CHINA TOUR · 中国巡回 · 48H
China Tour · 48-Hour Youth AI Hackathon
Guangzhou · Hangzhou · Shenzhen, with more cities unlocking — not another AI camp, but a real step out into the world
One line for parents
This isn't about learning one AI tool or building a uniform template project. It's a real-world project trial for youth aged 8–18: see a problem, find teammates, build an AI Demo, present on stage, and grow through feedback from peers and real judges.
What it is
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Not a course — a real creation challenge
The Liaoye 48-Hour Youth AI Hackathon Challenge is not a lecture-based AI course, nor a coding exercise where everyone fills in the same template.
It is a time-boxed creation challenge that starts from a real problem, is built on teamwork, and aims at delivering a real AI project.
Within 48 hours, students go through
The final work isn't limited to a website or app — it can be
An agent that completes multi-step tasks
A skill that reliably solves a specific task
An application real users can operate
Application, Agent and Skill combined
The point isn't for everyone to use the same tools and build the same thing — it's to help them build a complete method for creating projects in the AI era.
Not another AI camp
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How we differ from a typical AI camp
Many kids can already chat, draw and generate code with AI. But what really sets them apart in the AI era isn't knowing a tool — it's whether they can see a real problem, turn an idea into an actionable plan, team up with strangers, explain their work clearly, and keep improving through real feedback and judges' questions.
What Liaoye wants kids to gain is not just a competition experience — but a real step out into the world.
Step out — See what problems outstanding peers are already working on.
Step out — See how other kids express ideas, organize teams and push projects forward.
Step out — See that creation in the AI era means turning real problems into actionable solutions — not just writing code.
Growth rarely comes from parents saying “try harder.” It comes when a child stands in a bigger arena and sees peers building real projects, debating real issues, and answering real judges — and realizes the world is bigger than they imagined, and that their own interests, skills and AI tools can connect to it.
What Liaoye offers isn't just a competition venue — it's a bigger frame of reference.
Here, kids grow not only in technical skill, but in horizons, expression, collaboration, resilience, problem awareness — and the ability to place themselves in the real world and solve problems.
The 48 hours
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The detailed 48-hour schedule
From first build to project sprint
Day outputs
From sprint to judged pitch
Day outputs
How judges evaluate projects
The review looks at the project — and at every individual on it.
Judges won't only ask “which AI tool did you use?”
What they take away
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What your child takes away
Not a packaged “AI project,” but a real first time on stage —
My first time introducing myself proactively
My first time teaming up with strangers
My first time turning an interest into a project direction
My first time building a Demo with AI
My first time presenting my own work on stage
My first time facing judges' questions and real feedback
They start to understand: what matters in the AI era isn't just “which tools I know,” but what problems I see, who I choose to work with, and what ideas I can turn into real work.
Who it's for
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Who it's for
✓A good fit
- Ages 8–18, curious about AI, tech, product, design or expression
- Has interests — music, sports, art, history, science, heritage, games, space — and wants to turn them into AI projects
- Aims for AI competitions, innovation challenges or international hackathons
- Wants to move from “using AI tools” to “building AI projects”
×Not a fit (for now)
- Wants a relaxed experience without getting hands-on
- Unwilling to express ideas or work with new teammates
- Expects teachers to do the project or package the results
- Can't accept the uncertainty of a real project
The route from here
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The growth route from here
Station 1 · Offline
48-Hour Youth AI Hackathon Camp
A first real arena: team, project, Demo, pitch, Q&A.
Station 2 · Online
3-Month Online AI Hackathon Program
Keep polishing the project; train AI tools, Demos, expression and competition submissions.
Station 3 · International
SEA Youth AI Hackathon Tour (winter)
Top students join international mixed teams to build city-themed AI projects and pitch in English.
The online program builds ability; the offline hackathon opens horizons; the international tour takes kids truly out — into a bigger frame of reference.
China city tour
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48H Youth AI Hackathon · City Tour
The same real 48-hour hackathon, traveling city to city — from China to overseas. Every stop: on-site teaming, real problems, AI Demos, pitching and judges' Q&A.
Aug 1–2, 2026 · Sat & Sun · 2 days offline
Aug 8–9, 2026 · Sat & Sun · 2 days offline
Aug 22–23, 2026 · Sat & Sun · 2 days offline
Sep 19–20, 2026 · Sat & Sun · 2 days offline
Oct 24–25, 2026 · Sat & Sun · 2 days offline
Nov 28–29, 2026 · Sat & Sun · 2 days offline
Small groups, limited seats per stop. Reach us on WeChat to consult and reserve first.
Supporting partners
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Supporting partners
Supporting partners of the Liaoye China Youth AI Hackathon Tour, sharing a common focus on young people's innovation, project ability and growth in the AI era.
Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Economic and Cultural Exchange Center
Guangdong Guangren Tongxin Public Welfare Foundation
Charity partner
Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Youth Development Fund
Yee Cheung Industrial Community
National-level technology business incubatorCharity places · free for youth from families in need
As our charity partner, the Guangdong Guangren Tongxin Charity Foundation supports charity places that open the camp free of charge to eligible youth from families in difficulty, and oversees whether the programme stays true to its youth-growth purpose.
The China and overseas tours will reach more cities over time, bringing more young people into a real project arena — teaming up, finding problems, designing products, building with AI, showing Demos and pitching on stage, all within 48 hours.
With more support from society, we hope to build a bigger stage for young people — so that more children can observe the real world with AI, solve real problems, and truly build what they imagine.
Key info
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Key information
Camp perks
Camp perks
Everyone who joins the offline 48-hour camp also gets two extra perks —
For 7 days after camp, mentors keep answering questions online to help kids push their project further.
Re-join a 48-hour camp for free in any city on the China tour.
Put your child in a real creators' arena
Not another AI class, and not just a competition experience — a real creators' arena for youth aged 8–18: see a problem, find teammates, build an AI Demo, take the stage, and open new horizons through feedback from peers and real judges.