On the evening of October 22, the 6^th"Zhuanyan Cup" Youth Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (referred to as the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition") concluded. Two projects led by our doctoral students participated and won First Prize and Second Prize, respectively. The "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition" is organized by the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering, hosted by the Youth Work Committee of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and exclusively sponsored by "Zhuanjiabao (Civil Engineering Thinktank)". This professional competition-based academic event is a response to the national call for "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" and the directives of President Xi Jinping regarding supporting young talent.

The "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition" lasted for more than two months. After rigorous evaluations by preliminary round experts and a WeChat voting stage, our doctoral student Guo Longji entered the finals with first place in the preliminary round and first place in the WeChat voting. Doctoral student Bian Wenhui also made it to the finals, ranking third in the preliminary round. During the 11^thAsian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS11) held from October 21 to 24, project poster displays and live finals were organized. A total of 10 projects advanced to the finals of this year's "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition". The participating projects covered areas such as software development, equipment manufacturing, device research and development, and technology applications. These projects aim to provide both software and hardware support to address bottleneck problems in rock engineering, promoting a deep integration of science, technology, and the economy.

In the final stage of the competition, participants went through four segments: project presentations, questions from judges and participant defenses, judges' scoring, and audience voting. The outcomes included one First Prize, two Second Prizes, five Third Prizes, and two Excellence Awards. Under the unified arrangement of the university, School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering and the State Key Laboratory of Deep Underground Engineering and Rock Mechanics, students were actively organized to participate in the competition. Multiple batches of coaching were provided for the participating projects in different stages. Ultimately, under the guidance of Academician He Manchao and Associate Professor Tao Zhigang, the project "Cross-fault Interface NPR Anchor Newton Force Monitoring and Control Technology and Equipment Industrialization", led by doctoral student Guo Longji, won the First Prize nationwide. Additionally, under the guidance of Professors Yang Jun and Wang Qi, the project "Research on Digital Construction Equipment and Monitoring Early Warning System for Prestressed Anchor Rods (Cables)" led by doctoral student Bian Wenhui, received the Second Prize nationwide.