Recently, QTC graduate Yao Yanqiang, the legal representative of QTC Machinery Co., Ltd, was awardedTop Ten Entrepreneurship Starof 2011 by the city's administrative committee for college graduates job placement.

Yao Yanqiang

After graduation, Yao, a Year 2009 student of the college, chose to do his own business establishing, with his two peers, the company, which was also the first to station in the college-based entrepreneurship incubating center for college students. Assisted by the college, his company develops quickly, currently with 8 staff and an annual sales over 1 million yuan.

Besides, the Qingdao Technical College Students Entrepreneurship Incubating Center was simultaneously conferredAdvanced College Students Entrepreneurship Incubating Centerof the city.

Top Ten Enterprise Stars award is conferred yearly to commend those who have outstanding achievements in their own pioneering work within the five years of their graduation.

Reportedly, the college's incubating center has admitted into 26 entrepreneurial projects, including 14 companies, whose registered capital totals 4 million yuan. In 2011, the center realized a sales volume of 2.8 million yuan as well as 130,000 of profits taxes.

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Translated by:Wang Yan; Edited by:Li Chengji