Following the tremendous success of the First North American Startup Competition hosted by Chinese Association for Science and Technology, USA (CAST-USA) in year 2015, to upholds the purpose of serving for building a platform for the development of entrepreneurship, establishing a investment, marketing and other resources docking bridge across the US and China, CAST-USA will host the '2016 CAST-USA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition' during the CAST - USA' 'Technological innovation and international cooperation Forum' in October 15 5h to 16th 2016. Due to the success of the first CAST-USA startup competition, the 2016 CAST-USA Startup contest has acquired attention and sponsorship from many Chinese and American institutional investors and organizations. The teams who will be invited to the final presentation in the forum will receive free conference registration, and free accommodation. More importantly, the top projects will be nominated to participate in many high profile startup competitions in China (hosted by cities of Chengdu, Wuhan, Nanjing and Hangzhou) with prize from tens of thousands up to millions, and there are also opportunities for venture capitals and local industrial parks' huge investments.