Recently, the team of QUST won the Grand Prize in the final of the Fifth Chinese Polymer Material Innovation & Entrepreneurship Contest for College Students( PMC Contest for short) hosted by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation(CPCIA)、China Education Association of Chemical Industry (CEACI)、Qingdao Science and Technology Bureau and Rubber Valley Group, and organized by Qingdao Rubber Valley Productivity Promotion Center Co,Ltd. Deputy Secretary of Party Committee Zhang Yuanli and Vice President Zhang Shuhuarespectively attended the Award Ceremony and theOpening Ceremony for the Final Contest.

PMC is a school-enterprise-association cooperative and national contest which is the most prestigious and important contest in polymer materials industry. This contest was launched in April 2017, and 303 teams participated in it from 106 universities all over the country. The project ofTheDevelopment and Application of Negative Ions Formaldehyde-Free Environment-Friendly Emulsion Paintdirected by Xin Zhenxiang won the Grand Prize，and the project ofThe Development and Application of Temperature Control and Pressure Regulation of Orthopedic Splintdirected by ZongChengzhong won the First Prize. The project ofThe Preparation of High Wet Skid Resistance Tire Tread Rubberdirected by Xiao Jianbin won the Second Prize, and the title of “Excellent Instructor”were awarded to Xin Zhenxiang,ZongChengzhong and Xiao Jianbin.

(Translated by Qi Xiangyang and Tian Jun)