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HUAWEI HMS APP INNOVATION CONTEST

The contest aims to inspire developers to create seamless, smart & innovative digital exp. & explore the future of digital intelligence.
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Overview

Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest aims to inspire talented developers across the globe to create seamless, smart, and innovative digital experiences, and explore the future of digital intelligence. By highlighting pioneering HMS open capabilities, the competition gives app developers the tools to build tomorrow's all-connected world.


Guidelines

Competition Regions

The contest will be held in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and China.

 

Prizes

Total Bonus US$1,000,000

Huawei has set aside US$1 million from its Shining Star Program as prize money for the contest. US$200,000 will be allocated for the top 20 apps in each region. The awards are as follows:

 

Asia Pacific

Best App: US$15,000 x 2                                      Best Game: US$15,000 x 2

 

Best Social Impact App: US$15,000 x 1                Best HMS Core Innovation Award: US$15,000 x 2

 

Tech Women's Award: US$10,000 x 2                  Best Fintech Innovation Award: US$10,000 x 1

 

AppGallery Rising Star App: US$8,000 x 5            Excellent Student Award: US$5,000 x 3

 

Honorable Mention: US$3,500 x 2                        Most Popular App: US$3,000 x 1

 

Europe

Best App: US$15,000 x 3                                       Best Game: US$15,000 x 3

 

Best Social Impact App: US$15,000 x 3                 Best HMS Core Innovation Award: US$5,000 x 3

 

Tech Women's Award: US$5,000 x 3                     All-Scenario Coverage Award: US$5,000 x 1

 

Excellent Student Award: US$5,000 x 3                 Honorable Mention: US$3,000 x 5

 

Middle East & Africa

Best App: US$15,000 x 3                                       Best Game: US$15,000 x 3

 

Best Social Impact App: US$15,000 x 3                Best HMS Core Innovation Award: US$5,000 x 3

 

Tech Women's Award: US$5,000 x 3                    All-Scenario Coverage Award: US$5,000 x 1

 

Excellent Student Award: US$5,000 x 3                Honorable Mention: US$3,000 x 5

 

Latin America

Best App: US$15,000 x 5                                                Best Game: US$15,000 x 3

 

Best Social Impact App: US$15,000 x 3                          Tech Women's Award: US$5,000 x 1

 

Best HMS Core Innovation Award: US$5,000 x 2           All-Scenario Coverage Award: US$5,000 x 1

 

Honorable Mention: US$3,000 x 5

 

China

Best App: US$15,000 x 5                                               Best Game: US$15,000 x 3

 

Best Social Impact App: US$15,000 x 3                         Tech Women's Award: US$5,000 x 1

 

Best HMS Core Innovation Award: US$5,000 x 2          All-Scenario Coverage Award: US$5,000 x 2

 

Honorable Mention: US$3,000 x 4

 

Winners are also eligible for a treasure trove of enticing incentives:

AppGallery promotional resources

Huawei cloud resources

Exclusive incentives for paid HMS Core capabilities

 

Schedule

2021 HUAWEI HMS APP INNOVATION CONTEST

01 Registration & submission

June 10 – 18:00 on September 5 (UTC+8)

02 Preliminary

September 6 – September 23 (UTC+8)

03 Public review

September 24 – 18:00 on October 8 (UTC+8)

04 Finals & award ceremony

October
 

Judges

Asia Pacific

Adam Ardisasmita

Adam Ardisasmita

CEO,Arsanesia

Gwen Guo

Gwen Guo

Chairperson,Singapore Games Association (SGGA)

Issaret Prachitmutita

Issaret Prachitmutita

Vice President, Committees of Association,Thai Programmer Association (TPA)

James Lo

James Lo

President,Founding Member,Game Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP)

Jojo Flores

Jojo Flores

Co-Founder,Plug and Play Tech Center

Ryan Chan

Ryan Chan

Head, Global Business Development,Global Growth Acceleration,Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)

Shriram K Vasudevan

Shriram K Vasudevan

Dean,K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology

 

Europe

Aoife Brodigan

Aoife Brodigan

Marketing Director,HUAWEI Mobile Services Europe

Baris Altop

Baris Altop

Computer Science Instructor,Sabancı Üniversitesi

Claudia Mendes Silva

Claudia Mendes Silva

WOMEN IN TECH® Ambassador,Portugal Chapter

Dr. Jaime Gonzalo

Dr. Jaime Gonzalo

Vice President,Huawei Mobile Services Europe

Innocenzo Sansone

Innocenzo Sansone

HDG Italy Organizer,Developer Enthusiast

Kira Komshilova

Kira Komshilova

Lead Developer Support Engineering,HUAWEI Mobile Services Europe

Mohamed Djelid

Mohamed Djelid

Deputy Director of the Bureau Strategic Planning,UNESCO

Renee Gittins

Renee Gittins

Executive Director,International Game Developer Association

 

Middle East & Africa

Omar Hmead

Omar Hmead

Developer Technical Support Engineer, Huawei Mobile Services

James Hardcastle

James Hardcastle

Director, IUCN Green List Certification Programme

Dr. Ling Shao

Dr. Ling Shao

CEO and Chief Scientist of IIAI, Founding Provost and EVP of MBZUAI

Dr. Hanêne Ben-Abdallah

Dr. Hanêne Ben-Abdallah

Higher Colleges of Technology, Executive Dean - Faculty of Computer Information Science & Applied Communication

Ahmed Emad

Ahmed Emad

Mobile App Developer lead or Software Engineer

Ashraf Shrouf

Ashraf Shrouf

Managing Partner, 3Anet

Charlotte Margus

Charlotte Margus

General Manager, Le Wagon Middle East

Meher Murshed

Meher Murshed

Executive Editor,  Gulf News

 


 

 

Latin America

Juan Villavazo

Juan Villavazo

Computer Engineer and Developer

Erik Leal Enríquez

Erik Leal Enríquez

Researcher of CENIC

Jose Dimas Lujan

Jose Dimas Lujan

Developer, teacher and writer

Pablo Araya

Pablo Araya

Trigo & Blackmind Software Developer & Social Entrepreneur

 

China

Jiang Tao

Jiang Tao

Founder and Chairman of CSDN, and Co-partner of Geek Founders Capital

Jin Xiang

Jin Xiang

CEO of enjoyglobal

Luo Chao

Luo Chao

Executive director of GGV Capital

Li Juanzi

Li Juanzi

Professor of Tsinghua University

Rhea See

Rhea See

Co-Founder & Co-CEO, She Loves Tech

Su Jie

Su Jie

Product innovation consultant, author of Everyone Is a Product Manager

Zhao Hejuan

Zhao Hejuan

Founder and CEO of TMTPost Group, Founder and Chairman of ChainDD

Zhang Yan

Zhang Yan

Head of IUCN China

Wang Yue

Wang Yue

Director of Huawei HMS Core Platform Dept

Frank Wang

Frank Wang

Director of Huawei Developers Alliance Dept

 

RULES

1. Registration & submission:

Deadline: 18:00 on September 5, 2021 (UTC+8)

Create works that integrate HMS open capabilities, and submit entries on the contest official website.

(1) Sign in to HUAWEI Developers with a valid HUAWEI ID (register for a HUAWEI ID if you do not have one) and click Sign up. If you intend to be a team leader, click New team and enter the relevant team information. If you intend to be a team member, click Join team and enter the name of the team you wish to join.

(2) Create your works and integrate HMS open capabilities. For more information about the capabilities, please refer to Develop.

(3) Click Submit work on the contest details page, enter the app name, ID, and description, and upload the APK and app introduction document. 

 

2. Preliminary:

The judging panel will review the submitted works, and select 20 works from each region for the public review and finals stages.

 

3. Public review:

Shortlisted works will be exhibited for global promotion, on both the contest official website and AppGallery by 18:00 on October 8 (UTC+8). Works' public rating scores will be based on the numbers of votes they receive.

 

4. Regional Final:

Each region will hold its own final in October. The judging panel will rank the 20 shortlisted works according to a comprehensive scoring formula, in which the judging panel and public rating scores are added.

 

Eligibility

This contest is open to developers from all over the world. Participation is as simple as signing up with your HUAWEI ID.

Individuals aged 17 and under are not eligible for the competition.

Employees of Huawei and its affiliates, and their immediate relatives, are not eligible for the competition.

You can participate in the contest on your own, or as part of a team. All members of the team must belong to the same competition region.

Rules for setting up a team:

(1) Each contestant is only eligible to join a single  team.

(2) Each team can have no more than 3 members.

(3) Each team should have a team leader, who is responsible for team management, such as inviting or deleting members, and submitting works.

(4) A team member can apply for joining or leaving a team.

(5) The score for a contest submission belongs to the team. If a team member leaves the team, all existing scores will continue to belong to the team, rather than the departing member.

You will be disqualified in the event of the following:

(1) You plagiarize the work of others.

(2) Third-party code plug-ins used in your works are not authorized, and/or are the source of a legal dispute.

(3) You works infringe upon Huawei or any third party's legal rights (including but not limited to the intellectual property rights and privacy rights. 

(4) Your works violate any relevant terms, service agreements, or rules applicable to Huawei developer services, including but not limited to HUAWEI Developer Service Agreement, Agreement on Use of Huawei APIs, and AppGallery Review Guidelines.

 

Requirements for works

1. Submitted works must integrate at least one HMS open capability, and run seamlessly on devices that have installed HMS.

2. Works may use third-party game engines, middleware, open-source software, or code libraries, so long as they are authorized in advance by the rights holders.

3. Contestants must fully comply with HUAWEI Developer Service Agreement and any other relevant terms and/or service agreements for developer services, including but not limited to the HUAWEI Developer Merchant Service Agreement and HUAWEI Partner Paid Service Agreement, as well as terms and/or service agreements related to the use of AppGallery Connect and HMS Core.

4. Apps that are to be released on AppGallery must fully comply with the relevant release policies.

Notes 

2. Attachments for submitted works must be in ZIP or RAR format, and cannot exceed 200 MB. Such attachments include APKs and app introduction documents. 

 

Evaluation criteria

Preliminary rating rules

Total score = Preliminary judging panel score (80 points) + AppGallery bonus points (10 points) + HMS integration bonus points(10 points)

   

【Judging panel score】
• Design, technology, and user experience (20 points): Is stable and functional in real life, and features impressive interactions, a user-friendly interface, and outstanding visual and sound effects.
• Originality (30 points): Comes endowed with distinctive and innovative attributes, which could not be found in similar apps and remain attractive to users.
• Social value (30 points): Addresses an issue of widespread concern, and offers new solutions for a specific user group and/or scenario.

   

【AppGallery bonus points】
10 points will be added after the app is successfully released on AppGallery

    

【HMS integration bonus points】
A maximum of 10 points can be added for HMS integration. 4 points will be added for integrating each of the following kits: IAP, Ads Kit, Map Kit, Push Kit, Location Kit, ML Kit, AR Engine, Nearby Service, Wireless Kit, hQUIC Kit, Network Kit, CG Kit, Scene Kit, Wear Engine, DeviceVirtualization Engine, and Cast Engine. For other kits, 2 points will be added for each.

 

Final rating rules

Total score = Final judging panel score (80 points) + Public rating score (10 points) + HMS integration bonus points (10 points)

   

【Final judging panel score】
• Design, technology, and user experience (20 points): Is stable and functional in real life, and features impressive interactions, a user-friendly interface, and outstanding visual and sound effects.
• Originality (30 points): Comes endowed with distinctive and innovative attributes, which could not be found in similar apps and remain attractive to users.
• Social value (30 points): Addresses an issue of widespread concern, and offers new solutions for a specific user group and/or scenario.

   

【Public rating rules】
Shortlisted works will be ranked according to the number of votes each receives during the exhibition period, with the following formula used: Public rating score = 10 x (Number of votes for a work/Number of votes for the work in first place)

    

【HMS integration bonus points】
A maximum of 10 points can be added for HMS integration. 4 points will be added for integrating each of the following kits: IAP, Ads Kit, Map Kit, Push Kit, Location Kit, ML Kit, AR Engine, Nearby Service, Wireless Kit, hQUIC Kit, Network Kit, CG Kit, Scene Kit, Wear Engine, DeviceVirtualization Engine, and Cast Engine. For other kits, 2 points will be added for each.

 

Statement

Please read the GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS carefully, for full comprehension, before participating in the contest, and comply with the rules for the contest. Huawei has the right to disqualify any work that violates said rules.

 

Contact us

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by:

1. Email
Europe: appsup.eu@huawei.com
Asia Pacific: appsup.apac@huawei.com
Middle East & Africa: appsup.mea@huawei.com
Latin America: appsup.latam@huawei.com
China: appsup.cn@huawei.com

2. Huawei Developer Forum

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