to November 2022, the finalists' entries will be selected for the final road show, and the gold, silver and bronze awards will be evaluated through on-site questions by the judges and on-site defense by the contestants, with the participation of industry experts, relevant financial and investment institutions, and representatives of local manufacturing enterprises. The competition also held a series of activities such as award ceremony, fashion design exchange activities, industrial design exhibition and technological achievement transfer.

 VIII. Calendar

· June 30, 2022: Submission of preliminary works

· July 2022:  Preliminary round evaluation and announcement of finalists

· August 2022: works (including physical) submission, evaluation  and announcement of shortlist  

· September 2022: Final evaluation

· September-November 2022: Award Ceremony and Industrial Design Series

IX. Ownership of Works

All the intellectual property rights of the entries belong to the authors, and the competition organizing committee enjoys the right to promote, display and publish the works.

All electronic materials submitted for the competition will not be returned. The prototypes of the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Excellent Award-winning works of the Product Award will not be returned in general (if the value of the prototype is too high, a written application is must be offered by the the participant and the Organizing Committee will decide whether to return it or not), and the model prototypes of the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Excellent Award-winning works of the Creativity Award will not be returned.

X. Registration and submission of works

Domestic and foreign design institutions and enterprises, teachers and students of higher education institutions, and independent designers are eligible to apply for the competition. Participating units and individuals can declare more than one entry, but each entry can only be submitted in one category of one award, otherwise it is considered invalid.