China Mainland Student Design Competition

2025

China Mainland Competition now closed

The winner of the China Mainland 2025 competition has now been announced after being selected at an award ceremony hosted in Shanghai.

The global campaign, organized by the Leather and Hide Council of America (L&HCA), saw its China Mainland competition co-organized by the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) and sponsored by Xingye Leather Technology Co., Ltd., centered on the theme “Leather and Sustainable Fashion,” gathering emerging global design talents to inject fresh energy into the sustainable fashion sector. 

From the launch of the China Mainland registration channel on March 1st to the June 15th deadline, over a hundred submissions were received from design institutions across the country within just three months.

Congratulations to the China Mainland Overall Winner: Li Yuanyuan from Donghua University, with the entry “THE PARADOX OF BLOOM” 

Category Winners:

Apparel 

Li Yuanyuan: 盛放中的悖论 The Paradox of Bloom

静谦 高: CYCLE

珩钰 韩: 在宝相花盛开时When the Baoxiang Flower Bloom

Accessories 

Xinqi Chang: 仓|Granary

雯 黎:《茶有一隅》A Corner for Tea

选泽 宗:《缠织》/”Entwine”

Footwear

SIO HA KUAN: 肌肤的回应 Echoes Under the Surface

Lai Yueheng: TerraFlex

士奕 刘: 来看你THE VISIT

People’s Choice Award

Cui Yinuo: 陶韵方圆【Rhyme of Clay and Form​​】