The 1st “China-Cyprus Friendship Cup – Chinese Proficiency Competition” in Cyprus

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“Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition Cyprus

BRIEFING & BENEFITS

  • The 20th Chinese Bridge—Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students
  • The 14th Chinese-Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students
  • The 1st “China-Cyprus Friendship Cup – Chinese Proficiency Competition” in Cyprus

The “Chinese Bridge” Competition is a large-scale international contest

  • In the occasion of warmly celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between China and Cyprus and the 20th anniversary of the Chinese Bridge.
  • The ‘Chinese Bridge’ Competition aims to provide students who are learning Chinese and love Chinese culture in Cyprus and the rest of the world with enthusiasm and motivation for learning the Chinese language and culture.
  • Is a bridge of mutual learning and friendship between Chinese language learners from China and the rest of the World!
  • The competition has become an important platform for students of various countries to learn Chinese language and learn about China.
  • So far, the “Chinese Bridge” Competition has attracted more than 1.000.000 students from over 160 countries participating in the competition.
  • ALL Media coverage throughout the competition.

The Organizers

  1. Cyprus Qualifier

Organizer: Chinese Embassy in Cyprus

Co-Organizer: Cyprus-China Art, Culture and Education Center

  • Global Final

Organizer: The Center for Language Education and Cooperation

Who can take part in the competition?

The Participants from all over the World who study Chinese and love Chinese culture.

Groups:

  1. Native speaker
  2. 6-12 years old (born 1.1.2009-31.12.2015)
  3. 13-18 years old (born 1.1.2003-31.12.2008)
  4. 19 above (born 31.12.2002 before)
  5. Nonnative speaker

a. 6-12 years old (born 1.1.2009-31.12.2015)

b. 13-18 years old (born 1.1.2003-31.12.2008)

c. 19 above (born before 31.12.2002)

*Nonnative speaker means: 1. Be a non-Chinese national, 2. Be born and raised outside of China, 3. Do not have Chinese as their mother tongue. If any parent is a native speaker, then will be considered as Native speaker participant.

What does the competition consist of?

The competition will comprehensively assess the contestants’ Chinese language ability, knowledge of China’s national conditions, Chinese cultural skills and comprehensive learning abilities.

To encourage participants of all levels of Mandarin ability and/or understanding of Chinese culture, the Chinese Bridge competition is structured as follows:

  1. There will be 2 rounds, preliminaries and finals
  2. Preliminaries: Online competition – Theme speech (short video of 3 minutes)
  3. Finals: *Live competition

a. Theme speech (3 minutes’ speech)

b. Performance – Talent show presentation (3 minutes),

c. Questions & Answers Session (Chinese culture & History)

*Live competition depending on Covid 19 measures in Cyprus

Requirements

  • Speech topics: There will be available 2 Speech topics for the participants to choose 1:
  • One World, One Family / 2. Fly high with Chinese
  • Performance: Participants should dress appropriately for speech and performance
  • Video requirements:

 a. Video format MP4,

b. Horizontally shooting

c. Duration, maximum 3 minutes

c. No soundtrack or post editing

Competition schedule

Press conference:                                        6 June 2021

Registrations open:                                      11 May – 20 June 2021

Preliminary – Video submission deadline:      30 June 2021

Final Qualifiers results:                                 8 July 2021

Final Live competition:                                 18 July 2021

#Registration forms & Video submissions through Email: [email protected]

Location    

Preliminaries: Online

Finals – Cyprus: Nicosia

Awards and prizes

  • Gold Award / Silver Award / Copper Award
  • Excellent Performance Award / Excellent Idea Award / Excellent Speech Award
  • The Internet Popularity Award:  Selection starts from June 15, 2021 till July 5, 2021 (Cyprus time). Voting system: Enter the FACEBOOK homepage of China-Cyprus Art, Culture & Education Center (the co-organizer of this competition), find the contestant’s contest video page and give like. The Award will be bestowed according to the number of likes each entry receives.

*Gold & Silver Winner will be awarded with the honorary titles of “Chinese Language Ambassador of Cyprus” and “China-Cyprus Friendship Star”. All participants will receive certificates of Outstanding Participation & Event Memorial Award.

Special Award

Excellent Media Support Award; Excellent Sponsor Award; Excellent Organization Award

Excellent Mentor Award; Excellent Volunteer Award

Competition Judge committee

The Organizing Committee will invite domestic and international language, culture, and art experts to set up a Judging Committee to ensure the objectivity and Justice of the selection of the competition.

Special statement

GDPR Privacy Policy

We authorize the organizers to use the participant’s personal information for the competition purposes and whenever it’s legally required by any Cyprus Government Departments. This ensures your compliance with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

USE OF PERSONAL DATA AND IMAGE

1. By registering you consent to the processing and storing of your personal data for the proposes and for the period mentioned above.

2. By registering your consent that your personal data may be disclosed by us to third parties.

3. By your registration you consent that your personal data may be published on the internet, newspapers, TV, radio, magazines, media, etc.  Personal data that we may use include your name, surname, identity card/passport, age, occupation, image and appearance.

4. The Event may be televised, filmed and/or otherwise recorded and photographs may be taken all of which may capture your participation in the Event. With your registration, you agree to the publication of such videos or photographs, filming, recording and broadcasts, including you and their use by us and by those authorized by us in any way which we deem fit now or in the future, including but not limited to, film, broadcast, radio, TV, or any kind of publication.

5. By your registration you consent that any audio, visual, or audio-visual recordings that you make of the Event or any part of it which is posted in the social media under any Competition channel, may be used by the organizers.

6. Any audio, visual, or audio-visual recordings that you make of the Event or any part of it are for personal use only and cannot be used for any commercial or other purpose.

Contact information of the organizing committee

Cyprus-China Art, Culture & Education Center

Phone: 22263437

Email: [email protected]

Address: 7 Thasou str., 1087 Agioi Omologytes, Nicosia

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FACEBOOK:
Cyprus-China Art, Culture & Education Center / Chinese Language School

Wechat
Cyprus-China Art, Culture & Education Center / Chinese Language School

Mr. Andreas: 99694086

Mrs Han:99773123

Mrs Mary:99297226

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