China's youth showed their capacity for innovation even during the ongoing economic downturn in a just-concluded competition by Manchester Business School (MBS) in the UK that evaluated business ideas by would-be entrepreneurs.
The 2009 Manchester Innovation Award was given for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region to discover the next generation of entrepreneurs from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Martin Henery (second from right) poses with Sherry Fu (right), China country manager for MBS, and three contestants in the 2009 Manchester Innovation Award.
All top 10 finalists came from the mainland, the top two of which MBS said it would support in developing their business plans into commercial reality.
