On April 17, Mao Xiaoxiang, deputy director of the Higher Education Department of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, led a group of 9 people including the heads of innovation and entrepreneurship education of Nanjing University, Hohai University and other universities to the school for research and exchange on innovation and entrepreneurship education and the preparations for the China International College Student Innovation Competition (2025). The school held a symposium, attended by Wang Liguo, deputy secretary of the school party committee, and Yan Zhiguo, director of the Higher Education Department of Henan Provincial Department of Education. At the meeting, the two sides had in-depth exchanges on policy measures for innovation and entrepreneurship education, characteristic practices and results of innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in colleges and universities, and experience in applying for the China International College Student Innovation Competition (2025)