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The Third Chinese-Bridge Brought
International Chinese Language
Learners into PKU
By Chang Huili
PKU NEWS 2004—08—07
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=92281934
PKU News, Beijing, August 7th,2004: With seventy-five Chinese amulets on the
stage, the opening ceremony for the final round of the Third Chinese
Bridge—Chinese Language Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students
raised its curtain in Yingjie Exchange Center, Peking University this afternoon. The
Chinese amulets were to be presented to the seventy-five finalists from thirty-nine
countries with their contest number.
The competition, inaugurated in 2002, has been held annually by National Office for
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOCFL) to offer the participants a
chance to know better of China's long history and brilliant culture. The third contest,
with the theme of "China, a Country with a Splendid Culture", was sponsored by
Peking University, East China Normal University and Chinese Senior Professor
Association. The competitors were selected from preliminary competitions held by
Chinese embassies in their home countries. They are undergraduates or
postgraduates under 30 years of age, must have been born and grown up outside
China and Chinese must not be their first language.
The final round will begin the next afternoon, and will last for two days and a half. The
contestants will be divided into five groups and the contest will include three parts: to
give a prepared speech, to show their talents in Chinese classic culture, such as to
play Erhu or sing Chinese songs, and to deliver an impromptu speech on a selected
topic or to answer questions posed by judges in Chinese.
Three first-prize, five second-prize and eight third-prize winners will be given a
chance to study in China for different durations ranging from several months to
several weeks. Compared with the first competition, four awards will be offered for
the most eloquent speaker, most knowledgeable speaker, the best performer and
the most charming speaker. All the contestants will obtain prizes of ―Active
Participants‖.
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