Contestants debug equipment during an engineering competition Sunday in Luancheng District, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. The smart and precision equipment assembly contest — part of the national Mechanical Engineering Creative Competition — drew nearly 100 university teams, including Tsinghua University, Beijing Institute of Technology and Hebei University of Science and Technology. Participants faced hands?on debugging challenges and gave presentations on their strategies. The event aimed to assess competitors’ ability to integrate cross?disciplinary technologies as well as their innovative thinking and practical skills. Xinhua | 