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HK Tech 300 start-ups and CityU shine at the 13th National Challenge Cup Competition

The finals of the “Challenge Cup” – China College Students Entrepreneurship Competition, the largest innovation and entrepreneurship event in China's higher education sector, were held in Beijing.

HK Tech 300 start-ups and CityU shine at the 13th ­­National Challenge Cup Competition.CityU's overall score ranked among the top 20 participating universities nationwide, earning the team the "優勝盃" (Winners’ Cup) for the first time.
 

Six participating teams from CityU, including five from HK Tech 300, achieved outstanding results, receiving two gold, two silver and two bronze awards. CityU's overall score ranked among the top 20 participating universities nationwide, earning the team the "優勝盃" (Winners’ Cup) for the first time. This result was the highest among participating universities in Hong Kong, which once again demonstrates CityU's scientific research level and efforts in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.

The projects are as follows:

Gold Award: 

i2cool, the “Challenge Cup” Gold Award winner, also won the Gold Award in the second edition of the TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition earlier. 
OmicLab Limited, the “Challenge Cup” Gold Award winner, committed to promoting research in the field of life and health and the translation of industry-academia-research. 

Silver Award: 

  • Portable device and method for radioactive element enrichment sampling

  • “Intelligent and Thermal-responsive Window for Indoor Thermal Management and
    Energy-saving in Buildings” (HydroTech)

Bronze Award:

“Intelligent and Thermal-responsive Window for Indoor Thermal Management and
Energy-saving in Buildings” by HydroTech won Silver Award in  the “Challenge Cup”. 
Gportrait, won Bronze Award in the “Challenge Cup”,  is an online platform that uses deep learning to discover the relationship between genes and phenotypes.
"Cryomicroneedles for Transdermal Cell and Drug Delivery" by Greater Bay Biotechnology Ltd won Bronze Award in the “Challenge Cup”,