On 10^th October, 2017,  the preliminary contest at the university level of the 7^th Macau  Business English Speech Contest named “Shangjiao”was successfully held in Room  B107 of Leyu Building, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai. More than 20  contestants from various schools and faculties were on the same stage to compete  against one another, aiming at improving rigorous critical thinking skills and  broadening their international horizons. Thus, an exchange platform for English  learning was provided as well as enabling students to have a better knowledge of  Macau, a city with both ancient and brand new features.

The theme of this speech contest  was promoting the characteristics of Macau and Zhuhai. A lot of business-related  areas were covered, including creative plan, market analysis, sales strategy,  business mode and so on. Contestants were required not only to have a  professional background in business knowledge, but also to speak, think and  react fast and critically. It was hoped that contributions could be made to the  diversified development of Macau as well as the building of a world-class  tourism and leisure city. In the meantime, students’ business English  proficiency and social practice ability were improved, which strengthened  economic and cultural integration between Macau and surrounding  areas.

After an intense competition, a  team made up of Huang Jingwen, Chen Jiali, Zheng Ying, Zheng Qiaoyi, who are  from the School of Foreign Languages and Zheng Hanyang from the International  Business Faculty won the first prize. With her fluent English and adept  presentation skills, Huang Jingwen won the title of “best speaker” and the  winning team would be sent to participate in the Zhuhai final to be held in  December on behalf of the university.