and cross-border entrepreneurial practice. Wang Yongfang, Party Secretary and Director of the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, pointed out that the park should further link government, universities, platforms, and enterprise resources, build platforms for entrepreneurial practice, product selection and display, livestreaming operations, and exchange and cooperation, and strive to become the 'first stop' for international students in China to engage in cross-border e-commerce.

At present, the International Youth Entrepreneurship Park is laid out according to the logic of 'people, goods, and venues,' providing one-stop support covering product selection matching, content marketing, and incubation office space. The first floor has a display service and product selection center, connecting with high-quality industrial belts in Zhejiang; the second floor has multi-scenario livestreaming rooms and training classrooms; the third floor is mainly an OPC cross-border community, providing co-working office space, project incubation, and international cultural exchange space.

The person in charge of Hangzhou Liumi Technology Co., Ltd., the park operator, introduced that the entire park is now centered on the development mainline of 'internationalization, specialization, and ecosystemization,' and will operate under the concept of 'integration, innovation, and win-win.'

It is understood that the simultaneously launched 2026 Global Youth Cross-Border E-commerce Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition is aimed at international students in China and features three tracks: cross-border livestreaming and short videos, product selection and operations, and cross-border entrepreneurship. To help young international student entrepreneurs develop in Hangzhou, in the future Hangzhou will provide facilitation in areas such as visa residence, entrepreneurial incubation, talent policies, platform resources, and supply chain matching.

This article was first published on the official website of Ebrun.