“Industrial innovations promote a more vigorous, greener, and healthier global development.” 

II: Contest subjects

The contest is comprised of three subjects, namely industrial interconnection, intelligent manufacturing, and green & recycling. It centers on digitalization, networks, intelligence, and greening. To meet the current industrial development in innovations, we are calling for products, norms, and solutions that forcefully propel innovations in the new industrial revolution, create distinguishing effects in application and demonstrate a promising future in the market.

Subject I: Industrial interconnection. Focusing on the transformational demand and key issues in manufacturing digitalization, the contest keenly calls for innovative programs integrating manufacturing with new generation information technology such as 5G, digital twin, AI, block chain, and so on. Eagerly wanted are also solutions to industrial interconnection, especially those that can upgrade production capacity, optimize operational efficiency, assure the industrial chain and stabilize the supply chain.

Subject II: Intelligent manufacturing. It focuses on innovations integrating new generation information technology and advanced manufacturing technology, with an emphasis on smart reforming schemes that can upgrade precision and agility in mechanics, automobiles, light industry, electronics, and other sectors. Also wanted are new manufacturing modes and innovative solutions such as Internet based customized products, crowd sourcing designs, and cloud manufacturing.

Subject III: Green recycling. Focusing on low-carbon, circular and intensive development, and on building an efficient, clean, low-carbon and circular green manufacturing system. The call is for contributions of innovative programs and solutions in manufacturing green upgrading, product life cycle green management, plus energy-saving and low-carbon technology applications.

III: Requirements for the contest entries

All the works have to be original creations. They shall not infringe upon other people's patent rights, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights, nor shall they violate any relevant national laws and regulations, otherwise the entry shall be disqualified. During the evaluation period, the competitors shall submit supplementary materials that are related to the entries according to the requirements of the organizing committee, and shall be liable for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of their submissions. In principle, all the submitted entries and their related materials will not be returned.

The last submission is taken as the final entry for the contest, including but not limited to the following types of works:

(I) Innovative products. Contestants can design and produce innovative software or hardware products, equipment and systems, and make innovative improvements to the existing features of a product.

(II) Innovative applications. Contestants may innovatively apply new technologies, such as 5G, AI, industrial interconnection, block chain, and so on to various industries and fields.

(III) Innovative ideas. The entries can be innovative, divergent and pioneering scientific research reports and academic papers on the latest technological developments in the new industrial revolution.

(IV) Innovation norms. The entries can be innovative technological norms proposed for the R & D of new technologies and applications in the new industrial revolution.

IV: The contest timeline

(I) Entry collection (March—June). The contest is open to the whole of society with the main body of participants coming from BRICS or BRICS + SOEs, research institutes, universities, associations and individuals. All the contestants shall submit their works via http://www.bricsiic.com before June 30.

(II) Expert reviews (July). The secretariat of the organizing committee will establish a panel of experts to select the finalists. With the approval of the organizing committee, the shortlisted projects will be announced on the contest website before the final round of competition. The announcement will last five working days.

(III) The finals and the award ceremony (August – early September). The shortlisted entries will go through to the face-to-face presentation and defense. The entries will be graded by the jury under notarized supervision. There will be a first prize, two second prizes, three third prizes and several awards of excellence for each of the three contest subjects, namely industrial interconnection, intelligent manufacturing and green & recycling. Certificates and prizes will be awarded (RMB 100,000 for the first prize winners, RMB 40,000 the second prize and RMB 20,000 the third prize). In addition, a host of excellent organization prizes will be presented with certificates of honor. The final contest will be held both online and on-site. The list of the final winners will be released on the contest website after being approved by the organizing committee. The award ceremony will take place during the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Forum.