The 3rd LUMI LUXIAOBAN Innovation Contest Came to a Close
“Better and better!”
“This team really hit my pain point.”
“That product is so talented!”
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These comments can be heard at the 3rd LUMI LUXIAOBAN Innovation Contest which was closed on 15th December 2021, showing the success of this special event.
LUXIAOBAN derived from Lu Ban, a Chinese structural engineer, inventor, and carpenter during the Zhou Dynasty. He is revered as the Chinese Deity (Patron) of builders and contractors. ''LUXIAOBAN'' presents our respect and admiration for this great pioneer. It has been 3 years since the first LUXIAOBAN Innovation Contest in 2018. During 3 years LUMI never stops developing and moving on. From the second session, creative products that came from the contest have been put into production, some of which even won iF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award and Golden Pin Design Award. With no doubt that LUXIAOBAN has become an important platform for LUMI to advocate the spirit of innovation, trigger energy and level up innovation capability.
5 teams attended the 3rd LUXIAOBAN with 8 new products. The range of items is larger than before without limitation in LUMI present categories. CEO Lindsey Lu mentioned two different kinds of innovation——micro innovation and disruptive innovation which are both encouraged at LUMI. Regardless of whether the participates come up with breakthrough solutions of existing LUMI products or solutions closely related to the peripheral field in real life, everyone deserves compliments. 
During the contest, participates showed great ideas and demonstrations for their final products, leaving enough curiosity and surprise. Judges and audiences all could not stop trying these first-released unique items. After an exciting competition, Team LEWEI (means WILLING TO DO in Chinese) ranked No.1 with a subtle gap between Team AIXIQI (means LOVE UNIQUENESS in Chinese). 
Just as Scott Wang, Vice President of R&D, concluded that this year every team had its own fantastic thoughts and performed very well. It’s hard to predict the winner because the final scores are really close, illustrating that the general level of innovation at LUMI has upgraded.
Jett Lin, Vice President of Brand Business Center, who was totally impressed even if he has rich experience of LUXIAOBAN said that LUXIAOBAN gets better and better with more talented products brought out. However, innovation never ends. The most important thing is to develop these products in the long term.
Besides competition, another inspiring event was also included——LUMI Patent Award Ceremony. R&D engineers who got invention or utility model patents in 2021 were rewarded for their creative spirit and hard work.
The 9-month LUXIAOBAN Innovation Contest cannot be such successful without support from all the participates and staff. We appreciate all the contributions and hard work. Everyone is welcome to attend LUXIAOBAN next year. But what we want is not only to bring up new products but also to create an energetic and initiative atmosphere helping LUMI step to the next level.
