From November 23rd to 25th, 2023, the finals and award ceremony of the 8th National Cryptography Technology Competition concluded successfully at the Bodha Campus of Xinjiang University. The competition attracted more than 1,500 students, teachers, and technology professionals from 488 teams representing 93 universities, research institutions, and cryptography industry units from across the country. The competition lasted for six months, with 146 teams advancing to the finals. Among them, 19 teams received first prizes, 35 teams received second prizes, and 87 teams received third prizes.
A team composed of faculty and students from the School of Computer and Information Science at Hefei University of Technology participated in the competition. After the preliminary and semi-final rounds, four teams qualified for the finals, earning one second prize and three third prizes.
 
 
  
   
    | Title of the Work | Team Leader | Team Members | Awards | 
   
    | Software   Design and Implementation of Decentralized Multi-Institution Attribute   Signature Algorithm | Baiqi   Wu | Peiming   Dai, Hong Cheng | Second   class prize | 
   
    | Software   Design and Implementation of Homomorphic Encryption Based on National   Cryptography Algorithms | Chao   Wang | Feilong   Zhang, Ziyi Gan | Third   class prize | 
   
    | SQL   Query System for Homomorphic Encrypted Databases | Xiaoqing   Ren | Peng   Zhuge, Haituo Lu | Third   class prize | 
   
    | High-Speed   Implementation Technology of National Cryptographic Algorithms on Domestic   Platforms | Zixu   Wang | Rongrong   Gao, Yibo Wang | Third   class prize | 
  
 
 
 
 