Join us for DiDi's annual tech hackathon, culminating in a live final round on 1024 Programmer's Day (October 24) in Beijing, China. This is your chance to develop innovative, real-world solutions.

Who Can Join?

• Everyone at DiDi is welcome! This includes engineers, designers, PMs, ops, interns, and contractors, etc. 

• Team-based competition: Register as an individual or form your own team. If you need help finding teammates, the organizers can assist. More information is available in the official communications group.

• Team Size: 2-5 people per team.

• Individual Participation: Each person can only join one team.

• Topic Registration: Each team can only register under one topic.

• Team Changes: You have until 23:59 Beijing Time on October 10th to make any adjustments to your team, including additions, reductions, or team transfers. No changes will be possible after this deadline.

How It Works

• • New Ideas Only: Only brand-new, unapproved ideas are eligible. Ideas that are already approved, under development, or registered for existing projects cannot be used.

  • One Idea Per Team: This is a team-based competition, so only one submission per team is required. No need to submit duplicate information for individual team members.

  • Shortlisted Ideas: Ideas that are shortlisted will progress to the build and demo phases, with mentor support provided.

Awards

• 🥇 First Place: ¥50,000 (1 team)

• 🥈 Second Place: ¥30,000 (2 teams)

• 🥉 Third Place: ¥20,000 (3 teams)

• 🏅 X Award: ¥5,000 (no limit on the number of teams) - for clever ideas that demonstrate significant impact.

Make a Real Impact

If adopted, your ideas will be implemented in DiDi products, offering a genuine opportunity to make a real-world impact through DiDi.

🧠 Criteria

• Feasibility

• Innovation

• User Experience

• Overall Completeness

• Technical Complexity

🎁 Perks for all participants

• Custom-made T-shirt + Geek bag with full idea submission

What are you waiting for? Register now!

📍 For Orangers in China: Click here to register in Chinese!

• You have the option to choose from all 10 challenge tracks + 1 open track

• Please refer to this document for complete details on those challenge tracks. 

🌏 For Orangers outside China: Click here to register in English!

• You will participate under the Intl Safety & Security Tech track only, focusing on the question: "How can smartphones help protect motorcycle riders?" 

• More information on the track can be found here.

Mentorship: Each briefing document will list the assigned mentor at the top. Please do not hesitate to reach out to them if you have any questions regarding the topic.