From August 1st to 4th, the 2025 China-US Youth Maker Competition Finals and Award Ceremony were successfully held at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. Nearly 500 young makers from China and the United States competed on the same stage. After intense competition, the Fantangmao project team from SBC-USST stood out among numerous outstanding projects with their exceptional innovative design and practical capabilities, ultimately winning second prize in the global finals. This achievement not only marks a historic breakthrough for USST students in this international competition but also represents the best performance in the university's history of participation.
SBC students won second prize in the global finals of the 2025 China-U.S. Young Maker Competition
The 2025 China-U.S. Young Maker Competition National Finals, themed Co-making the Future, was hosted by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. The event focused on innovative explorations in areas such as low-carbon environmental protection, public health, clean energy, climate change, and green transportation. This year, the competition was launched simultaneously across 13 regional divisions in China and 2 in the United States, attracting over 23,500 participants and more than 4,900 registered teams.
The SBC student team led by ZHANG Renhong presented their project, “The AI Teacher in Your Pocket,” which addresses the challenge of providing AI education to primary and secondary school students in resource-limited regions. Inspired by their three-year volunteer teaching experience, the team designed and developed an open-source hardware device for AI education, which has received positive feedback from the children they taught. On August 3, during the final competition, the team demonstrated strong collaboration and fully showcased the strength and appeal of their project. They ultimately won the second-place award based on their solid technical practicality and profound commitment to educational inclusivity. The judges highly commended the innovative initiative, praising the young makers for deeply integrating technological exploration with social vision.
This outstanding achievement fully reflects the high importance and remarkable effectiveness USST and SBC have placed on developing innovative talents. Moving forward, SBC will continue to leverage high-level domestic and international competitions as a key mechanism, using contests to promote learning and innovation. Through this competition-driven educational model, we aim to build a platform for practical innovation education and continuously enhance students' innovative thinking, entrepreneurial capabilities, and global competence.
The SBC student team set up their booth and debugged their equipment in the final
