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Understand world affairs and be thoughtful and public-minded——The second public policy debate competition was successfully held

Release time: 2020-05-23 Number of views: 2966_3026 times

w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Public Administration)During the special period of the epidemic, in order to enhance students’ understanding and concern about public utilities and public policies, cultivate public spirit and professionalism, exercise critical thinking and language expression skills, enrich students’ spiritual and cultural life during the epidemic, and provide a display platform, the Youth League Committee of the w88 casino of Public Administration combined the characteristics of the public administration discipline and successfully held the second public policy debate competition of the "New Management Classroom" series of activities online.

The competition took public policy-related topics as the debate theme and attracted students from 12 colleges across the w88 casino to form 44 teams to participate. More than a thousand students watched the competition online. The finals were held online and invited many professional teachers and key judges of the debate team to attend. The competition consists of three stages: preliminary, semi-finals and finals. The participating teams compete in pairs to determine the champion, second and third place. The topic of this debate competition is closely related to public policy and has the flavor of the times. The debaters spoke passionately and eloquently during the competition, fully demonstrating their rigorous logical structure framework. The debate process was exciting and inspired students to think deeply after the competition.

In the preliminary stage, the 44 participating teams were divided into four groups and held exciting debates on topics such as "Should China extend the years of compulsory education today?", "Sports commercialization has more benefits than disadvantages, or does the disadvantages outweigh the benefits," "Should artists' sky-high remuneration be restricted?"

  

In the semi-finals, the qualified teams competed against each other on the debate topics "Should China impose a 'congestion charge' today" and "Economic issues/conceptual issues are the core of the causes of doctor-patient conflicts in China today". After a verbal battle, the "Light Yellow Light Bulb Team" and the "Opposing Team" advanced to the finals.

 

5At 15:10 on March 10th, the final of the second public policy debate competition was successfully held at Tencent Conference. The final invited Associate Professor Zhai Dongtang from the Department of Customs Management of the w88 casino of Public Administration, Associate Professor Zhang Yi from the Department of Administrative Management of the w88 casino of Public Administration, An Ping, Secretary of the League Committee of the w88 casino of Public Administration, Xue Jiaxin, deputy captain of the w88 casino debate team, Zhang Haotian, the main member of the w88 casino debate team and captain of the debate team of the w88 casino of International Economics and w88, and Zhao Yusheng, the main member of the w88 casino debate team, attended as guest judges.

The title of the final debate is "Should the 4.5-day flexible work system be implemented?" The pros and cons are respectively the pro side "yellow light bulb team" (Ji Yunan, Xu Tianyi, Sun Yiqi) and the negative side "opposing team" (Wu Jiaying, Yao Kexuan, Xian Xiaoqi). After the debaters from both sides briefly introduced themselves, the competition officially began. In the argument stage, the affirmative uses a large amount of data to demonstrate his point of view. On this basis, a 2.5-day flexible schedule is also proposed, which not only satisfies residents' willingness to travel for leisure, but also solves the trouble of concentrated travel through peak-shift travel. The opponents first put forward the background of the policy, secondly explained that the groups and number of people benefited by this encouraging policy are limited and the results are not ideal, and will impose more burdens on enterprises and individuals. Finally, they proposed that the policy has a limited effect in stimulating consumption. In the debate session, the debaters spoke passionately and eloquently, and it was very exciting. The contestants from both sides had clear ideas in all aspects of argumentation, refutation and debate, and quoted classics and scriptures every word, which quickly heated up the atmosphere at the scene. In the closing debate, both sides made fluent and highly general statements in their three arguments, which brought the debate to a perfect end.

 

In the comment section, Associate Professor Zhai Dongtang and Associate Professor Zhang Yi made a professional analysis of the competition. Associate Professor Zhai Dongtang believed that the topic selection was very good, followed the current hot topics, and affirmed the performance of both debaters. Associate Professor Zhang Yi pointed out that whether a debate is successful depends on the point of view itself that is not enough to criticize either party. However, when the other party puts forward an argument, it must be clear whether it can refute the other party's point of view on the spot and stand firm. Judges Xue Jiaxin, Zhang Haotian and Zhao Yusheng respectively commented on this competition. The judges fully affirmed the active performance of the contestants on both sides during the debate, and also pointed out the shortcomings that they hoped to improve.

After fierce competition, the "Light Yellow Light Bulb" team won the final victory and won the championship; the "Dui Dui" team won the runner-up; the "Fairy is Sincere" team and the "We Said All Team" team won the third runner-up. The second public policy debate competition concluded successfully.

This event gave full play to the advantages and characteristics of the public administration discipline, and stimulated students' in-depth rational thinking on public policies and current affairs hot spots through debates, enhancing their sense of social responsibility and mission. At the same time, it further enriched the content of the "Management New Classroom" series of professional brand activities of the college. It continuously exercised and improved students' professional abilities and comprehensive qualities in the second and third classroom platforms, and demonstrated the youthful style and positive spiritual outlook of the students of the University of w88 and Economics.