Students and alumni innovation and entrepreneurship projects receive several prestigious national awards

CantoLink

14^th “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Entrepreneurship Competition
(第十四屆「挑戰杯」中國大學生創業計劃競賽) — Bronze Award

CantoLink

Tsang Tsz-yui, Bachelor of Computing with Honours in Internet Technology
Lau Lok-lam, Bachelor of Computing with Honours in Internet Technology
Ng Man-kwan, Bachelor of Computing with Honours in Internet Technology
Fu Jingchang, Doctor of Philosophy

Two innovative project by students and alumni, which had earlier won awards at the tenth Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, went on to gain accolades in several nationwide competitions.

One of the award-winning project was CantonLink, a platform for automatically generating Cantonese-to-text language subtitles, developed by Tsang Tsz-yui, Lau Lok-lam, Ng Man-kwan and Fu Jingchang. It received a Bronze Award in the 14th “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Entrepreneurship Competition.

The Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association, which hosts the Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, also leads HKSAR teams to participate in many large-scale and respected innovation and entrepreneurship competitions in mainland China. In 2024, it led teams from 11 local universities with over 50 projects to participate in four national competitions, namely the China International College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2024, organised by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, the 14^th “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Entrepreneurship Competition and the 11^th China Youth Entrepreneurship Competition, organised by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the 10^th National Youth Popular Science Innovation Experiment and Works Competition (第十屆全國青年科普創新實驗暨作品大賽), organised by the China Association for Science and Technology.