The Competition Committee starts to accept registration from the date of this announcement until 17:00, Jan. 6, 2012. Interested design firms may download the Registration Form and requirements from the Bidding Announcement page of the ABBS website , fill in the registration package as required, and mail the registration documents in Word format as well as those scanned hardcopy documents in PDF format (the total file size should be less than 20M) to the email box specified by the Competition Organizer (Competition @gzupds.com)； meanwhile, the applicants should deliver the duly stamped hardcopy of registration document to the Organizer by the registration deadline (the hardcopy of the registration package would be taken as final). The supplementary information of reference projects, if any, should also be enclosed together with the registration package for delivery.

四、評審方式與競賽費用支付辦法
IV. Evaluation and Cost Compensation
本次競賽為建筑設計國際競賽，競賽委員會將會同相關專家，對所有報名單位的設計資質、業績、信譽、為本項目配備的主創設計團隊等進行綜合評選，從中擇優選出6家具有相應設計資質與經驗的設計單位邀請參加本次競賽。未被邀請的設計單位報送的設計方案不予受理。
The Competition is an international architecture design competition. The Competition Committee, together with relevant experts, will conduct comprehensive assessment over the design qualification, reference projects, reputation and proposed design team of the registered design firms and shortlist 6 design firms with corresponding design qualification and experiences as the officially invited competitors. Design proposal provided by any uninvited design firm will not be accepted.

報名要求：參賽單位應具有建筑高度在150米以上的超高層建筑設計能力和業績。項目負責人近三年主持過高度在150米以上的超高層建筑設計工作，該負責人必須直接參與設計全過程。本次競賽僅限設計單位獨立參賽，每家參賽單位限報送一套參賽設計方案。
Registration requirements: The competitor should have the capability and experience to render architecture design for over 150m-high super high-rises. The project director should have the experiences of directing the architecture design for over 150m-high super high-rises during the past three years and must be directly involved throughout the whole design process. The Competition only accepts independent design firm as competitor. Each competitor is required to submit only one design proposal.

正式獲邀的參賽單位于2012年2月7日參加技術文件發布會、現場踏勘。在技術發布會期間，業主為各參賽單位參加發布會的3-4名主創設計師提供食宿。在領取技術文件時，參賽單位應提交由其法定代表人簽字的同意參賽的有效文件及參賽保證金人民幣5萬元整。保證金在參賽成果驗收合格后退回；如未按規定報送參賽成果的，保證金不予退回，具體規定以本次競賽技術文件為準。凡參加本次競賽的單位均被視為承認“寶鋼大廈（廣東）建筑設計國際競賽技術文件”的所有條款，并按競賽技術文件規定完成設計方案。在技術文件發布會、現場踏勘結束后，參賽單位可要求與競賽委員會開展初期交流，交流內容涉及參賽單位設計思路的，競賽委員會承諾嚴守秘密；涉及建設條件的，競賽委員會將匯總、整理后書面發送至所有參賽單位。
The officially invited competitors should attend the Technical Documents briefing meeting and pay site visit on Feb. 7, 2012. During the briefing meeting, the Employer will offer accommodation and boarding for 3-4 main designers from each competitor. Each competitor, while obtaining the Technical Documents, should submit a valid document (duly signed by its legal representative) which approves its participation in the Competition, as well as a security deposit of RMB 50,000Yuan. The security deposit will be returned after the competition deliverables are verified and accepted as eligible one； in case the design deliverables are not submitted as stipulated, the security deposit will not be returned. Detailed rules shall be subject to the Technical Documents. All competitors are deemed to have acknowledged all the clauses of the Technical Documents and given consent to complete the design proposal as per the Technical Documents. After the Briefing meeting and site visit, the competitor may require the Competition Committee to organize an initial exchange meeting. Where any design concept of the competitor is involved therein, the Competition Committee promises to keep it strictly confidential； where any project construction condition is involved, the Competition Committee will summarize and distribute the information to all the competitors in written form.

在技術文件發布會后1個月左右，參賽單位可選擇參加業主舉辦的中期交流，中期交流為業主與參賽單位分別單獨交流。業主為各參賽單位參加中期交流的3-4名主創設計師提供食宿。交流內容涉及參賽單位設計思路的，業主承諾嚴守秘密；涉及建設條件的，業主將匯總、整理后書面發送至所有參賽單位。參賽單位也可選擇不參加業主舉辦的中期交流。
One month after the Briefing meeting, the Competitor may choose to attend the interim exchange meeting hosted by the Employer, during which the Employer will exchange ideas with each competitor separately and offer accommodation to 3-4 main designers of each competitor. Where any design concept of the competitor is involved therein, the Competition Committee promises to keep it strictly confidential； where any project construction condition is involved, the Competition Committee will summarize and distribute the information to all the competitors in written form. The competitor is also allowed to not attend the interim exchange meeting.