1^st Stage: Entry & Nomination | 

The Awards is open to any company with an innovative product/technology. The panel of judges may also nominate companies.

2^nd Stage:Judging & Online Voting |

Entries for each innovation Awards category are short listed by the panel of judges.

3^rd Stage: Winners Announcement & Awards Ceremony | ( Awards Ceremony: July 13, 2021)

Winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony on July 21, 2021 which will be held in conjuction with Personal Care Technology Summit & Expo 2021 . The Awards ceremony will bring together the winners, judges, industry professionals and media.

To qualify, the entry must be a new product or technology launched during 2019–2020for China’s personal care & cosmetics industry;

Entries must be relevant to China and in the forefront of the international personal care & cosmetics industry, and have helped take China's personal care & cosmetics to new levels;

Entries should have provided great impetus to personal care & cosmetics industry development, and have been widely introduced, applied and promoted. The impetus includes increasing productivity, improving product performance and effectiveness, creating market opportunities and being environment – friendly.

The criteria are also followed:
1)   Safety compliance ensured by scientific data/reports/certificates.
2)   Efficacy/Functionality, either higher than other similar products or first of its kind in the industry, all of which are supported by scientific data/reports/certificates.
3)   Cost-effectiveness higher above the average.
4)   Green/Sustainble, supported by assessment across the entire product lifecycle, from material sourcing, production, operation, to disposal practices.

The Awards is widely promoted among industry leaders and professionals through Ringier’s multi-media platform of magazine, online, mobile marketing (iPad/iPhone, Android Apps), as well as other major industrial and general media.