The "Chinese Bridge" Competition now starts in China.
On July 17, the 12th “Chinese Bridge” Competition opened on Hunan TV. With the masters of arts and culture in China, youth from different countries, races and nations had an excellent “Chinese banquet”.
The theme of the “Chinese Bridge” Competition is “My China Dream”, it aims at the spreading of Chinese traditional culture and making the youth all over the world deeply feel profound Chinese culture. On the opening ceremony, Mei Baojiu, Shan Tianfang, Yi Zhongtian and Yuan Hua attended to the competition. They performed the beauty of China by Peking Opera, storytelling, word-forming and Kungfu.
According to the competition plan, 123 competitors will compete in Chinese language skills, China national condition and Chinese culture. The grand champion and champion in continent will be elected on July 30 after quarter-final and final competition. They will be awarded the Confucius Institute Scholarship for degree study and language study in China.
The “Chinese Bridge” Competition is hold by Confucius Institute Headquarters and Hanban. It is a major international competition hold once a year since 2002. This competition is composed of overseas preliminaries and competition in China, it has attracted more than 200,000 foreign students from 80 countries for 11 years. About 1,000 excellent students have participated in the quarter-final and final competition.