Changsha Evening News, Changsha, December 6 (Quan** reporter Liu Jun, correspondent Nie Xia, Pi Chenxuan) On the 5th, the 2023 "Xiaoxiang Cup" Industrial Design Competition Achievement Exhibition and Award Ceremony was held in Changsha.
The competition was launched in June this year, closely combined with the development of Hunan industry, industrial chain, industrial cluster and industrial design, set up intelligent equipment, intelligent transportation, digital technology, home and cultural creativity, sports and health, public facilities and other 6 categories, the entries are divided into product design group, concept design group, industrial design group and other 3 groups, attracting 248 enterprises and 108 universities across the country to participate, radiating 25 provinces (municipalities, A total of 5,506 works were collected, and the evaluation experts conducted a preliminary evaluation and final review of the works from the dimensions of design quality, value expression, and industrial demand, and finally selected 3 gold awards, 8 silver awards, 19 bronze awards, 32 excellence awards, and the gold award bonus of the product design group was as high as 500,000 yuan. Among them, Hunan Zoomlion Emergency Equipment's "'Emergency Pioneer' - Hybrid Airport Rapid Adjustment Fire Truck" won the gold medal of the product design group, the "Ergonomic Laparoscopic Scalpel - designed for Chinese surgeons" designed by Dai Huilin and others won the gold medal of the conceptual design group, and the "design empowers overseas industrial innovation and provides integrated rail transit solutions" of CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive won the gold medal of the industrial design group.
At the award ceremony, the design declaration "The Power of Design", the release of new design products "The Most "Strong" Voice of Design", and the design story telling "Design Empowerment" invited first-line designers to focus on rail transit, construction machinery, biomedicine and other advantageous industries, vividly and down-to-earth to show the development process and achievements of Hunan designIn the design of new product release, Sunward Xinghang Industrial Co., Ltd. released a new design product "high-rise building fire tethered UAV system", CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive released a new design product "Phoenix Maglev Cultural Tourism Train", Chutian Technology Co., Ltd. released a new design product "Pioneer Closed Cell Drug Preparation System", and Zoomlion released a new design product "Hybrid Airport Rapid Adjustment Fire Truck". The launching ceremony of the Hunan Industrial Design Innovation Cloud Platform was also held at the scene.
At the 2023 "Xiaoxiang Cup" Industrial Design Competition Achievement Exhibition held on the same day, it was divided into 4 sections, including strong province design, design innovation, design education, and design ecology, and 74 finalist works were exhibited, including 37 product design groups, 27 conceptual design groups, 10 industrial design groups, and 221 works in the Hunan exhibition area of the 6th China International Industrial Design Expo.
Lei Shaoye, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said that in recent years, Hunan has taken the development of industrial design as an important means to promote the quality and efficiency of the manufacturing industry, promote the construction of a new industrialization and modern industrial system, give full play to the enabling role of industrial design, and effectively promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. Next, we will further strengthen policy support, accelerate the cultivation of design subjects, continuously optimize the development ecology, effectively create a good atmosphere, accelerate the improvement of the overall level of industrial design, and better play the role of industrial design in the construction of the "4 4" modern industrial system.
It is understood that in recent years, Hunan has vigorously promoted the development of industrial design, created 15 national industrial design centers, 1 national industrial design and research institute cultivation object, 170 provincial industrial design centers, and 3 provincial industrial design and research institutes, built the China (Changsha) Innovation Design Industrial Park and the national innovation center "design engine" of Yuelu Mountain University Science and Technology City, introduced special planning and support policies for industrial design, and built Lushan Laboratory (the first provincial industrial design laboratory in the country). Provincial Industrial Design Innovation Cloud Platform, Provincial Tongtian Industrial Design Innovation Center, Provincial Industrial Design Association and other design service platforms have held activities such as industrial design competitions, industrial design into the park, and industrial design to help "rural revitalization", and carried out the evaluation of professional titles in industrial design, forming a good development pattern of initial construction of innovation system, continuous improvement of design capabilities, remarkable achievement transformation effect, and leading talent level in the country. In the 6th China International Industrial Design Expo held this year, Lushan Laboratory, Hunan University, and CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive won the award, and the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology was awarded the "Excellent Organizational Unit".
The 2023 "Xiaoxiang Cup" Industrial Design Competition, with the theme of "Highland Construction and Design Empowerment", is hosted by the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Provincial Department of Education, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and the Provincial Department of Finance, and undertaken by Hunan University, Lushan Laboratory, Provincial Tongtian Industrial Design Innovation Center, Provincial Industrial Design Association, and Provincial Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Service Center.