Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU) won three gold and five silver awards at the 2026 Guangdong provincial competition of the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition (CICSIC), which concluded recently. Both the number of gold awards and the number of projects shortlisted for the finals set new records for the university.

Gold award winners at the awards ceremony of the 2026 CICSIC Guangdong provincial finals [Photo/Youth League Committee]

Jointly organized by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province and other authorities, the provincial competition drew 210 schools from across Guangdong, with 126,800 registered projects and 474,100 student participations. Four hundred projects advanced to the provincial finals. SZTU recommended 14 projects, eight of which were selected into the on-site finals, twice the figure of 2025.

The results reflect SZTU’s sustained efforts to build an innovation-oriented talent training system. Under its “Three Ones” initiative, students join a laboratory or a sci-tech club, take part in an innovation competition and complete a research or practical project, with innovation and entrepreneurship education running through the whole training process. Since the competition was launched, 242 projects were submitted university-wide. The SZTU Youth League Committee organized more than 30 training sessions covering business models, intellectual property, market application and financial planning, while instructors helped teams refine their proposals and turn laboratory ideas into viable products.

Tutorial and review sessions organized for the competing teams [Photo/Youth League Committee]

List of winners

Gold Award

1. A fully autonomous decision-making AI marketing agent platform

Team members: Xu Xianqin, Yang Hao, Tan Jimei, Lin Hongmei, Zeng Zhiming, Zhang Yongshi, Liang Chen

Instructors: He Xiuqiang, Long Wuhua, Ye Niangyue, He Jingfan, Huang Xue

College: Future Technology School

The first team at the provincial finals [Photo/Youth League Committee]

Developed by Shenzhen Dongxu Technology Co., Ltd., the project provides intelligent content production and marketing services for Chinese brands expanding overseas. It has secured commercial partnerships and generated revenue in sectors such as beauty products and smart hardware, and has received investment support from Oriental Fortune Capital. The team plans to further improve its products and services to help more Chinese brands enter global markets.

2. A domestically developed sub-micron high-speed optical inspection system

Team members: Xu Shuyi, Deng Yiyang, Chen Yingqi, Peng Haoyan, Zhong Xiaojie, Pan Caoyuan, Zhang Zhenyi, Chen Yiyi, Zhang Yijin, Wang Xinyi, Zheng Lanyao, Yan Zhi, Zhang Xiaoshuo, Chen Jinhao

Instructors: Chen Hailong, Tang Jie, Zhang Wei, Wang Yunxia, Zhu Yongjian

College: College of Engineering Physics

The second team at the provincial finals [Photo/Youth League Committee]

As electronic components become increasingly miniaturized and integrated, product quality inspection faces higher requirements. To address the limits of conventional equipment in scanning efficiency, imaging quality and the recognition of tiny components, the team has developed a new generation of high-speed, high-resolution 3D optical inspection equipment, providing a more efficient and accurate quality control solution for electronics manufacturing.

3. A multimodal 3D vision intelligent sensing system based on a laser micro-rotating mirror

Team members: Lin Weikun, He Yuxi, Dong Shuo, Lai Yangyuan, Lin Gengbiao, Ding Wenjun, Lin Xintong, Chen Yurong, Lin Dan, Hu Mengyuan, Wu Miao, Chen Yinuo, Zhang Zhitao, Liu Dingwen, Lin Xinyang

Instructors: Chen Hailong, Lu Haiyang, Zhou Haohao, Lin Qingdian, Liu Gang

College: College of Engineering Physics

The third team at the provincial finals [Photo/Youth League Committee]

Targeting 3D sensing needs in intelligent manufacturing, the project aims to equip industrial robots with more sensitive and reliable vision. Built around a self-developed laser micro-rotating mirror scanning structure, the system integrates single-line laser, multi-line laser and phase-shifting fringe scanning modes into one platform for 3D information acquisition, processing and reconstruction.

Silver Award

The following five SZTU projects won silver awards:

an intelligent locating and diagnosis system for nuclear power pipeline breaches (Sino-German College of Intelligent Manufacturing); a cross-modal multi-dimensional IGBT intelligent inspection machine (College of Engineering Physics); an AI-controlled hydrate-based solution for high-efficiency electronic wastewater purification (Future Technology School); a low-maintenance well fluid filtration device for shallow-sea oil platforms (College of Health Science and Environmental Engineering); and an intelligent bearing defect inspection system for high-end equipment manufacturing (College of Engineering Physics).

Group photo of SZTU participants at the provincial finals [Photo/Youth League Committee]

Drafted by Zhou Yi（周易）/ Business School

Revised by Olivia（赖丽伟）/ International Cooperation and Exchanges Department

Edited by Olivia（赖丽伟）/ International Cooperation and Exchanges Department