How to innovate and upgrade products? What are the advantages of opening up the market? …On the afternoon of September 11, the finals of the 8th “Maker China” Hubei Province Small and Medium Enterprises Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Jingzhou Division) were held. After fierce competition, the final six projects stood out with their innovative thinking, high-quality teams and other advantages, winning the first, second and third prizes in the maker group and enterprise group respectively, and represented Jingzhou City in the Hubei competition.

At the roadshow, 16 projects competed on the same stage. The contestants fused the essence of entrepreneurial projects into their speeches. The judges' questions went deeper and deeper, facing the core, and the ideas of innovation stirred up in the process of question and answer. After comprehensive evaluation and assessment, the smart Internet of Things waterway service platform promoted by Jingzhou District - the "Leader" project for digital transformation of waterway construction has won the first prize of the maker group, and the Jingzhou Jiahua Technology Co., Ltd. - the research project on the resource utilization of rice husk ash in oil well cement promoted by Jingzhou Economic Development Zone has won the first prize of the enterprise group.

It is reported that in order to further explore and cultivate a group of excellent projects and teams, promote the birth of new products, new technologies, new models, and new formats, promote the transformation, upgrading, and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises into specialized, refined, and new "little giants" enterprises, and support the integration and innovation of large and small enterprises, starting from July this year,  Jingzhou City has organized the 8th "Maker China" Hubei Province Small and Medium sized Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Jingzhou District), Attracting enterprises from all over Jingzhou City to actively register and participate.  A total of 149 registered projects have been received, involving various fields such as petroleum equipment, new energy and new materials, food processing, etc.  After preliminary screening, a total of 30 projects have been selected for the finals, and 16 projects have been selected for the finals.