The Sixth "Chinese Bridge" China Language Contest opened in Kunming on Oct.24 which was held by the Office of Chinese Language Council International and Confucius Institute at China and the People's Government of Yunnan Province.
The theme of the Chinese Bridge China language contest is “Study Chinese, and make friends from all over the world”. The competition consists of three main parts including language ability of Chinese, Chinese conditions and skills of the culture.
This time, there were 124 players who came from 62 countries and 80 competition areas, which had the largest number of players and the highest standard than before. The competition increases the creative activities highlighting the characteristics of Yunnan, such as the competition of flower arrangement, Folk experience, and so on.
At the opening ceremony, Wen Xiaoxuan who came from New Zealand said, “I study Chinese because my mother likes Chinese culture very much. I came to China when I was a child and China had taken place great changes. It is really interesting for me to join the competition and speak Chinese together.” Wen Xiaoxuan and people from other countries performed the talent show and won the warm applause from the audiences.