BEIJING, July 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- On 22 and 23 June, the 2018 Maritime Silk Road ECI International Innovation Festival, organized by the ECI Awards organizing committee, was held in Quanzhou, the unique maritime Silk Road starting city recognized by UNESCO. With the theme of "WOW", the 2018 ECI Festival was held along with the Maritime Silk Road International Digital Business Summit Forum, an innovative achievement exhibition, 2018 ECI Awards Case Sharing Conference, and the ECI incubator conference. It is not only an event based on the "Maritime Silk Road" culture for international exchanges and cooperation but also an event that brings together innovative businesses.
The ECI Awards, as an international award with innovation as the evaluation standard, aims to encourage creative and innovative development worldwide by commending innovative works with high commercial value and by setting the global standards for commercial innovation. The 2018 ECI Awards Festival is the highlight of this event.
In total, 407 innovative cases competed for 139 awards this year. The awards are separated into Gold, Sliver, and Bronze in 6 categories: technology innovation , product innovation, service innovation, business model innovation, marketing innovation, and management innovation. Two other awards are also given: Best Marketing Innovation of the Year and the Grand ECI. ECI Awards are awarded to those with the greatest contributions to industrial and business innovation, and are also a forum for deep discussion on global innovation trends.
And through it all, SAIC's innovative product, "the birth of an intelligent new species", won the Grand ECI of ECI Awards 2018. "SAIC Ali Internet car, successfully integrates automobile products with the Internet and updates cars to a new level of intelligent life." This is not only a technological evolution of the industry, but also a big improvement of the digital internet industry. It provides a benchmark for future digital innovation and this is exactly the type of project that the ECI Awards wants bring greater recognition too. In recognizing modern high-quality technological achievements, the value of future applications will surely increase. In addition, Tencent, Baidu, Luckin Coffee, 360, and other contestants took home ECI Awards gold awards.
Mr. Kodituwaku, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China; M Karim, the Ambassador of Bangladesh to China; representatives and industry leaders from the United States, Chile, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tonga, and Indonesia; ECI Awards experts; and more than 100 authoritative media witnessed the launch of the 2018 Maritime Silk Road ECI International Innovation Festival. In the future, ECI Awards will focus on broader business areas and provide more support and services to innovation across industries.
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