In order to drive growth of the youth, provide a platform for students majoring in food and relevant fields for practice and skill display, and promote innovative development of food industry, the third “Three Squirrels” Snack Food Innovation Competition jointly held by CIFST and Three Squirrels jointly is around the corner. The theme of the competition is “creating & enjoying youth; advancing with food”.

Based on successful experience in the first two years, the influence of CIFST-Three Squirrels Snack Food Innovation Competition is increasing. Number of universities, works and participants is leading. The event has been concerned by faculties and students of universities regarding food, and become one of the brand competition in the industry. By the second competition, well-known universities in the industry including Jiangnan University, China Agricultural University, Nanchang University, Hefei University of Technology, and Zhejiang University, reaching 28 from 6 in the first year. The works are increased to 332 from 75. Page view amount of Weibo and WeChat flow platform exceed one million person-times.