On July 16th, the final of the 2025 "Maker Guangdong" Dongguan Small and Medium - sized Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held at Zhongchuang Yingke · Zhiying Science and Technology Park. The competition was hosted by the Dongguan Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and undertaken by the Dongguan Industrial Automation Industry Association. Kaihang Technology Co., Ltd. won the first prize in the enterprise group.​

Since 2017, Guangdong Province has held the "Maker Guangdong" competition for nine consecutive years. This year's competition received applications from 416 high - quality innovation and entrepreneurship projects, including 380 projects in the enterprise group and 36 projects in the entrepreneurship group. There are 108 provincial - level specialized, sophisticated, distinctive and novel enterprises and 77 national specialized, sophisticated, distinctive and novel "little giant" enterprises participating in the competition.​

On the day of the competition, 21 scientific and technological innovation projects that advanced to the final competed fiercely. In the end, Kaihang Technology Co., Ltd. won the first prize in the enterprise group with the project "R & D and Industrialization of Key Technologies for High - Density Multi - Core and Multi - Channel MPO Connectors".​

"We are the only enterprise in China that has realized the independent and controllable research, development and production of MT/MPO ferrules. Our core products are widely used in AI computing power centers, supercomputing data centers and 5G communication networks, especially playing the role of 'nerve center' in multi - core and multi - channel optical fiber connectors," said Liu Lei, general manager of Kaihang Technology Co., Ltd. He introduced that Kaihang Technology, founded in 2020, with this technology, has not only broken the 20 - year - long technological monopoly of foreign countries, but also supported 35% of the global demand for high - end optical fiber connections.​

"Dongguan has a very complete industrial chain foundation, an open and inclusive innovation atmosphere and a pragmatic and enterprising spirit, which provide a soil for the growth of enterprises," Liu Lei said. Against the background of a 62% annual growth in AI computing power demand, Kaihang expects its 2025 turnover to reach 500 million yuan. At present, the company has become a core supplier to global technology giants such as NVIDIA, Google, and Huawei. Its comprehensive strength ranks among the top three in the world, making it a leading enterprise in the MT/MPO ferrule field.​

Talking about future development, Liu Lei said confidently, "We will increase investment in research and development, focus on introducing and cultivating high - end talents, build a more competitive team, and seize the development opportunities brought by the 'Eastern Data and Western Computing' project."