9月21日下午，由湖南省政府主办、省科技厅承办的第二届"芙蓉杯"国际工业设计创新大赛在长沙举行启动仪式。

本次大赛的主题是"智慧生活、和谐创新"，针对不同参赛对象分为公开组和企业组，国内外个人和企业均可报名参赛。大赛将于11月10日征稿截止，12月20日举行颁奖典礼。届时，公开组金奖获奖者将赢得8万元奖金，企业组获奖者将赢得5万元奖金。

2008年，首届"芙蓉杯"国际工业设计创新大赛成功举行，成为国内通过国际工业设计协会认证的三大顶级工业设计创新大赛之一。今年的大赛更强调企业的参与性、地方文化特色以及大赛成果的产业转化。

根据湖南的产业特点、文化特色以及一些企业未来的设计需求，围绕交通工具及机械产品设计、数字产品和服务设计、旅游文化创意产品设计三个方面，组委会邀请了一大批顶尖的国际设计学校和设计机构展开定向设计。

The 2nd “Lotus Prize" International Industrial Design Innovation Competition Launched

Sponsored by the Hunan Provincial People's Government and the China Hunan Provincial Science & Technology Department, the launching ceremony of the Second Lotus Cup--International Industrial Design Innovation Competition was held on the afternoon of September 21.

Themed with "Wise life, harmonious innovation", the competition is divided into open group and enterprise group according to different participants, and welcomes the participation of individuals and enterprises both from home and abroad. The deadline for the design contributions will last until November 10, 2010, and the awarding ceremony will be held on December 20 this year. The winner who wins the gold prize of the open group will be awarded with 80,000 yuan and the winner of the enterprise group 50,000 yuan.

The First Lotus Cup was held in 2008, which became one of China's three competitions approved by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). Compared with the one in 2008, the competition this year stressed much more participation of the enterprises, local cultural features and industrial transformation of the achievements made in the competition.

Based on Hunan's industrial features, cultural characteristics and some enterprises' future demands for design, the organizing committee has invited a number of renowned international design schools and agencies to conduct specialized designs mainly related to transportation means & mechanical products, digital products & service, and tourism culture creative products.