Shenzhen Business Daily · Reading Client Reporter Nie Can Correspondent Tang Chunyan
On September 21, there was a tense and warm atmosphere in the Huaqiangbei Museum, where the final of the 5th Shenzhen Little Volunteer Interpretation Contest in 2024 began. With the theme of "Science and Technology Innovation, Pursuing Dreams", 41 young contestants expounded the mystery of biotechnology, the magic of artificial intelligence and the imagination of the future world with explanations as the carrier. The Propaganda Department of the Futian District Party Committee and other leading guests attended the event.
After competition, in the end, 3 small volunteers won the first prize, 6 small volunteers won the second prize, and 10 small volunteers won the third prize. According to reports, the "Shenzhen Little Volunteer Explanation Competition" began in 2020 and has been held for five sessions so far. In the past five years, the competition has organized Shenzhen children to carry out competitions with the themes of "Telling the Story of Shenzhen", "Red Story of Shenzhen", "Children's Friendly Shenzhen's Future", and "Finding the Urban Context", injecting innovative vitality and impetus into Shenzhen, a "city of volunteers".
With the theme of "Science and Technology Innovation, Pursuing Dreams", the 5th Little Volunteer Interpretation Contest will be held from June 2024 and will attract more than 1,000 children to sign up and participate. After careful selection by the organizers, nearly 100 young volunteers participated in the preliminary competition. After fierce competition, 41 young volunteers successfully advanced to the finals.
The finals of the 5th Little Volunteer Explanation Contest are divided into three parts: "independent proposition explanation, knowledge quiz, and impromptu commentary", and the young volunteers focus on hot topics such as high-tech, artificial intelligence, and science and technology power, in-depth exploration, practice and innovation, and jointly depict a magnificent chapter of scientific and technological innovation and the dream of a strong country. At the same time, Han Da, Li Enze, Shen Yang, Xing Yi from Shenzhen Radio and Television Station and Wang Haibin, the initiator of the competition, formed the jury of the competition and scored the contestants from a professional perspective and a fair attitude.
In the explanation session, the young volunteers used vivid stories to show how scientific and technological innovation has changed the world, and expounded the children's understanding and practice of the spirit of volunteer service. In the knowledge quiz and impromptu commentary session, the quick thinking and fluent expression skills of the young volunteers won unanimous praise from the judges and the audience.
The person in charge of the organizer said that "scientific and technological innovation, strong country chasing dreams" is not only the theme of a competition, but also the belief and pursuit in the hearts of every contestant. In this competition, we saw the demeanor and responsibility of children in the new era, and felt the infinite possibilities brought by scientific and technological innovation and the vitality and motivation of the "City of Volunteers".
The reporter learned that Huaqiangbei Museum continues to focus on scientific and technological innovation and youth growth, and has successively carried out theme activities such as "National Science and Technology Activity Week", "National Science Popularization Day" and "New Media Science and Technology Art Exhibition", and won the "Guangdong Provincial Museum-School Cooperation Demonstration Project", and the "Little Naturalist" project won the 2023 "Shenzhen Cultural Volunteer Demonstration Service Project Award" and other awards.