The competition agenda includes the preliminary round, the trial round, project guidance and proof of concept, and the final.

Preliminary round: The judges will mark according to the application form filled out by the teams and have a preliminary sorting and assessment. The projects will be divided into Class A (cutting-edge and innovative), Class B (with technological advantages and maturity of implementation and transformation), and Class C (not innovative, cutting-edge and mature enough for implementation for the time being), of which Class A and B projects will enter the trial round.

Trial round: Through roadshow competitions, an expert panel will mark and nail down the shortlist of the projects which are cutting-edge, innovative and have the conditions of implementation to enter the final round.

Project guidance and proof of concept: Invite investment institutions, interested enterprises and incubation carriers to conduct in-depth communication and matchmaking with the projects that passed the trial round, and identify the intention of investment and results implementation and transformation. Invite Qingshan District government, co-organizers and incubation carriers to guide relevant projects. Relevant project management offices (entities) of the Municipal Science and Innovation Bureau will follow up the whole process, and select projects that meet the conditions for implementation and transformation in Wuhan while taking the conditions for initiating science and technology projects into account.

Final: Conduct an overall evaluation based on the projects’ innovation, technological advantages, maturity, institutional investment, incubation park implementation and other circumstances and nail down the shortlist of two categories of award-winning projects: Innovation Leadership Award and Innovation Breakthrough Award. The Innovation Leadership Award is granted to projects that have obvious advantages in technological innovation, meet the requirements for implementation and transformation, and can lead and boost the industrial development of Wuhan significantly. The Innovation Breakthrough Award is granted to projects that are innovative but do not meet the conditions for implementation and transformation yet, and are still in the stage of technological R&D.