Contestants from the Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds at UIBE compete in the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students

Achievements in the All-UK regional finals

w88 casino News Network (Contributed by the International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base）On June 6, the 23rd "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students across the UK and the 4th British University Student Social Welfare and Business Innovation Chinese Competition were held at the British Library in London. The Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds in w88 casino selected two students to participate, including Francesca, a junior from Italy. Pala (Fang Kexin), after fierce competition with Chinese language learners from major universities in the UK, successfully entered the finals, and finally won the second place in the UK regional finals. With her outstanding Chinese proficiency and witty stage performance, she won the Best Eloquence Award and the Best Popularity Award, and was awarded the 2024 China Tourism Promotion Ambassador (UK).

The All-UK regional finals consist of three parts: keynote speech, talent show and Chinese knowledge Q&A. A total of 8 contestants entered the finals. In the keynote speech, Fang Kexin used the theme of "Harmony in Diversity, Shared Beauty", starting from the similarities and differences between the coffee in his hometown of Italy and the Chinese tea culture, and profoundly explained the core of Chinese culture that "one flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together fills the garden" and "the road is not isolated, and the world is one family"; during the talent show, Fang Kexin adapted and performed a witty talk show based on his own experience of learning Chinese, which made the audience laugh and won applause.

In the end, based on her performance in all aspects of the competition, Fang Kexin broke through the crowd of Chinese language masters from major universities in the UK and won second place in the finals, as well as various other individual awards. When awarding the award, the guest encouraged her to learn from Marco Polo in her hometown and strive to become a messenger of friendship between China and Europe. After the game, CGTN and China Daily conducted an interview with Fang Kexin.

It is reported that Fang Kexin will join another winning contestant to represent the British division in China to participate in the global finals of the "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students.