An English speaking competition that has been held annually for two decades has helped forge a good atmosphere for language study and public speaking on campuses throughout China, said English teaching experts.
Wu Minsu, a professor at Communication University of China in Beijing, said the "21st Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition has changed her fate - and that of her students.
Zhang Lu, Placed eighth in the fifth "21st Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition
1995: Huang Qing, then deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily, conceived the idea of holding a national English speaking competition in China. Preparation for the competition began soon afterward.
Never in her wildest dreams did Liu Xin imagine that taking part in an English speaking contest 20 years ago would have carried her so far in life.
Both the number of Chinese students heading overseas to study and the number of those returning to China after finishing their studies abroad have increased in comparison with the year before, the Ministry of Education said on Tuesday.
The first lung to be transported between two Chinese cities following a change in civil aviation rules to prioritize donated organs was successfully transplanted into a patient in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, on Wednesday afternoon.
Scientists estimate that the government will invest no less than 5.9 billion yuan ($910 million) on space science research during the period of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), according to a research report published on Thursday.
Some 338 cities had good air quality on more than 72 percent of days in February, 10 percentage points higher than the same period last year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Thursday.
China is responsible for a far smaller share of global warming than previously thought, according to new evidence published in the science journal Nature on Thursday.
Geothermal energy could be about to play a much larger role in heating the heavily-polluted cities clustered in northern China that have traditionally been major consumers of coal and massive victims of winter smog, an industry insider said.
Binding targets for PM2.5 levels set out in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) will push local governments to implement stricter policies for coal use and emissions reduction, experts said at a low carbon forum on Thursday.
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