The three-day workshop explored connections between the informal networks of shanzhai 山寨 (copycat) production and the open innovations of DIY (do it yourself) Maker culture. Through a series of panel sessions, discussion rounds and tours through open manufacturing sites in Shenzhen and Shanghai, we explored the fertile zones of creativity emerging between the dense commercial webs of cheap ‘copycat’ electronics, and the back-room tinkerers playing with the latest developments in open source hardware. The event brought together key practitioners and scholars in the fields of DIY making, design and open hardware. The workshop included a public panel discussion at the Rockbund Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai that lead to an intriguing conversation with audience members about the relationships between copy and innovation, fake and open source, and the ethics of DIY making and labor practices in factories. In Shenzhen, the workshop took participants through the Huaqiangbei electronic markets to source LEDs, phone accessories, copycat versions of the open source hardware platform Arduino as well as the infamous shanzhai phones, a visit to the local hackerspace Chaihuo. The workshop ended with a tour through Seeed Studio, an open hardware manufacturer that has established fruitful bridges between DIY Makers and Chinese manufacturers, remaking what making and production can mean in Shenzhen today. Click here to see photos of this event.