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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Selection <strong>of</strong> 16th <strong>PKU</strong> Challenge<br />

Competition Starts<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2008--04—03<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=207476051<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, April 3rd, 2008: The first round evaluation <strong>of</strong> the 16th<br />

Challenge Competition, also called May Fourth Science Competition successfully drew<br />

to an end. Departments have selected best works for the next round <strong>of</strong> competition.<br />

Students from the main campus, the Health Science Center and Shenzhen Graduate<br />

School took part in the competition, with 314 works on different areas such as science,<br />

medicine, engineering and social science. After department-level evaluation and check<br />

by the Science and Engineering Office, 71 recommended works and 43 special<br />

contributive works were admitted to the next round <strong>of</strong> selection, and 24 other works were<br />

recommended to win the third prize.<br />

Compared with previous competitions, this year‘s competition exhibited a wider range <strong>of</strong><br />

research work, with the submitted works covering practical, theoretical and cutting edge<br />

fields. The increase in the number <strong>of</strong> works applied for the Special Contribution Prize<br />

showed that students paid more attention to the development and progress <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong>. This year‘s competition adopts the internet selecting system which provides<br />

teachers and students with more information and a more convenient way to participate.<br />

The second round evaluation has started and will be completed in late April.<br />

Edited By : Wang Yi<br />

Translated By : Wang Shu<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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