2021 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Contest for Outstanding Paper Awards for Creative Writing &Award Ceremony
On the morning of May 16th, 2021, the 2021 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Contest for Outstanding Paper Awards Ceremony for Creative Writing Contest was held in Studio C203, Haiqin No.6 on Zhuhai Campus of Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU). After more than a month of paper review, 10 contestants, whose papers centered on foreign literature, linguistics and applied linguistics, translation studies or cross-cultural studies, were shortlisted for the Contest for Outstanding Paper Awards.
The judges of the contest were:
Chairman of Guangdong Society of Foreign Languages(GSFL)
Dean of the School of Foreign Studies of South China Agricultural University (SCAU)
Professor Huang Guowen
Chairman of Guangdong Provincial Foreign Literature Association (GPFLA)
Director of the Academic Committee of the School of Foreign Studies of Guangzhou University
Professor Li Zhimin
Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Translation Society
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Associate Professor Li Dechao
Secretary General of GSFL
Deputy Dean of the School of Foreign Studies of SCAU
Professor Chen Yang
Deputy Secretary General of GSFL
Director of the National Center for Technology-based Simultaneous Interpretation Teaching in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Professor Mo Aiping
Standing Council Member of GPFLA
School of Chinese Language and Literature, South China Normal University (SCNU)
Professor Shen Jieling
Deputy Dean of the School of Foreign Studies, SCNU
Professor Huang Liyan
the School of International Studies (SIS), SYSU
Dean Chang Chenguang
Party Secretary of SIS Wang Cheng
Professor Zeng Lei
Professor Dai Fan
Teacher representatives from universities of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau and over 100 postgraduate students were present.
Contest for Outstanding Paper Awards
The Contest for Outstanding Paper Awards was held in a method combing online and offline meetings. Each contestant participated online through Tencent Meeting and gave their presentations in the order decided by drawing lots. Ten contestants were from universities in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau and other regions, including The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Jinan University and Shanghai International Studies University. They elaborated on their findings online or offline, and replied to the judges’ questions. The judges’ thought-provoking comments and the contestants' outstanding resilience shown in their answers presented wonderful academic exchanges that benefited the online and offline audiences.
After all the presentations and oral defenses, Professor Li Zhimin gave overall comments. He recognized the contestants’ academic enthusiasm and paper writing skills, and pointed out at the same time that their writings were still lacking in logic and rationality and that future research should contain more innovations. To this end, Professor Li gave valuable suggestions for contestants and students from three aspects. At the technical aspect, contestants need to follow the format specifications more strictly and use academic language to write; at the argumentation aspect, each view should be supported by sound arguments and the conclusion should be clear; at the knowledge and cultural aspect, research should be based on knowledge or culture systems, and researchers should possess basic academic ethics. Finally, he also encouraged students to devote themselves to academic research through which they can well develop their logical thinking and rationality, and to promote the communication between Chinese and Western cultures through academic research on foreign languages.
The final scores and judges’ discussion decided that 1st prize of Contest for Outstanding Paper Awards went to Yao Le from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and 1st prize of Creative Writing Contest went to Li Meiqing from Beijing Foreign Studies University. A grand award ceremony was held for the two contests
The results of the contest are as follows
(each prize is in random order) :
First Prize
Yao Le
Second Prize
Chen Muxuan, Mao zixuan
Third Prize
Liu Yufeng, Lin Tingcong, Zhao Lu
Honorable Mention
Wu Hanwen, Liang Yu, Zheng Yue, Zhang Xuesi
In the end, Party Secretary of SIS Wang Cheng delivered a closing speech. He concluded that the 6th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Academic Exchanges in Foreign Languages and Translation Studies has promoted the innovation of foreign language disciplines, cultivated students’ academic sensitivity and insight, and strengthened the exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.
The closing speech marked that the 2021 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Contest for Outstanding Paper Awards and Award Ceremony for Creative Writing Contest were successfully concluded. In the contests, judges put forward many insightful points, and contestants showed their agile reactions and great academic quality. The wonderful judging scene also aroused enthusiastic responses from online and offline audiences. This academic event not only broadened the academic horizon of students, but also stimulated their academic enthusiasm, and contributed to the cultivation of talents of foreign languages in Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Greater Bay Area.
Group photo of judges, online and offline contestants and staff
