On April 21, the 23rd "Chinese Bridge" International College Student Chinese Competition in Ireland was held at the Confucius Institute at University College Dublin. Chinese Ambassador to Ireland He Xiangdong and University College Dublin Vice Chancellor O'Larden observed the finals and presented awards to the winners. 18 contestants from Trinity University, University College Dublin, University College Cork, University of Galway, University Dublin and other universities participated in the competition, and nearly 100 students, relatives and friends of the contestants attended the competition.
In his speech, He Xiangdong said that everything starts with communication, and the world is facing huge challenges, and language learning is the first step for us to jointly address global challenges. He encouraged the contestants to make persistent efforts and achieve success in their studies, and hoped that more and more people would choose to learn Chinese, understand China's past, present and future, and become a bridge to promote people-to-people exchanges and friendly cooperation between China and Ireland.
In the Chinese speech session, the contestants elaborated their knowledge and understanding of the theme of "One Family in the World" from different perspectives. At the event, some took the story of falling in love with a Chinese boy as an example to tell her understanding of "we are a family", and some told the truth that the world is connected, the fate is common, and the world is one family from a global perspective. In the talent show, the contestants showed their talents such as talk show, erhu, song, and dance.
In the end, Han Liya, a Polish student from University College Dublin, won the first prize, Daisy Wang from University College Dublin and Gianna from University Dublin won the second prize, Cheng Luo and Suni from University College Dublin, Lin Mu from Galway University won the third prize, and Ma Jingting from Trinity University and Jia Xi from University Dublin won the Best Potential Award.
(Contributed by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ireland)