The national finals of the \u201cChina International College Students\u2019 Innovation Competition (CICSIC) 2025\u201d were recently successfully concluded. Eight teams from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) stood out in the first-ever \u201cHong Kong and Macao Regional Competition\u201d this year, earning the honour of representing Hong Kong in the national finals. The teams achieved remarkable results, winning five gold, two silver and one bronze awards. Among them, the gold-winning project \u201cNext generation data center interconnects with integrated neuromorphic photonic\u00a0processor\u201d also earned third place nationally, breaking Hong Kong\u2019s historical record at the competition and bringing credit to the city.<\/p>\r\n
Professor Benny Zee Chung-ying, <\/strong>Director of CUHK\u2019s Knowledge Transfer Office, said: \u201cAs a world-renowned, comprehensive research university, CUHK is dedicated to nurturing talent, advancing scientific innovation and promoting industry-academia-research collaboration, contributing to the development of Hong Kong and the nation, and supporting the development of a leading country in education and science and technology. We are proud of our students\u2019 outstanding achievements and look forward to their continued breakthroughs and achievements.\u201d<\/p>\r\n Since its launch by the Ministry of Education in 2015, CICSIC has taken place annually, with the aim of encouraging students to engage in technological innovation and of fostering exchange and cooperation among young people in China and overseas. It has become one of the most influential innovation practice platforms globally. In addition to the new Hong Kong and Macao Regional Competition, this year also saw CICSIC expand its global reach with seven regional events, in Europe, Africa and elsewhere. The 2025 competition was launched in April and was jointly organised by the Ministry of Education, 10 other Central Government departments and the People\u2019s Government of Henan Province. It received 6.19 million project submissions involving 24.43 million participants from 5,673 universities across 161 countries and regions.<\/p>\r\n For details on the awards received by CUHK teams at CICSIC 2025, please refer to the attachment.<\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":[{"photo":230407,"caption":"Representatives of CUHK\u2019s five gold-winning projects"},{"photo":230409,"caption":"CUHK\u2019s \u201cNext-generation Data Center Interconnects with Integrated Neuromorphic Photonic Processor\u201d project wins the national third place"},{"photo":230410,"caption":"CUHK PhD student Wang Benshan, the project leader of \u201cNext-generation Data Center Interconnects with Integrated Neuromorphic Photonic Processor\u201d, in a group photo with Professor Benny Zee Chung-ying"}],"attachments":[{"text":"CUHK awards at CICSIC 2025 (Chinese version only)","link":"","file":230417}],"video_source":"","video_file":"","add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":0,"photos_original":null,"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/230404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/230404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230419,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/230404\/revisions\/230419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}