Youth Business China (YBC)

Website: http://www.ybc.org.cn/
Contact: Zou Shujun, Project Director
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Tel: +86 10 6848 6670
Adress: 505, Jiabin Building of Beijing Friendship Hotel, No. 1 of Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, China

About
Youth Business China (in short refer as YBC) is a non-profit organization focus on youth entrepreneurship. As an educational program, YBC was established by the All-China Youth Federation, All-China Federation for Commerce and Industry, and other China government agencies in 2003 and has now 19 local offices in China's main cities in 9 province.

Program description
YBC provides seed capital, business mentoring, technical support and business network to the youth to help them start up their own businesses successfully.
1. Know About Business (KAB), provide some idea about what is business, how business running, what is the entrepreneurial sprite and etc. introduction of business information. The course developed by ILO, and now in many Chinese Universities set courses. YBCcompressed the course into 3-5 day long trainings. Each class is not more than 20 clients.
2. Business learning big hall: developed by YBC. The main topic is entrepreneurial sprite. It is always invited the successful businessman to have a 2-3 hours speech and provide some idea for the youth who want to self-employment. Each time may invite 100-200 participants.
3. Start and improve your business (SIYB) : a course developed by ILO, which provide the information and knowledge of how to start up your business, like project selection, registration, how to find your clients and etc.
4. YBC's own courses: including how to start up business, how to write the business plan, how to use the relationships to extent your business and what YBC could do for the youth.
5.Micro-enterprise development: HP enterprise Learning Program (HLEP) and GET-IT courses: cooperated with HP that introduces how to use the high technologies to improve your business.

Participants
YBC include the young people who are aged between 18-35 years old, currently and have a passion to be entrepreneur. Applicants have an available business idea or plan but lack business experience or knowledge.

Applications
Applicants need submit the application form and business plan in YBC website. (YBC provide the templates). Application on a rolling base.