Application Measures and Requirements

1. Applicants can independently apply for participation in the Alighting Award selection or the entities whose items have innovative features and typicality are recommended by the cooperative institutions and nominating committee members to participate in the selection. Application materials shall be submitted to the secretariat of the organizing committee for collection and examination within the stipulated time for each year's appraisal and selection. The secretariat of the organizing committee will submit those items with application materials conforming to regulations and requirements to the Jury Committee for professional appraisal.

2. In principle, the sponsor will not accept the applications of projects which had applied for participation in the selection of the previous Alighting Award and have not made obvious improvements or have no outstanding performance.

3. For application, relevant application forms shall be filled in and submitted online at www.alighting.cn or offline according to the requirements. The following materials shall be provided and shall be as detailed as possible. Applicants should make sure the application materials are standardized, true and clear in content.

No.	Category	Product	Technology	Project
1	Exact name of the submitted project (full names in both Chinese and English)
2	Detailed introduction to the submitted project
3	Award winning records of the submitted project
4	Related pictures of the submitted project
5	Background materials of the unit submitting the project and relevant certifications for the submitted project
6	Innovative points of the submitted project
7	Application status of the submitted project
8	User feedback for the submitted project
9	Technical parameters of the submitted project
10	Other certification materials of relevant specialties and characteristics of the submitted project
11	Novelty search report of the submitted project
12	Quality inspection report of the submitted project
13	International and domestic patent obtainment status of the submitted project
14	The applicants applying for Project Award need to provide the following materials: 1. Project completion and acceptance report; 2. Project quality assessment report; 3. More than 8 color photographs reflecting the full view and quality of key parts of the project or a video of the project's full view and quality (about 3 to 5 minutes), with clear image, complete composition and high observability, able to reflect the project's characteristics, technological content and quality. The applicants applying for Innovation Award should provide relevant information according to the requirements of the award setting.

4. Any trickery is strictly prohibited during the application process. Application units will be disqualified for application if they are found to be unreal in the selection stage. If an application unit wins an award but is then discovered to be unreal, the award and title will be canceled, which will be notified and announced in the industry.

5. If applicants have confidentiality requirements for the submitted content, please clearly describe the requirements in the submitted materials. Meanwhile, all units and persons having access to the submitted materials must undertake the obligation of confidentiality for the content and matters of the projects strictly in accordance with the relevant requirements.

6. All materials submitted for the Alighting Award selection will not be returned. The secretariat of the organizing committee will make use of the submitted materials to release special issues or make introductions to special topics.