CityU students win first prize at 2025 The 3rd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Graduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
The finals of 2025 The 3rd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Graduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition were recently held at the Guangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University. Under the guidance of Professor Gu Jia, a student team from the Faculty of Data Science (FDS) at the City University of Macau—comprising Shao Yuancheng, Chen Yuqiao, and Liu Ziyue—won first prize in the innovation category for their development of a surgical continuum robot, which demonstrated a high degree of freedom in real-world operation.
This competition was divided into Innovation and Entrepreneurship groups, attracting 142 projects and 601 participants. Contestants came from 66 domestic and international institutions, with 43 projects advancing to the finals, covering cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine and health, modern high-end equipment, low-altitude economy, next-generation information technology, smart manufacturing, digital economy, big data, and cultural creativity.
The finals required the team to present their projects through business plans, highlighting core technologies, innovative values, market prospects and business models. During the Q&A session, judges posed challenging questions regarding the innovation, technical feasibility and market potential and provided feedback. Ultimately, a total of six first, second, and third prizes were awarded across both groups, along with 14 merit awards and one industry innovation grand prize.
Source: Faculty of Data Science
