Macao Pui Ching Middle School's VEX Robotics Team has been awarded the 2023 VEX Community Contribution Award by VEX Robotics Asia Pacific.  Pui Ching was one of the six schools nationwide to receive the award, which aims to acknowledge teams that have made significant contributions to the field of robotics education.

Since its establishment in 2014, the Pui Ching VEX Robotics Team has actively organized student participation in various national robotics competitions. Over the years, they have received numerous significant awards in VEX competitions, including the Outstanding Achievement Award, the Outstanding Design Award, and the Judge’s Choice Award. They have also represented Macao multiple times in the VEX World Championship held in the United States, competing against top talents from around the world.

In addition to participating in various events, students on the Pui Ching VEX Robotics Team are encouraged to be innovative and explore problems encountered during the competitions. Team members have presented their findings in research papers, some of which have been included in the engineering database EI Compendex. The team’s research findings have also been recognized with various internationally renowned awards, such as the Third Prize and Special Awards in the ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair), the S. T. Yau High School Science Silver Award, the Gold Award in the Macao International Innovation and Invention Exhibition, and the Merit Award in both the Elite Competition for Potentials Development and Innovation and the Macao Youth Innovation Competition.

The six schools that received the 2023 VEX Community Contribution Award included Macao Pui Ching Middle School, Tongji University, Chengdu No. 7 Middle School, Nanjing Normal University Primary School, Concordia International School of Shanghai, and Tianjin International School.