The award ceremony of the 8th "Cross Strait Emerging design competition · Huacan Award" was held in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province on the 23rd, and 1925 design works across the Taiwan Strait, Hong Kong and Macao won awards. The theme of this competition is "Harmony", and over 100000 works from over 1200 universities and institutions across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao regions were received, an increase of 230% compared to the seventh competition; Mainland contestant Cheng Xin and his team, as well as Taiwanese contestant Lin Hongen, stood out with their respective works and won the highest award of the "All Awards". Li Weiguo, Honorary Chairman of the Taiwan China Youth Economic and Trade Exchange Association and Chairman of Huacan Workshop, introduced that a total of 1703 entries from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and cooperation tracks were received this year, an increase of about 59% compared to the seventh session; This competition has further promoted the exchange and integration of youth across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao regions, with a total of 163 works collected from the "Cross Strait and Hong Kong Macao Cooperation Track", a significant increase compared to the seventh competition. The activity of the day also released Kunshan Development Plan (2023-2025) of "Cross Strait New design competition · Huacan Award". The plan proposes to build Huacan (Kunshan) Advanced Business Park in three years, build five functional centers, namely, cross-strait youth exchange promotion center, cutting-edge design work exhibition center, future design innovation and creativity center, achievement transformation and entrepreneurship empowerment center, and Huacan talent cultivation service center, and implement five collaborative projects of development, industry, talent, platform, and linkage. The "Huacan Award" was established in 2014 and has become a highly influential cultural and creative design competition in the cross-strait and Hong Kong and Macao regions. In 2016, Huacan Workshop was established, and the "Huacan Award" winning designers can enter for free and receive relevant entrepreneurial services. The 8th "Huacan Award" was jointly organized by the China Association of Higher Education, the China Zhongshan Cultural Exchange Association, and Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group. (New News Agency)