Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

Thirty students from Shanghai's East China University of Science and Technology will set off on a 15-day tour in Beijing this summer, a competition to improve the students' capabilities for working and surviving, the Shanghai Evening News reported.
The school has started receiving student applications for the contest today.
The students will compete in ten groups from July 11 to 17. Each group will have a start-up of 150 yuan (US$18). They have to work with their major skills to earn money to live in the capital.  The group which makes the most money and gives the best performance will win the contest.
The money each student makes will be divided into three parts. One part will be mailed to the parents and the other two will be separately donated to the "Hope Project" education aid programs in Beijing and Shanghai to help the needy students there to go to school.
At the previous ECUST survival competition last April, 21 students in seven groups survived three days in the Yangtze River Delta cities by working to support themselves.
Realizing the difficulties in finding a suitable job, many of the participants had to take up manual labor to earn a living.