The Elite Network Security Competition was held in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region from July 21 to 22, as a part of the 2016 Silk Road Science Festival.

More than a dozen domestic and foreign teams went head-to-head in a Capture the Flag (CTF) computer security competition. Team Fly Pig, from China, won the championship and received an 80,000 yuan ($11,980) cash prize. Team Dc ua from Ukraine, ranked number one in the world for CTF, came third.

Two local teams Fire of Stars and Xj-nu took home encouragement awards for their efforts.

The competition was jointly organized by the Karamay government, the Xinjiang Association for Science and Technology and China Electronic Cyberspace Great Wall Company.

The 2016 Silk Road Science Festival was held from July 21 to 26, to enhance communication regarding science and technology innovation among countries along the Silk Road.

Teams focus on building the most secure system at the Elite Network Security Competition held in Karamay from July 21 to 22. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Team Fly Pig from China takes home first prize. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A member of the Dcua team from Ukraine. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]