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From May 25 to 26, the "2018 Co-making the Future-China-U.S. Young Maker Competition" was held at Hainan University, attracting more than 30 teams from universities on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, including Hainan, Macao and Taiwan. The Smart Scenic maker team under the supervision of Professor George Du at the Faculty of International Tourism and Management won the third prize in the competition. The China-U.S. Young Maker Competition is organized by the Ministry of Education of China and has been successfully held for four times since 2014. Since 2018, it has been co-organized by Chinese (Ministry of Education) Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, Tsinghua University, Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group and Google Information Technology (China) Co., Ltd. Under the theme, “Co-make the Future”, contestants were encouraged to focus on areas of sustainable development, such as community, education, environmental protection, health, energy and transportation, and combine innovative ideas with cutting-edge technologies to create new works of social and industrial value. A total of 98 teams signed up for the Hainan competition, and 39 teams were selected to compete on site. After 48 hours of fierce competition, the "Intelligent Garbage Recycling Box for Scenic Spots" designed by students Ma Xiaohua, An Yao and Zhou Yanqian from the School of International Hospitality and Tourism Management, CityU was recognized by the judges, and won the third prize with a high score. This highlighted the excellent creativity in intelligent tourism and humanistic style of CityU students. The China-U.S. Young Maker Competition has become one of the signature activities for China-U.S. social and cultural dialogue. It promotes in-depth exchanges between Chinese and U.S. young makers in the field of innovation and further strengthens exchanges and communication between youths from the two countries. |
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