2022 China-US Young Maker Competition

There are up to $62,000 in prize pool in the final competition. You will compete in the U.S. division as a qualifier to advance into the final competition stage.

Bill Luan, Senior Program Manager, Google Coral team

Bill is responsible for managing developer outreach and partner engagement programs, as well as promoting AI innovations using AIY and Coral products. Bill has been working in the high-tech industry in the U.S. for 37 years, including 14 years at Google. He has organized many technology trainings for developers, built many GDG communities, and also a frequent speaker at many technology conferences.

Aaron Cunningham, Technical Program Manager, Google Open Source Hardware team

Aaron leads open source hardware strategy at Google. He also manages a network of 60 makerspaces in Google offices around the world, where Googlers can put these practices into action to drive innovation.

Alex Glow , Hardware Engineer & Video Host @ Hackster

Alex is Hackster's resident hardware engineer and creates electronics videos and tutorials for our global community. While working to engrain the ethos of sustainability and repair into the hardware community, she loves building robots, wearable tech, EEG, music, fancy shmancy bike lights, holograms, and more.

Since 2016, Hackster has been the administrator of the US division of the China-US Young Maker Competition. For the 7th year, we are launching this special contest that challenges innovative young makers who have an ambition to create make a more sustainable, efficient, and interconnected tomorrow.

Read more about the history of this annual contest here.

Previous Four Years of Competitions

• 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

What Past Winners Are Saying

• "The US-China Young Maker Competition was an incredible chance to present my project to an international audience and interact with the best and brightest people in China. I met US/Chinese diplomats, students from Chinese universities, and makers from all across the United States!"- Alex Wulff
• "It was great having the opportunity to work on projects that could have a tangible impact on the world, and being able to share with other makers allowed me to share ideas with others in a collaborative environment." - Evan Rust
• “Without any doubt, US-China Young maker competition was the biggest event I have participated. I would encourage all young makers and students to take this as an opportunity to showcase your idea on this platform where you will meet great panel of judges from academia and industry. Be mindful :) It’s an international competition and you should raise your bar and give the best. Good luck!” - Mithun Das
• "I thoroughly enjoyed witnessing the maker spirit embraced with such enthusiasm on the other side of the world. The final competition was the perfect celebration for showcasing everyone's hard work and establishing a sense of community. I left the event with countless new ideas that inspired me to continue tinkering so I could participate again." - Brian Cottrell

Exclusive Mentorship Opportunities for US Contest Participants!

This year Hackster is starting a mentorship program that brings past contest winners & Hackster superusers together with current participants of the contest so experienced users can share their knowledge, skills, and stories. Mentors will meet with mentees for one-on-one conversations to give feedback on projects and advise on how to make the best submission possible in the current contest.

Our mentors are curated by our contest team and are either who have participated in and won previous contests on Hackster, as well as leading engineering and maker professionals who are the best fit to pass on their knowledge and skills to mentees. They are knowledgeable of how to best document engineering projects, as well as how to best show the story of a project to effectively connect a project and its purpose with judges. Click on the image below to learn about our rock star mentors and apply here.

Host: China Ministry of Education

Co-organizers：

• Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (affiliated to China Ministry of Education to provide service to promote scholarly exchange between China and other parts of the world)
• Tsinghua University (Established in 1911 as one of the leading universities in China)
• Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group (Established in 1997, a large state-owned cultural enterprise based in Beijing)
• China University Science and Technology Park Alliance
• Google Information Technology (China) Company Limited (sponsor)
• Google Coral Team

U.S. Division administrator:

• Hackster