What is the 929 Challenge about?
929 Challenge is a startup competition aimed to strengthen business & trade exchanges between China & Portuguese Speaking Countries. Teams from China and Portuguese-speaking countries will present their ideas and the finalists will be selected to pitch their ideas to investors.
This year we have 2 Tracks: One for Universities and one for startups.
The 3 winning teams will receive an in-kind service prize of 30,000 MOP from Alibaba cloud services and 180,000 MOP of monetary prizes in total.
Why join the 929 Challenge?
Opportunities
Learn the market outlook and opportunities available
Industry Speakers
Learn from industry leading speakers
Network
Make valuable contacts in international markets
Mentors
Expert mentors guide you through each process





Why join the 929 Challenge?
Opportunities
Learn the market outlook and opportunities available
Industry Speakers
Learn from industry leading speakers
Network
Make valuable contacts in international markets
Mentors
Expert mentors guide you through each process





Create startup sustainable ideas
within these six sectors
Tourism
Healthcare
Fintech
Agribusiness & Food
Blue Economy
Energy & Renewable
2021 Challenge in numbers
Participants
Projects
Teams
Finalist
Meet our Organizing Committee
committee

José Alves
City University of Macau

Marco Rizzolio
Association for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Macau-China & Portuguese speaking countries

Jerome Yen
University of Macau

Jacky So
Macau University of Science & Technology

Alexandre Lobo
University of Saint Joseph

Fernando Lourenço
Macau Institute for tourism studies

Serge Stinckwich
United Nations University Institute in Macau

Zhimin Zhou
Shenzhen University

Professor Ding Hao
Associate Dean, School of Business GUFS

Dr Peng Weifeng
Associate Dean, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship GPNU
Meet our Judges
judges

Antonio Trindade
CEO - CESL Asia

Carlos Cid Alvares
CEO - BNU

Celia Lao
CEO AirAsia - Hong Kong & Macao

Eileen Stow
General Manager - Lord Stow

Karen Neng
General Manager - Moxlink

Nestor Ng
Managing Director - Anzac Realty Group

Rui Pedro Cunha
Director - C&C Lawyers & Notaries

Uwe Hutzler
CEO - Isa Tantec



testimonial
What our previous participants say


“I learned to think from multiple perspectives and how to collaborate with my teammates to build a startup with creative thinking. 928 competition is a good platform for entrepreneurs to expand their horizons and make friends with like-minded people.”
Yang Jingyan (Tina) City University of Macau

“We are deeply grateful for the opportunity offered by the 928 Challenge. The Competition was an amazing experience for all of us”
Paulino Novela Joaquim Chissano University (Mozambique)
"The event gave me and my team an opportunity to further develop our project. We had an incredible learning experience that we will take for a lifetime"
Caio Cler UERJ State University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)