To promote the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), build up its unique brand image, and form its striking visual identity, the Office of the Free Trade Port Working Committee of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee is now soliciting proposals for Hainan FTP logo designs submitted by the public.
Related information is announced as follows:
I. Subject
Proposal for the Hainan FTP logo design
II. Requirements
(1) Showcasing the Hainan FTP's distinctive features. The logo shall fully demonstrate Hainan's strategic position as the one and only free trade port with distinctive Chinese features, a pilot zone for furthering all-around reform and opening-up, a national pilot zone for ecological conservation, an international tourism and consumption destination, a service zone for implementing China's major strategies, as well as Hainan's unique geographical features.
(2) Highlighting positive spirit. The logo shall be very creative, artistically striking, highly symbolic, and unique. It shall fully showcase the Hainan FTP's spirit of reform, innovation, opening-up, freedom, convenience, courage, entrepreneurship, innovation, and commitment.
(3) Easy to spread. The logo shall be creative, simple, elegant, highly recognizable, and impactful so that it can be fully integrated into publicity materials, investment promotion, conventions & exhibitions, as well as the production of derivatives.
(4) Originality. The logo must be original and free from any infringement of third-party rights. Entries shall not include any information related to the designers. In case of any infringement dispute, the designer shall be held accountable and will be disqualified from the solicitation.
(5) Legitimacy. The logo shall not include any content against the constitution, laws, and regulations.
III. Solicitation
(1) Scope. The solicitation is open to all domestic and foreign design companies, teams, and individuals.
(2) Requirements. The proposal shall include drawings, creative ideas, and concepts of the design. Entries shall be submitted with hard and soft copies. In terms of specifications, the hard copy shall include a colored printout or drawing in duplicate, and creative ideas and concepts on A4 in duplicate; while the soft copy shall include an editable drawing in the AI/CDR/PSD format (resolution: 300 pixels/inch) or as a JPG (minimum file size: 200MB).
(3) Submission. Hard copies shall be mailed with the remarks of "logo design proposal" on the back of the envelope, while soft copies shall be sent via e-mail to the designated e-mail address.
Correspondence address: Wang Xi, Office of the Free Trade Port Working Committee of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, Room 102, Building No 12, No 69 Guoxing Avenue, Haikou, Hainan Province, 570203, China
E-mail: hnftplogo@163.com
(4) Companies or individuals may submit one or more proposals. Each proposal shall include an application form and a Letter of Undertaking for Originality downloaded from the official "Hainan FTP" WeChat account or the official website (http://en.hnftp.gov.cn/) of the Hainan FTP.
In the event of multiple designers, the documents listed above shall be signed by all the designers; as for entries submitted by entities, the documents shall be signed by the person in charge or the authorized representative and stamped with the entity's seal.
IV. Deadline
Submissions are currently being accepted until midnight of Oct 31, 2020. Hard copies will be accepted in line with the timestamp of their mailing, while soft copies in line with the time of their sending. No proposals sent after the deadline will be accepted.
V. Selection and Review
(1) Shortlisting. At the beginning of November 2020, the Office will organize a jury to shortlist 15 entries.
(2) Review. By the end of November 2020, the public will be invited to vote for six out of 15 entries via the official "Hainan FTP" WeChat account, media outlets, and online. The jury will then review and name one Merit Award winner and five Nomination Award winners.
(3) Disclosure. The list of winners will be disclosed by the office to the public.
(4) Official announcement. The winning proposal will be announced in December 2020.
VI. Prizes
The office will award the winner and honorable mentions with prizes and certificates of merit. Specifically, the Merit Award winner will be awarded with 50,000 yuan ($7,320) tax included, and each of the five Nomination Award winners will be awarded with 10,000 yuan tax included.
VII. Miscellaneous
(1) The copyright of all the winning proposals shall be owned by the office, including but not limited to redesign, registration, display, publication, and other forms of publicity of the proposals.
(2) The organizer does not assume any responsibility for any loss or damage of proposals due to postal delay, postal loss or damage, wrong delivery, insufficient postage, theft or other reasons incurred by entities other than the organizer. In addition, since hard and soft copies accepted won't be returned, please save original copies for yourself.
(3) The office reserves the right to final interpretation of the solicitation.
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