May 14, the 8th Cross-Strait New Edge Design Competition · Huachan Award announced the national competition winners list. The industrial design work “Smart Cattle Herds - Accurate Feeding Tracing System” made by Huang Yujie, Yuan Tian and Chen Zimo from the College of Home Furnishings and Art Design, and directed by teachers Zhang Yanlin and Li Bo, won a national second prize in this competition, and their work “Earthquake Aid Rescue System Design” won a national third prize.

The New Edge Design Competition · Huachan Award is sponsored by China Association of Higher Education, China Zhongshan Cultural Exchange Association, Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group Co., LTD., and founded in 2014. It is the first design award covering both sides of the Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong and Macao, and a competition in the 2023 National Discipline Competition for college students. With the theme of “Integration · Harmony”, the competition received more than 100,000 works from more than 1200 universities and institutions across the Taiwan Straits, Hong Kong and Macao. There were 2,199 teams participating in the competition, with a total of 2,236 participants. The proportion of winners in the national competition was less than 1% of the total number of participants.

In the same month, students from College of Home Furnishing and Art Design won 3 silver awards and 4 bronze awards in 2023G-CROSS International College Students Creative Gold Star Award, “Bauhaus Award” International Design Competition, AADC North American Applied Art Design Competition, Japan Conceptual Design Art Award and other international competitions.

The competitions not only tested the theoretical learning and creative practical ability of the teachers and students, but also cultivated the students’ innovation, design and teamwork ability.