China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges - 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge

Mentor Interview · Special Feature

China and Latin America join hands to advance poverty alleviation; empower with wisdom, and achieve far-reaching impact through action. China-Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges - 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge has invited senior mentors from academia, public welfare and industry to provide full-cycle professional guidance for participating teams. In this issue, we talk with Mentor Ocean Liu  to share his insights on China-Latin America youth innovation for poverty alleviation, his understanding of the competition model, and his sincere message for youth development.

Mentor Profile

Accountability Leadership Certified Facilitator, Value Selling Management Consultant, Digital Transformation Lecturer, Mentor of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology "Green Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Program", Strategic Consultant for Multiple Technology Enterprises and Industrial Parks

Research / Practice Areas: Digital transformation and intelligent manufacturing applications, corporate strategic planning and innovation implementation mechanisms, 5G and industrial integration opportunity identification, industry-education integration and career competency enhancement pathways

Preferred tutoring areas: Digitalization & Value Marketing, Globalization & Chinese Enterprises Going Global, Business Innovation & Systems Thinking, Accountability Leadership System

Exclusive Interview

Q1: How do you understand the core competition tool "5W1H + Toolkit"? What is the most critical value for students?

They are the fundamental cornerstones of the business model and social program, helping students lacking commercial experience and insights to quickly define problems and create solutions.

Q2: When youth teams develop poverty alleviation proposals, what are the most common mistakes in problem definition and logical framework?

Logical framework could be: Initiation - Ideation - Incubation (MVP) - Productization - Commercialization

And most common mistakes:

1.Deduction from effect to cause: Defining poverty just for the purpose of poverty reduction

2.Lack of necessary Minimum Viable Product（MVP）

3.Amplifying niche issues into societal challenges

Q3: Which part of the proposal do you focus on helping teams refine during mentoring?

1. Enhance business model design capabilities

2. Grow customer insights

3. Cultivate leadership&strategic vision

Q4: For China's poverty alleviation experience to take root in Latin America, what aspects of localization adaptation require the most attention?

Try to leverage 3 factors in localization of business model tailoring: Desirability, Feasibility and Viability

Mentor's Message

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