The “Welding Guardian” project, representing the vocational education track for Guangdong Province, entered the provincial championship contest (competing alongside associate, undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students) and won third place.

On August 21, the final of the 2024 China International College Students’ Innovation Competition, also known as the “CCB Cup”, for the Guangdong Province division concluded successfully at the Cunjin campus of Lingnan Normal University. A total of 15 projects from our university qualified for the provincial finals, winning seven gold and eight silver medals, thus maintaining a strong lead in both the vocational bachelor’s and higher vocational education tracks. Notably, the “Welding Guardian” project, which applies ultrasonic processing technology in the field of high-power, high-current wire harness manufacturing, represented the vocational education track for Guangdong Province in the provincial championship contest (competing alongside associate, undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students) and won third place.

This year, Guangdong Province saw participation from over 454,300 projects, with more than 1.836 million student entries. Following the stringent evaluations by provincial semi-final online review experts, 370 projects advanced to the finals, which featured 18 groups across four tracks. Throughout the competition, SZPU students stood out with their solid work ethic and strong business acumen, characterized by “theoretical depth, breadth of knowledge, and practical application”. They demonstrated a hands-on approach by “having grease on their hands, deeply engaged at the front lines of the industry; and mud on their feet, firmly rooted in the land of the motherland”. Ultimately, seven projects from our university won gold medals: the “Welding Guardian” project submitted by the undergraduate college; the “LingXiu” (Laser Spectroscopic Gas Sensor for Complex Environments) project submitted by the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering; the “Valve Master” (Adaptive Grinding Equipment for Large-Diameter Valve Sealing Surfaces) project jointly submitted by the School of Management and the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering; the “Defect Detection Pioneer” (Machine Vision for Detecting Defects on the Inner and Outer Surfaces of Precision Nuts) and “Intelligent Herbal Identification” (Optical Mass Spectrometer for Rapid Detection and Identification of Chinese Herbal Medicines) projects submitted by the School of Artificial Intelligence; the “Water Purity Station” (Portable Water Quality Rapid Detection Integrated Workstation) project submitted by the School of Materials and Environmental Engineering; and the “Smart Interaction Control” (Head-mounted Electronic Device Interaction Aids for Persons with Limb Disabilities and Impairments) project submitted by the School of Art and Design. Additionally, eight other projects won silver medals.

(Tan Lixi, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship)