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About Best of CTIS Innovation Awards

The Consumer Technology & Innovation Show (CTIS) holds the Best of CTIS Innovation Awards to honor ground-breaking products, services, and technologies that define the future of the consumer technology industry. The final winners will be selected by ZOL, China’s leading information technology portal, based on its in-depth industry observation throughout the year. A total of 16 award categories will highlight products standing out in terms of design, technology and feature innovation, and application prospect.

Judging criteria

The Best of CTIS Innovation Awards recognize innovative and cutting-edge products with promising applications and market prospects. Aside from being marketable and reliable, a winning product should possess unique advantages in the following aspects:

Design

Excellent in design concept, aesthetics, and functionality

Technology

Featuring innovative technologies that drive market trends, winning trust and praise from customers

Features

Making major improvements on or breakthroughs beyond previous products by introducing innovative features that receive plaudits in the market

Application prospects

Demonstrating great market potential with user-friendly design and features

Award categories

Best of CTIS Innovation Awards winners are named in the following categories:

CTIS Best AI Award

CTIS Best Audio Award

CTIS Best Wearable Product Award

CTIS Best Health & Fitness Product Award

CTIS Best Video Product Award

CTIS Best Smart Home Product Award

CTIS Best Mobile Device Award

CTIS Best PC Award

CTIS Best Gaming Product Award

CTIS Best Robotics & Drones Award

CTIS Best VR/AR Award

CTIS Best Digital Accessories Award

CTIS Best Innovation Award

CTIS Best Design Award

CTIS Best Green Technologies Award

CTIS Best Trendy Product Award

Timeline

Date	Item
March 10 – April 23	Online submission open for entries
May 1 - 10	Preliminary selection by CTIS
May 11 - 20	Expert review by ZOL
May 21	Shortlist of final winners from CTIS and ZOL
June 9	Final winners announced at the Best of CTIS Innovation Awards ceremony

The winners will be announced via the official CTIS website, the CTIS section on zol.com.cn, and other partner media platforms.
Award-winning products will be displayed with their certificates and trophies in a dedicated area at the show.

Eligibility

· Participants must be registered exhibitors of CTIS 2021. Companies that have not secured a booth are not eligible to submit entries.

· Entry products must be available in China or the global market before May 31, 2021.

· Exhibitors can only apply for the first 12 award categories. Winners of the last 4 awards will be selected by the judging panel from all the entries.

· Each exhibitor can submit three entries at most. Each product may only be entered in one category.

· An entry product must be owned by one exhibitor. The same product cannot be submitted by multiple exhibitors.

· Entries must be submitted within the submission period. Products will not be accepted after the specified deadline.

· Product profiles and images in the portfolios submitted by exhibitors will be used for product demonstration. Other information will be kept confidential.

Judging panel

The judging panel is composed of professional editors of ZOL.