The 2013 "Solve for Tomorrow" National Youth Innovation and Experiment Contest, a national science application contest for high school and college students, was launched in Beijing on Tuesday.

Initiated by the China Association for Science and Technology and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, the contest is organized by the China Science and Technology Museum and Samsung Electronics.

At the launch, top scientists, including academics at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, spoke highly of the competition, which encourages participants to innovatively apply the knowledge they've acquired to solve problems, and exposes them to the beauty of science.