About 200 students and teachers from both China and the US take part in the finals of the International Youth Innovation Design Competition (IC), which is held at the faculty house of Columbia University in New York on Wednesday morning. NIU YUE / FOR CHINA DAILY

About 200 students and teachers from both China and the US took part in the final competition of the International Youth Innovation Design Competition (IC), which was held at the Faculty House of Columbia University in New York on Wednesday morning.

The competition has been divided into two contest portions: self-designed structural model and self-designed non-carbon small car, which shows students' creativity and DIY ability.

As the year of China-US Tourism, the exchange between Chinese and American people has been promoted in all ways. "Among them, the exchange between the youths from the two countries should be taken more seriously," said Xing Naigui, secretary general of the IC Organizing Committee.

"I believe IC could be a bridge between Chinese and the US youths for educational and cultural exchange, for promoting friendship by knowing each other better," said Xing.

The competition is sponsored by the International Youth Innovation Design Organizing Committee, Chinese Innovation Education Research Institute, Huada Zhongke Institute of Science and Technology and US Future Students Education Consulting, co-organized by New York Education Department, RST Education Center.

Contestants created self-designed structural models and self-designed non-carbon small cars. NIU YUE / FOR CHINA DAILY