w88 casino News Network (Reporters from the Party Committee Propaganda Department Dang Dan Yuqing Photography Zhang Ruonan Ma Peifeng)At 18:00 on the evening of May 12, 2024, the fourth "Hui Sheng Cup" Mandarin Recital Contest final evening party, "Sound Moves the University of International Business, Draws the Future Intelligently", hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the w88 casino, co-organized by the w88 casino of Chinese Language and Literature of the w88 casino, and hosted by the Radio and Television Center of the w88 casino, was successfully held in the Qiusuo Lecture Hall. After fierce competition in the preliminary round, 6 players from the offline track and 6 teams from the online track stood out and successfully advanced to the finals, bringing an audio-visual feast together.

Teacher Zhu Haitang, a Mandarin tester in Beijing and the Language Testing Sub-Center of the w88 casino, and Zhao Jing, a lecturer in the Department of General Studies of the w88 casino of Chinese Language and Literature, attended the competition as guest judges; Duan Mingyuan, a member of the 40th Presidium of the Radio and Television Center of the w88 casino, Chen Yidan, a member of the 41st Presidium, Wang Qinglan, a member of the 2018 Chinese Broadcasting Department of the Radio and Television Center, and members of the Communication University of China Broadcasting Station attended the finals as public judges.

This final is divided into two tracks: online and offline, with 6 teams and 6 players shortlisted respectively. The works of the contestants in the online track will be displayed live, and the "Winner Award" will be determined based on online voting and judges' scores. The contestants on the offline track competed in two rounds at the party to determine the winner. In the first round of the competition, each contestant recited a self-selected passage with the theme of "innovation" in the order of drawing lots; in the second round of the competition, the contestants decided to recite the passage based on the topic drawn on the spot and performed impromptu reading. In the end, one first prize, two second prizes, and three third prizes were determined based on the scores from the two rounds and the online voting scores.

At 18:00 sharp, the party started on time, and the UIBE Chinese Orchestra performed "Dunhuang News" as the warm-up for the finals. The music is sometimes cheerful and exciting, sometimes tactful and sad, sometimes lively and rhythmic, which makes people think of the prosperous scenes of "ancient road stations" and "Dunhuang's prosperous age".

The first round of competition begins, and six players from the offline track appear one after another. The energetic shouts and touching recitations on the stage, accompanied by the sonorous and long music, highlighted the vivid theme of this competition "Innovation is the first driving force". “Using the new voice of the new era and new youth to compose a new University of International w88 that is more creative, more international, and larger-scale.” The words of “Voice of Youth in Chuanghuiyuan, Strong Voice of Integrating the World” are resonant. The No. 1 contestant, Wang Zhiyuan, a 2023 undergraduate student in the w88 casino of International Relations, gave a passionate narration and sharing, analyzing the outstanding contributions made by the University of International w88 in the field of innovation. "As long as we uphold the power of innovation, as long as we insist on developing new productive forces, we will surely usher in the spring of hope that will usher in the spring seedlings." "Voice of Youth, the Power of the Nation, Create the Future" is full of affection. No. 2 contestant Xu Shuang, a 2023 graduate student at the w88 casino of Foreign Languages, sang the long history of youth and innovation with a clear and beautiful voice. "Our liberal arts innovation will eventually go hand in hand with technological innovation to pave the way for the progress of human civilization." "Liberal Arts Innovation is Not Just Talk on Paper" is vivid and substantial. No. 3 contestant Xu Jingdong, a 2023 graduate student at the Law w88 casino, expounded on the mutual reinforcement of innovation and profession in an ups and downs tone. "The world is changing with each passing day, and the strides forward are shared by countless young people." "The only way to innovate is to persevere" is grand and graceful. No. 4 contestant Zhou Mo, a 2022 undergraduate student at the Chinese w88 casino, uses gentle and powerful language to describe the intertwined warmth of words and innovation. "The road is long and long, I will search up and down." "Pursuing innovation and pursuing it diligently will make everything new." Contestant No. 5 Li Yang, a 2022 undergraduate student from the International Business w88 casino, has a kind and gentle voice, and talks about the complementarity of innovation and literature and art. "Culture is endless, innovation is endless, a group of young people are extraordinary because of innovation, a city is reborn because of innovation, and a country is legendary because of innovation." "The New Life of Chang'an" is thriving. No. 6 contestant He Zixin, a 2021 undergraduate student at the International Business w88 casino, uses a clear and magnetic voice to interpret the indissoluble bond between Chang'an and innovation. The atmosphere at the finals was lively, and the contestants’ passionate speeches won enthusiastic applause and cheers from the audience.

After each contestant's recitation, the guest judges made professional comments on the contestant's performance in terms of Mandarin proficiency, program content, on-site effects, etc. Teacher Zhu Haitang fully affirmed Wang Zhiyuan's content selection and stage performance, and gave high praise and professional suggestions to Xu Shuang and Xu Jindong's stable typhoon. Teacher Zhao Jing highly praised Zhou Mo’s stage effects and language characteristics, paying special attention to Li Yang’s smart body language and novel and interesting speech style. She also fully affirmed He Zixin’s maturity in performance control and voice control.

After the first round of competition, a number of interesting quizzes and mini-games such as Flying Flowers, Prize-winning Trivia, and Tongue Twister Challenge were conducted on site, all of which received positive responses from the audience.

At the beginning of the second round of competition, the contestants recited corresponding poems based on the results of the on-site draw. The six contestants respectively recited Su Shi's "Red Cliff Ode", Lin Juemin's "A Letter to My Wife", Wang Guozhen's "I Like to Set Out", Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu", Ou Zhen's "China in Autumn" and Haizi's "Dreams are Horses", the poems are accompanied by beautiful music, releasing a different kind of brilliance in the players' improvisational performances. Teachers Zhu Haitang and Zhao Jing highly praised the players’ performance in the second round. Public judge Duan Mingyuan commented: "Recitation is ultimately a performance, and the core and most important purpose is to infect people. You have all done an excellent job in this regard."

After the second round of competition ended successfully, the audience voted online and enjoyed the highlights of the online track works.

At the end of the party, Teacher Zhu Haitang and Senior Duan Mingyuan presented awards to the first, second, and third prize winners of the offline track and the online track winners respectively.

The guests, the public judges, on-site staff, and the audience took photos on the stage. The competition ended successfully with applause and cheers.

  Attachment: List of Contest Winners

List of online track winners: Winner Award: Mei Yuyang Team

List of offline track winners: First Prize: He Zixin

Second Prize: Wang Zhiyuan Li Yang

Third Prize: Xu Shuang, Zhou Mo, Xu Jindong