Time: April 25, 2017
Source: School of Translation Studies
Publisher: the News Center

JNU students from the School of Translation Studies won first prize and entered the national finals at the 20th FLTRP Cup National English Debating Competition, South China Division, at Huanggang Normal College in Hubei Province from April 7 to 10.

After preliminaries and five rounds of semifinals,  Huang Zhenhui and Liu Chunli won first prize for their outstanding performances in the fierce competition, and Huang won the title of the best debater, ranking 11th among students entering national finals. Huangg and Liu were also honored with the excellent organization award for JNU’s Zhuhai campus and continue to the national finals in May.

(The organizing committee awarding certificates to the winners)

Founded in 1997, the FLTRP Cup National English Debating Competition is sponsored by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, the National Secretariat, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP). As China’s largest and highest-level competition in spoken English, it is held every year and follows the British parliamentary debating system. The South China Division is one of the largest competitions in the country. This year it attracted more than 110 college teams from 12 provinces, autonomous regions and special administrative regions.