“2026澳門青年創新創業大賽”總決賽及頒獎禮於日前舉行，澳門城市大學共有3個項目進入初創團隊組決賽，晉級12強，經過多輪路演比試，最終城大項目“用於治療神經類靶點新藥的研發與產業化”、“臨床病原快速篩查便攜一體化設備”及“邊緣AI與分散式觸覺感測器機器人感知系統”獲得中國國際大學生創新大賽推送奬及“創客中國”國際中小企業創新創業大賽澳門分站賽推送獎，隨後將代表城大參加更多雙創比賽，爭取更高殊榮。The finals and award presentation ceremony of the “2026 Macao Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition” were recently held. Three projects from City University of Macau (CityU) advanced to the finals of the Start-up Team category, reaching the top 12. After multiple rounds of presentations and evaluations, the projects “R&D and Industrialization of New Targeted Neurological Drugs”, “Portable Integrated Device for Rapid Clinical Pathogen Screening”, and “Edge AI and Distributed Tactile Sensor Robotic Perception System” were awarded the recommendation awards, securing their places in both the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition and the “Maker in China” SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Contest. The teams will go on representing CityU in further innovation and entrepreneurship competitions to strive higher honors.
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This year’s competition was jointly organized by the Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Preparation Committee and the Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology of Macau and Da Heng Qin (Macao) Co. Ltd., and it was implemented by the Macao Young Entrepreneur Incubation Centre (MYEIC). Under the theme “Igniting the Engine of Technological Innovation, Reshaping New Quality Productive Forces”, the competition featured both an open corporate group and a start-up team group, attracting a total of 234 projects. These covered frontier fields including artificial intelligence, high-tech industries, biomedicine and health, and financial technology, with 121 projects submitted by higher education institutions in Macao.
A total of 41 innovation and entrepreneurship projects from CityU registered in the Start-up Team category for the competition. The three award-winning projects all address national strategic needs and market pain points, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including AI perception, nanopore sequencing, and GPCR-based drug discovery to develop globally competitive innovative solutions. Following the competition, the organizing committee will arrange for the finalist project teams to visit incubation bases and leading enterprises in the Greater Bay Area, including locations in Hengqin, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, and Dongguan. This will enable young entrepreneurs to gain first-hand experience of the entrepreneurial environment in the Greater Bay Area and explore opportunities for collaboration and business development.
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Source: Student Affair Office
