From News Center (Text by Ji Li, Engineering Training Center (School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship); Photo by Gu Chonghao, Engineering Training Center (School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship)) From October 17 to 21, 2026, the China International College Students' Innovation Competition (CICSIC) 2026 Guangxi Division Selection Finals were successfully held at Guangxi University. A total of 16 teams from LZPU advanced to the finals, competing fiercely alongside teams from across the autonomous region. Ultimately, LZPU claimed 9 gold and 7 silver medals, along with 1 "ASEAN AI Most Valuable Award," setting new school records for both gold medal count and total medals won. Four of the gold medal-winning programs were selected for the Guangxi Division "Golden Seed Training Camp."

At the closing ceremony, the program "Digital and Intelligent Renewal: AI-Empowered Upgrade of Mobile Phone Lithium-Ion Battery Testing Equipment" from LZPU's School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering was featured in the "AI Super Pitch Showcase." This achievement signifies that our efforts to align innovation and entrepreneurship education with new quality productive forces have been widely recognized by competition organizers and peers across the region, fully demonstrating the our proactive exploration in AI-empowered innovation and entrepreneurship.

Reportedly, this year's competition drew 128 schools, 740,000 students, and 209,000 programs from across the region, with 2,916 standout programs advancing to the regional online preliminary review. Following rigorous online reviews and expert panel evaluations, 663 programs advanced to the regional on-site finals, where 387 went on to win gold medals.

These outstanding results reflect our long-term dedication to innovation and entrepreneurship education, vividly showcasing the spirit of our faculty and students who dare to explore, innovate, and break new ground. Closely aligned with the national AI development strategy and Guangxi's "AI+" action plan, the competition aimed to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in the "AI+" domain, cultivate top-tier innovative talent independently, embed innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the talent development pipeline, and accelerate the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements.

Attaching great importance to this competition, LZPU coordinated preparations through the Engineering Training Center (School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship), actively mobilizing faculty and students across various schools to participate. Leveraging our innovation and entrepreneurship incubation system for college students, we have supported 17 programs approved under the national and autonomous region-level College Student Innovation Training Programs, alongside 88 university-level student innovation programs. Through program approvals, campus selections, program refinement, expert mentoring, mock defenses, and targeted one-on-one guidance, LZPU continuously incubated these programs. After the programs advanced to the regional competition, LZPU organized more than 20 rounds of specialized coaching to continuously refine and optimize them, enhancing their overall quality and competitiveness.

Moving forward, LZPU will leverage this competition to deepen reforms in innovation and entrepreneurship education, incubate high-quality innovation and entrepreneurship programs, and cultivate more high-caliber technical and skilled talent equipped with innovative thinking and practical capabilities. By continuously enhancing the quality of innovation and entrepreneurship education, LZPU will inject youthful energy and strength into regional high-quality economic and social development.

List of Gold Medal Programs

List of Silver Medal Programs

Digital and Intelligent Renewal Program Featured in the "AI Super Pitch Showcase"

Group Photo of Participating Teams