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SEA-CICSIC 2026 is the Southeast Asia regional contest of the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition (CICSIC) Competition, providing a regional platform for students to participate in this prestigious competition. This competition aims to foster cross-cultural collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship among university and college students from Southeast Asia countries. The competition seeks to enhance mutual understanding, while encouraging students to apply their innovative solutions to address regional and global challenges.
The China International College Students’ Innovation Competition (CICSIC) is a premier global event that unites university/college students worldwide to engage in innovation and entrepreneurship. The competition provides a platform for participants to showcase their ideas, collaborate and explore innovative solutions to address global challenges and advance sustainable development. Since its inception in 2015. The competition has successfully held ten consecutive session. In 2024, it attracted 20.8 million participants and 5.14 million projects from 5,406 universities across 153 countries and regions.
All the projects from the SEA-CICSIC 2026 will be further recommended to participate in the CICSIC 2026. Students with a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship are invited to join both competitions.
2026 Finalists
Finalist Project Titles
| Project Title | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Adaptive Stiffness, Smart Control – Pioneering Adaptive Excavation Force Control in Indonesian Mining | Agapita |
| AlgaeChain Renewal: High-Value Upcycling of Near-Expiry Unsold Food Into EPA for Pet Nutrition | Bidirectional Power Storage – Dual-Purpose Intelligent Energy Management System for Electric Vehicles and Household Power Supply |
| Birdseye | Break down barriers, protect the rainforest——Key technologies and equipment for single-photon counting target imaging |
| BumiTrust | Carbon Pole Future – Leader in Carbon Fiber Reinforced PEEK Additive Manufacturing Materials |
| Chain Cloud – A Global Leader in the Development of Digital and Intelligent Technologies for Agricultural Carbon Sinks | Cold Motion Empowerment--Next generation thermal management expert based on microfluidic technology |
| Deep Blue Guardian: Biological-Grade Marine Monitoring and Protection Core Power | Deep-Sea Dragon – Pioneer of International Special Protective Clothing Fabrics |
| DuriAce | EcoSphere Pod: A Smart Aquaponics Ecosystem |
| ElaeiSync: IoT-Driven Machine Vision & Precision Harvesting Embedded System for Real-Time Fresh Palm Fruit Bunch (FFB) | E-Skin Sensor |
| Fog-Electricity Bionic Air Water Extraction and Power Generation Solution for Energy Shortage Mitigation | GaitWise |
| GBC-3 | Global leader in flexible electronic skin |
| GoTita | Green Lithium Mining from Waste,Empowering the Battery Circular Economy |
| Guoqing Intelligent Manufacturing – The Pioneer in Intelligent Grinding Robots for Domestic Aviation Engine Blades | HerWell Maternal Mental Health Care Platform Project |
| i-BIS: Intelligent Biorefinery Systems for invasive Species Mitigation | Innovate |
| INTELLIGENT HEALING PALM CHIP——Pioneer of Hand Intelligent Rehabilitation System Based on AI and Self-Powered | IntelliLink Diagnosis – Intelligent Digital Prediction, Diagnosis, and Decision-Making Centralized System for Machine Tools |
| LinkIon Tech: Side-Chain Copolymer Electrolyte for Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries | LungNavi – AI-Powered Pulmonary Nodule Screening and Health Management Platform for Southeast Asia |
| MindSight AI | MobiRobo-DR |
| MycoBag - Biodegradable bags from Mycelium fungal fibers | MycoCloud: Smart Growth, Green Future |
| Navimaster of the Ocean | NeuraGO--Multimodal BCI-Controlled Smart Wheelchair with Safety Guard & AI Companionship |
| Ningjie Shield – Research and Development of Key Technologies for a New Generation of Multifunctional Nanofiber Hydrogels With Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging, Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Properties | Nusantara Carbon |
| PeatGuard | Photoncycle Optiregen – High-Performance rPET Recycling Technology Based on Photoelectric Sensing |
| Pili Seal® | PrintFlow-X — An Affordable Smart Manufacturing Platform |
| QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY DEFINER--The world's leading silicon-based chip quantum random number generator | Rapid Testing for Safety: On-Site Salmonella Detection Technology for Indonesia's Mass Catering System |
| Rare Flavone Oligomers – Versatile Guardians of Human Health | RootIQ AgriBiologics |
| Rubbrain: Intelligent Digital Twin Management System for Southeast Asian Rubber Tapping and Planting | SARA ( Sustainability Analysis and Recycling Assistant) |
| SightSync | Smart Core – Leading Provider of High-Efficiency, Compact, Intelligent GaN Robot Power Modules |
| Smart PV Navigation: All-Source Fusion Positioning for Intelligent PV Construction | SmartWin - Electric vehicle journey planning platform based on Digital Twin and energy model |
| Targeted Enhancement, Precise Inspection, and Intelligent Computing – Development of an Intelligent Detection System for Defects in Transmission Components of Industrial Machine Tools | Tiangong Dense Structure – Expert in Homomorphic Encryption for Enterprise Data Security |
| Tospine Intelligent Posture Correction System | T-Shield: Revolutionary Bidirectional Active Shield Face Mask |
| Underwater Robot Homo Sapiens Digital Robotic Arm Control System Leader | UniFont: AI-Driven Engine for Cross-Script Style Transfer and Font Delivery |
| YuanChuang Future – Expert in the Design and Modeling of Consumer-Grade Metaverse Intelligent Agents | Zhongke Xinguang – Break Through the Blockade and Become China’s Domestically Made Alternative “China Chip”, the World Leader in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate |
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