To participate in the Challenge Cup, students need to have the following abilities:

Team spirit. "Challenge Cup" is a scientific research project completed by group division of labor, communication and cooperation, which requires participants to have team spirit.

Dare to bear hardships. "Challenge Cup" is an academic competition. The process of participating in the competition requires not only a lot of theoretical research, but also experiments, investigations and other practices. The process of research is undoubtedly arduous and boring, which needs firm will to overcome.

Be brave in innovation. "Challenge Cup" pays attention to the cultivation of students' innovative spirit and practical ability, and requires the contestants to have certain creativity, bold ideas, meticulous experiments and turn theory into practice.

Challenge Cup is the abbreviation of "Challenge Cup" national series of scientific and technological academic competitions for college students. It is a national extracurricular academic and technological entrepreneurship competition for college students co-sponsored by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, China Association for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, National Federation of Students and local provincial people's governments. The host universities are all well-known universities in China.

"Challenge Cup" competition has two parallel events in China, one is the "Challenge Cup" national extracurricular academic and scientific works competition for college students, and the other is the "Challenge Cup" China college students' entrepreneurial plan competition. The national competitions of these two events are held alternately, and each event is held every two years.

The "Challenge Cup" series of competitions is known as the "Olympic Games" for college students' scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship in China. It is the most popular national competition among college students in China at present, and it is also the most representative, authoritative, exemplary and instructive college student competition in China.