DIA Instructions for Participants(I) Intellectual Property
1. All participants must be the designers or owners of the entries(the owners of the relevant intellectual property rights), andthere shall be no intellectual property dispute between the owneror the designer and others (no intellectual property dispute has
occurred or has been properly handled so far). For entries thatare applying for (filing) relevant intellectual property certificatesbut have not yet obtained authorization, participants must
submit relevant certificates at the time of registration. Forentries that have not obtained relevant intellectual property
certificates after winning the DIA awards, the DIA Committee
has the right to require the participants to make a written
guarantee.
2. The DIA Committee has the right to invalidate the award
qualification of the entries with intellectual property disputes,
including recalling the certificate, trophy or recovering thebonus. If economic or reputation losses are caused by defectiveentries, the host and the organizers have the right to claim
compensation from the participants, including but not limited todemanding economic and reputation compensations, litigationcosts, legal fees, insurance fees, appraisal fees, etc.
3. The intellectual property of all entries is owned by theparticipants.
(II) Publicity and Confidentiality
The DIA Committee has the right to use the participants’registration information for the DIA promotion purpose,including but not limited to video shooting, exhibition, news
reports, publication of DIA entries. Participants shall provide thewritten application for confidential requirement of your entries
within 5 working days after registration, or the entry information
will be deemed as non-confidential. The DIA Committee will
not bear the loss caused by the publicity of the entries.
(III) Registration Information
The participants shall ensure the correctness and truthfulness of
the registration information (Pseudonym is not allowed inregistration). The registration information shall not be modified
once submitted. If the participants find that the registration
information is incorrect after submission, please submit formal
written application documents for the change of registration
information before the 2024 DIA Award Ceremony. The DIA
Committee shall have the right to revoke the award qualificationand honor and recover the bonus on account of the participants’exaggerated information. To ensure the orderly conduct of theevaluation, the DIA Committee and the judging committee havethe right to adjust the category according to the rules and theactual situation of the entries.
(IV) Registration Qualification
Only the designers and the owners of the entries are eligible forregistration. The participants should confirm and coordinate
with the relevant parties to avoid duplicate registration. The DIA
Committee shall bear no legal responsibility for the problemscaused by the duplicate registration, for example, the ownershipof honor or bonus, and have the right to invalidate theaward-winning qualification and honor, and to recover bonus if
the problems are not solved timely through negotiation. The
same entry is not allowed to apply for the awards in the ProductGroup and the Concept Group at the same time.
(V) Result Notification
All the important DIA notifications, including evaluation results,
will be released through the registration system in the DIA
official website and the email address provided by theparticipants. Therefore, participants shall pay close attention to
the related information channels. If the participants missimportant information or fail to respond timely as required,which affects the evaluation and award acceptance, all theconsequences will be borne by the participants themselves.
(VI) Entry Delivery
1. According to the DIA evaluation regulations, for all
shortlisted entries in the Second Evaluation, the participants arerequired to send a physical product or prototype for Second
Evaluation. The delivery address, time and requirements will bespecified in the “2024 Entry Delivery Instructions”, which will
be published one month before the Second Evaluation.
Participants who fail to send their entries on time as required
will be deemed as giving up the Second Evaluation
qualification.
2. All costs regarding to transportation, insurance, tariffs,
customs, etc. shall be borne by the participants.
3. Participants shall truthfully enter the delivery information
within the time specified in the “2024 Entry Delivery
Instructions”, which will be used by the DIA Committee fordelivery check and entry return. The DIA Committee shall only
be responsible for the safe custody of the entries according totheir status when received.
4. All DIA evaluations and exhibitions will take place inprofessional

venues,withtransportation,storage,andassessment conducted in accordance with industry standards.
Participants are responsible for purchasing insurance if needed.
5. The judging committee will experience the functions of all
the entries at the Second Evaluation site, so the participants shallinstall and debug the entries until they are serviceable. Where
participants entrust the DIA Committee to install and debug theentries, please provide detailed installation video or instructions.
(VII) Return of Entries
1. In principle, the DIA Committee will not assume theresponsibility of return. If participants request the DIA
Committee to send back the entries, please fill in the relevant
information before sending it back. Late submission will not beaccepted.
2. The DIA Committee will arrange the return of entries in twotime nodes: “First Return of Entries” (only non-awarded entries
will be returned after the Second Evaluation) and “SecondReturn of Entries” (awarded entries and the remaining
non-awarded entries will be returned after the DIA Award
Ceremony and series activities). To ensure the progress ofevaluation and exhibition, the entry returning requests will berejected outside the designated return period.
3. All the costs, including transportation, tariffs, etc. incurred inreturn of the entries shall be borne by the participants. For
entries returned to domestic cities, DIA Committee will use
freight collect payment. For entries sent back to overseas, theparticipants should provide the required delivery documents(including but not limited in express waybill, proforma invoice,cargo packing list, etc.) within the time specified by the DIA
Committee and contact express company to pick the entries atthe designated place.
4. If participant fail to enter the information for entry return
within the specified date due to its own reasons, and fail tocontact the DIA Committee and provide complete informationfor entry return before December 31, 2024, the participant will
be deemed as having given up the ownership of the entries. The
time for entry return shall be designated by the DIA Committee,and urgent requests will not be accepted.
(VIII) Donation and Collection
1. The DIA Committee only accepts the award-winning entries
that meet the relevant requirements, and will award the DIA
Collection Certificate to the winners.
2. The award-winning entries shall be donated to the DIA
Committee after the winners receive the bonus. For entries thatneed to be used for future research and development, or too

large to be transported, or whose value exceeds the bonus, thewinner must submit a written application and relevant proof
documents, then can donate a proportional model or prototypes
after being confirmed by the DIA Committee.
(IX) Final Evaluation and Award Ceremony
All participants shortlisted in the Final Evaluation must
participate in the event in person, otherwise they will be deemed
as giving up the qualification for awards and bonus. All winners
will be invited to the DIA Award Ceremony and the travel
expenses shall be borne by the participants.
(X) Certificate, Trophy and Bonus
1. Winners who are invited to attend the Award Ceremony will
be awarded a trophy and a certificate on site. After the AwardCeremony, an electronic certificate will be generated in theregistration system, and participants can download it bythemselves. Those who are not present will be deemed as giving
up the trophy and the certificate. In principle, the DIA
Committee will not provide the trophy at other times or mail thetrophy and the certificate to the winner. Those who are unable tobe present and get the trophy on site for special reasons should
provide a written statement and the DIA Committee will discussand decide whether to provide the mailing service.

2. According to the evaluation results, the DIA Committee will
give out bonuses to the corresponding winners through banktransfer in accordance with the relevant fiscal and taxation
regulations and procedures of the People's Republic of China.
Bonus recipients can either be the organization to which thesubmitter belongs (including its branches) or designatedindividuals within that organization. In cases where the bonus
recipientandorganizations

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writtenauthorization, signed and sealed by the submitter, shall beprovided.
3. As the prize funds are allocated by the Zhejiang Provincial
Finance

Department,

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beutilizedfortheaward-winning enterprises’ scientific and technological researchand development, technical innovation, or educational projects
affiliated with DIA. Winners are required to sign a commitment
letter for the use of the bonus before its disbursement. The
bonus will be released after the DIA Committee collects andverifies the necessary documents.
(XI) Participants shall be deemed to have agreed the above
terms once submitting the entries. The DIA Committee
reserves the right of final interpretation.