China Economic Weekly - Economy.com News (Reporter Song Jie) Early in the morning of May 25, the fourth floor of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, the main venue of the Shanghai Science and Technology Festival, has been occupied by a large wave of s. Computers are turned on, tools are in place, overalls are on... everyone looks both nervous and excited. The final of the 2017 Shanghai International Hacker Competition, guided by the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission and hosted by the INNOSPACE+ entrepreneurial community and the National Technology Transfer Eastern Center, is kicking off here. The competition is also a major event in the main venue of the 2017 Shanghai Science and Technology Festival. At the opening ceremony of the competition, Chen Hongkai, Director of Innovation Service Department of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, Yan Mingfeng, CEO of International Technology Transfer Eastern Center, and Chen Chengqiang, Director of INNOSPACE+, delivered speeches for the competition, encouraging the s to be creative and to be able to perform well in this competition.

The theme of this competition is "The People - Create the Future", which collects the wisdom of the public and helps them to innovate. The competition encourages s to combine innovative ideas and technologies, promotes the construction of culture and ecology, facilitates the continuous optimization of innovation ecological environment, promotes in-depth communication among professional s in the innovation field, and builds products with social and industrial values. This year's competition involves many countries and cities, and it is a great opportunity for s to gather together, inspire their creativity and transform it into products, and complete the perfect transformation from works to products.

The contest was launched on May 12, 2017. In order to provide a better creative environment and bring out the best in the participants, the organizer INNOSPACE+ also organized more than 20 pre-competition activities for the participants, such as blockchain development training, youth creative carpentry training, hardware development training, drone training and so on.

The InnoMaker base also provides the necessary tools and equipment free of charge to help the teams quickly realize their ideas.

The final event of the 2017 Shanghai International Makers Competition is divided into three events and one experience: the Blockchain Development Competition, the Youth Creative Woodworking Competition, the Makers Development Competition, and the Creative Crafting Public Experience. The Blockchain Development Competition was launched from May 12 to the competition on the 25th, and in just a few days, more than ten development projects were formed, covering the fields of distributed energy, social networking, industrial applications, visual browsers, school management systems, and the Internet of Things; the Youth Creative Woodworking Competition also formed more than ten teams in each of the primary and secondary school groups, giving full play to their unlimited creativity and hands-on skills, and staged one after another in the main arena The "block to piece" magic.

The Hacker Development Competition also had nearly ten projects roadshowed by the participants. After a full afternoon of more than fifty projects in separate roadshows, more than ten projects won the grand prize of 10,000 yuan. The winning projects of the blockchain development competition will also receive tens of millions of dollars in venture funds from Little Ant Blockchain. After careful questioning and evaluation by the judges, the first prize and the second prize of the blockchain competition were awarded, with prizes of 10,000 yuan and 5,000 yuan respectively, and in addition, they will also receive small ant shares worth 10,000 yuan. In the end, Wu Kunchao's team "Blockchain-based public welfare ecosystem" won the first prize; Zhongyi's team "I'm expensive - one person can be listed", Zhang Corps' team "I'm expensive - one person can be listed", and Zhang Corps' team "I'm expensive - one person can be listed". Second prize was awarded to the "Blockchain + Mutual Fund".

In the process of building a science and innovation center, the maker spirit should be embedded in Shanghai's city culture. As a design city, Shanghai attracts a large number of s due to its international advantages. The maker community in Shanghai is characterized by diversified and multi-level development. They can bring out unlimited creativity in their favorite fields and produce thousands of works with ideas and attitudes every year. In the process of transforming scientific and technological achievements, we should also strengthen the support for the transformation of s' achievements, accelerate their growth through social capital and financial funds, and create a better ecological environment for innovation and entrepreneurship in Shanghai.

The Shanghai International Hacker Competition is different from most competitions in that it is a mix of electronic hard technology, soft technology and creative non-technology. Hackers represent the new generation of innovation in China. But it's not only those who play with high technology that are s. Sensors, chips, and programs, like woodworking equipment for example, are all tools for turning ideas into reality. Sometimes, a piece of paper and a pen, or a piece of wood and a file, can become a monumental work. Nowadays, the means and tools of creativity to reality are becoming more and more diverse and advanced. The Shanghai International Hacker Competition hopes to influence the power of innovation from all over the world, breaking the boundaries of cities and countries. While focusing on the commercialization ability of innovative projects, it should also return to the origin of innovation, stimulate creativity, encourage creativity and realize the transformation of ideas".

Chen Chengqiang, director of INNOSPACE+, the organizer of this year's Shanghai International Hacker Competition, said that INNOSPACE+ has the richest and most functional entrepreneurial ecosystem, and will build an online and offline gathering platform for s and promote the practice and transformation of their achievements through the deepening of InnoMaker base services.