Born in Shenzhen, this' hardware hub ', creators shape various imaginative ideas. And these whimsical ideas embody Shenzhen's ambition - from the "city of knockoffs" to the "Ministry of design", and then to the "city of innovation". Compared to the city's long-standing and extensive technological innovation force, the size of makers may not be significant, but they are the most sensitive group to the increasing trend of technological innovation and regional innovation environment, serving as a barometer and seeder. In this scorching June, the Shenzhen maker circle welcomed a major event - the first Shenzhen International Maker Service was held from June 18th to 22nd, bringing together makers from more than 40 countries to celebrate the cultural feast of makers.
The 2015 Shenzhen International Maker Week, with the theme of "Maker Shenzhen", held 14 themed activities through various forms such as theme forums, professional exhibitions, maker workshops, and maker competitions, including Maker Faire Shenzhen Manufacturing Festival, fab Lab interactive experience exhibition, "Maker and Future" summit forum, Cross Strait Maker Power Exhibition, International Microassembly Lab (Shenzhen) Authorization Conference, Global Maker Marathon, Global Intelligent Hardware Maker Camp and Shenzhen Bay Entrepreneurship Plaza Opening Ceremony, "Co Creation Longgang" series of activities, Backpacker Space Station Launch Ceremony and "Creating with Shenzhen" Maker Works Exhibition, International Maker Open Competition, etc., gathering open source innovation, intelligent manufacturing, Wearable devices, robots, 3D In popular fields such as printing, we gather hardware engineers, programmers, designers, software and hardware enthusiasts, and people with creativity and ideas from around the world to share case studies and experience on-site. By leveraging the platform of Shenzhen International Maker Week, we aim to promote Shenzhen as a global "hardware Silicon Valley" and build it into an international maker center.
