PSU Phuket campus hosts Thai-Chinese startup idea contest
The FIS x CIP Business Startup Idea Contest 2026 brought nine teams to its final at Prince of Songkla University’s Phuket Campus, with B96,000 in prizes.
Prince of Songkla University’s Phuket Campus hosted the final of the FIS x CIP Business Startup Idea Contest 2026 on 4 November, with nine teams competing for total prizes of B96,000.
The contest was organised by the university’s Faculty of International Studies and the Phuket Confucius Institute under the theme “Creative economy based on Thai culture”. It aimed to develop Thai-Chinese business ideas and encourage students to turn Thai cultural resources into products and services linked to opportunities in the Chinese market.
Ten teams were initially selected for the final, comprising five upper-secondary teams and five higher-education teams. One upper-secondary team withdrew, leaving nine teams to compete at the screening room in Building 5A at the Phuket Campus.
In the upper-secondary category, Aura Stream from Waree Chiangmai School in Chiang Mai won first prize. THAIROMA from St Joseph Bangna School in Samut Prakan was first runner-up, while Sui Scented Bag from Waree Chiangmai School was second runner-up. LORELAB from Phothisarn Phitthayakorn School in Bangkok received an honourable mention.
In the higher-education category, Siam Bless from the Faculty of International Studies at Prince of Songkla University’s Phuket Campus won first prize. Dream, from the same faculty and campus, and ONEDAYLEFT from Burapha University in Chon Buri received honourable mentions.
The results also list a first runner-up from Mahidol University as “Chailai Team (??)” and a second runner-up from the university as “??,???!”, with the team names appearing in that form in the announcement.
The judging panel comprised Montawi Hongyok, chairman of the Phuket Federation of Thai Industries; Pimkwan Aditepsathit, founder and chief executive officer of Quantitas Global Co Ltd; and Kritphisit Chanwawwam, senior marketing manager at MGC-ASIA PCL and Modena Motorwork Co., Ltc. (Maserati Thailand).
