“NOVA: National AI Creativity Competition” Mainland Final Pitch Fest Concludes

2026-09-05
The NOVA: National AI Creativity Competition has successfully concluded its Mainland final pitch fest on September 5, 2026. 10 teams of tertiary students presented their proposals.

The NOVA: National AI Creativity Competition, organized by the Center for Technology and Business Ecosystem (CTBE), HKUST Shanghai Alumni Chapter, and Tencent Research Institute, has successfully concluded its Mainland final pitch fest on September 5, 2026. 10 teams of tertiary students presented their proposals.

SIGNOVA won with its barrier-free interactive systems for the hearing-impaired. It comprises four students from Zhengzhou University of Light Industry: Nuoxi LI, Yonghong XU, Xudong YANG, and Wenhao WANG.

The Second Prize went to Carbon Reduction Group (碳減派) for its project “Carbon Wisdom: A Grand Model for Reshaping Carbon Consulting” and Vision Guide (慧视导途) for its multimodal sympathetic integrated travel assistant for the visually impaired.

Carbon Reduction Group (碳減派) is a team composed of three students from Society Hub, HKUST(GZ): Junxiang LAI, Jiawei WU, and Shengtian XU, as well as one student from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Haijiang LIU.

Vision Guide (慧视导途) includes one student from Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Jiankun SHI, and one student from Huanghe Jiaotong University, Jiazhong DING.

Prof. Zhaoli Meng, Associate Director of CTBE, speaks, “The new generation of young people we envision is one that can understand and utilize cutting-edge technologies, while also paying attention to real people, real society, and real needs.”

Dr. Wepon Wang, Chief Expert at Tencent Research Institute, adds, “What I look forward to even more is that the ideas I have here today can continue to evolve after the competition ends, and even become products and services that can be used by more people.

The list of awardees in the mainland high school category is attached here:

Award Name

Team Name

First Prize

SIGNOVA

Second Prizes

碳“慧”大模型：重塑碳咨询

慧视导途

Third Prizes

Good Name

PelaAI

文矩学术

语智界联

有0才有1

天之焦子

Upper

The list of awardees in the mainland high school category is attached here:

Award Name

Team Name

First Prize

AI与少年

Special Award

全周期多维智能任务清单

Honorable Mentions

Cache Me If You Can

拾星者
The NOVA: National AI Creativity Competition has successfully concluded its Mainland final pitch fest on September 5, 2026. 10 teams of tertiary students presented their proposals.
Meng Speech
Prof. Zhaoli Meng, associate director of CTBE, delivered a speech.
Wang Speech
Dr. Wepon Wang, chief expert at Tencent Research Institute, delivered a speech.
Presentation 1
Good Name presented its proposal.
Presentation 3
PeleAI presented its proposal.
Presentation 2
文矩学术 presented their proposal.
Presentation 5
SIGNOVA presented its proposal.
Presentation 4
碳减派 presented its proposal.
Presentation 6
语智界联 presented its proposal.
Presentation 7
有0才有1 presented its proposal.
Presentation 9
天之焦子 presented its proposal.
Presentation 8
Upper presented its proposal.
Presentation 10
慧视导途 presented its proposal.
Third Prize 1
Prof. Yulan Wang, Chair Professor of Operations Analytics and Supply Chain Management & Associate Head of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, shares in the joy of the third-prize winners.
Third Prize 2
Ms. Longmin Cao, Deputy General Manager of Specialized Solutions for Tencent Cloud's Education Business, shares in the joy of the third-prize winners.
Second Prize
Dr. Wepon Wang, chief expert at Tencent Research Institute, shares the joy of the second-prize winners.
First Prize
Prof. Zhaoli Meng, associate director of CTBE, shares the joy of the first-prize winners.