From July 4 to 6, 2025, the 10th Jilin University International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2025), hosted by Jilin University and jointly organized by the School of Business and Management at Jilin University, the School of Management at Shanghai University, the Jilin University Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the Entrepreneurship and SME Management Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Management Modernization, was held. The theme of the conference was “Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship in an Era of Major Changes.” Renowned experts from overseas universities such as the University of Minnesota, Texas Christian University, the University of London in the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong Baptist University, as well as domestic universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, and Nankai University, attended the conference. More than 200 guests participated. Professor Chen Xiaohong, Party Secretary of Hunan University of Technology and Business, attended online and delivered a keynote report. The conference received support from journals including Journal of Management Sciences in China, Nankai Business Review, Science Research Management, and Management Review.

The opening ceremony was chaired by Professor Cai Li, Dean of the Jilin University Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Professor Cai Lidong, Executive Vice President of Jilin University, and Professor Shaker A. Zahra of the University of Minnesota, Foreign Co-Chair of the conference, delivered speeches respectively. Cai Lidong introduced Jilin University’s achievements in innovation and entrepreneurship discipline development and talent cultivation, and emphasized the significance of the conference in promoting academic exchanges in innovation and entrepreneurship at home and abroad. Shaker A. Zahra analyzed global trends in innovation and entrepreneurship and affirmed China’s active exploration and achievements. Li Meihua, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange at Jilin University, and Liu Kun, Vice Dean of the Institute of Social Sciences, attended the opening ceremony.

The conference featured keynote speeches and parallel forums, with 33 experts giving keynote speeches and 45 experts speaking at parallel forums. Zhao Shuming, Li Yuan, Wu Xiaobo, Zhang Yuli, Shaker A. Zahra, Garry D. Bruton, Zhang Zhixue, Wei Jiang, Li Xinchun, Cai Li, Chen Xiaohong, Lei Jiasu, Huang Lihua, Zhang Wei, Wang Zongjun and others delivered thematic reports or chaired sessions. The parallel forums included one English forum and three Chinese forums, with 54 domestic and international experts and scholars invited to participate. Professor Ge Baoshan of the School of Business and Management at Jilin University delivered a summary report at the conference.

The conference aimed to promote high-level academic exchanges in innovation and entrepreneurship, build a long-term cooperation platform, enhance academic research standards, and offer suggestions for the in-depth development of innovation and entrepreneurship in China.