Canonical has announced that they'll be sponsoring the upcoming TechCrunch Beijing 2015 Hackathon event that will take place next week, between November 2 and 3 in Beijing, China, held at Beijing Hi-Park.

On this occasion, Canonical invites Chinese developers who want to win awesome prizes to participate in the TechCrunch Beijing Hackathon, where they need to either create Scopes and apps for Ubuntu Phones or integrate the Ubuntu Snappy Core operating system in their IoT (Internet of Things) projects.

"We’ll be sponsoring the TechCrunch Beijing Hackathon this weekend! Developers can either create apps/scopes for the ‪Ubuntu Phone‬ or use Ubuntu Core in their IoT project. There’ll be prizes as well as incubator opportunities from the Huaqiangbei Maker Centre," says Canonical on their Google+ page.

Therefore, if you're an aspiring Ubuntu developer and you've made some cool IoT projects or created awesome Ubuntu Phone apps and Scopes, and you live in Beijing, China, or somewhere nearby, you must attend the TechCrunch Beijing 2015 Hackathon event and win fantastic prizes.

All the details you need to attend the event are available on a special page on the Ubuntu website, but only for Chinese users. Among many other great names in the IT industry, Canonical and Ubuntu are sponsoring the TechCrunch Beijing 2015 Hackathon, so be there if you care about the future of Ubuntu.