Launched in 2015, ZGC U30 is co-hosted by the Science and Technology Communication Center of the China Association for Science and Technology, the Beijing Municipal Talent Work Bureau, China Communist Youth League Beijing Committee, the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, Administrative Commission of Zhongguancun Science Park, and Beijing Haidian District People's Government. True to its core mission of identifying young entrepreneurial talents with the potential to change the world, the initiative has nurtured young sci-tech innovators for 11 consecutive years, successfully cultivating a vibrant, multi-supportive "rainforest ecosystem" for youth innovation and entrepreneurship.

Empowered by Beijing's robust policies for young talents to start businesses and innovate, 309 winners from China and overseas have thrived within this ecosystem. To date, the program has evaluated nearly 7,000 young sci-tech talents and ultimately selected 309 winners from China and overseas. Remarkably, it has fostered two listed companies and more than 90 "Specialized, Sophisticated, Unique and New" enterprises, solidifying its status as a premier platform for cultivating young sci-tech leading talents and accelerating hard-tech entrepreneurship.

Yu Hao, a representative of the initiators of ZGC U30 and CEO of Legend Holdings Corporation, stated that young sci-tech entrepreneurs are facing unprecedented and sharply defined opportunities in this era. He expressed his hope that the new generation of young innovators will focus on major national strategic needs, strive to break through key bottleneck technologies, and bravely explore basic research alongside the frontiers of hard technology. "Through relentless innovation and hard work, they should shoulder the historic mission of achieving self-reliance and strength in science and technology," he said.