Overseas Start-up Technology Entrepreneur Programme (Beijing) - Summer 2027
CityUHK undergraduate students will be placed into a start-up company or organisation in Beijing, for twelve weeks of full-time internship during the academic terms. The first cohort of STEP (Beijing) commenced in Summer 2025.
Internship Details
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Commencement: | Summer 2027 |
| Period and Duration: | 12 weeks (tentatively 24 May – 13 August 2027) |
| Internship Type: | Face-to-face |
| Job Nature / Job Field: | Artificial Intelligence, Business Operations, Big Data, Biomedicine, Computer and Data Engineering, Data Analysis and Research, Electronic and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources and Administration, Information Technology (IT), Marketing, Public Relations, and more. |
| Remuneration: | Discretionary basis by hosting companies |
| Course Information: | Eligibility and credit units are subject to respective School/College arrangement and confirmation |
| Language Requirement: | Students should be able to write and read in Chinese, and communicate in Putonghua |
Highlights
Financial Support
Financial allowance: STEP subsidy will be available, subject to the satisfactory completion of the Programme and meeting relevant requirements.
- The subsidy will be granted and released to students by installments.
- Subsidy is up to HKD 8,000 maximum* per month or prorated, subject to the internship period and location.
- Airfare (one round-trip in economy class) or High-Speed Rail (second class) will be reimbursed based on actual expenses.
*Remarks: If the host company provides remuneration, accommodation / airfare / allowance to students, the amount of CAI allowance will be reduced.
Pre-Departure Details
Flight and Accommodation
Students are responsible for arranging their flights and accommodation for their stay in the internship location for the entire period, which is subject to confirmation and advice by CAI.
Travel Documents and Visa
Students are responsible for obtaining the correct visa, passport, and other necessary personal travel documents for their stay in the destination and will bear the associated cost.
Insurance
- Students will be covered by the University's Group Personal Accident Insurance and Group Travel Insurance Policy throughout their stay overseas, provided that they depart from Hong Kong to the host destination. Please click here for details.
- In addition to the University’s provision, students are advised to purchase additional personal travel insurance.
Notes: Students are responsible for their own living expenses, including health check fee, meals and transportation. Students must ensure sufficient funds for living outside Hong Kong for the entire period.
Host Companies
Internship host companies are mainly from the HICOOL platform and its Global Entrepreneurship Competition award‑winning ventures, top start‑ups in Beijing Economic‑Technological Development Area (BDA, also known as E‑Town), and other high‑quality Beijing‑based start‑ups.
As a core hub of Beijing’s international sci‑tech innovation centre, Beijing Economic‑Technological Development Area (BDA, also known as E‑Town) is a top‑tier national economic‑technological development zone with strong economic performance. It hosts major firms such as Xiaomi Auto, JD, and SMIC, plus high‑tech start‑ups in advanced manufacturing, robotics, AI, biomedicine, and integrated circuits, featuring a robust industrial ecosystem and rich innovation resources.
BDA offers quality start-up internship opportunities for STEP, with more partners being added continuously.
For more details on E-Town, please visit: https://www.beijingetown.com.cn/.
Partner companies:
Huayi Quantum: Spun out from Tsinghua University, a benchmark player in China’s ion‑trap quantum computing, developing quantum hardware and quantum cloud services.
AI Robotics: A leading domestic developer of rehabilitation exoskeleton robots for physical‑impairment rehabilitation.
Magic World: A municipal‑level AI innovation community, supporting high‑growth AI start-ups with computing power, incubation and industrial matchmaking services.
UnionTech Software: A leading domestic developer of self‑reliant operating systems, building the UOS ecosystem.
Founded in 2020, HICOOL is a global all‑in‑one innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. It draws global tech talents and start-up projects via its Global Entrepreneurship Competition and Entrepreneur Summit, acting as a key gateway for international entrepreneurs into China’s sci-tech innovation market.
Internships are available in two tracks: students can join the HICOOL platform for event operations, corporate partnerships, and brand promotion; or intern at award‑winning firms from the HICOOL Global Entrepreneurship Competition.
For more details, please visit: https://www.hicool.com.
Spun out from Peking University, a leading Chinese firm in embodied intelligence and humanoid robotics, developing embodied large‑scale models and humanoid robots deployed in multiple commercial scenarios.
Course Registration and Application
Course information and credit units are subject to the respective School / College’s arrangement and confirmation. The application period is from 30 September 2026 - 30 October 2026 (23:59 HKT).
Enquiry
If you are interested in learning more about STEP, please contact CAI at cai@cityu.edu.hk.