Association President Moderates the Tokyo Final of the 4th China Shenzhen Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Competition

On Sunday 27 September 2020, the Tokyo final of the 4th China Shenzhen Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Competition was held at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, with Association President Jiang Feng as moderator. Association Vice President Diao Xu, President of JB Energy, served on the judging panel.

Overview

The 4th competition had been postponed because of COVID-19, pausing all seven overseas rounds, and resumed in August in a new hybrid format combining venues and online participation. The Tokyo round was hosted by Longgang Tian An Cyber City, Japan New Overseas Chinese News and Karuizawa HDS. Wu Junjun, Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and Tian Changhao, Chief Representative of the Shenzhen Economic and Trade Office in Japan, joined online.

Programme

• President Jiang Feng reviewed the Japan teams' past results, explained this year's format changes and introduced the judges
• A seven-member panel, including two judges connected from Shenzhen
• Online address by Wu Junjun, who noted that the competition had drawn 5,135 entries from 89 countries
• Pitches by 20 projects, followed by closing remarks from Tian Changhao
• An online awards ceremony linked with Shenzhen

Results

First prize went to research and commercialisation of flexible cover glass. Second prizes went to thin-film magnetic chip inductor manufacturing and mixed-reality technology over 5G networks. Third prizes went to the HELPPAD excretion care system, GaN HEMT power devices and an advanced electrostatic motor. Ten teams advanced to the next stage.