Recently, Mo Zhenbo, Yang Baozhu, and Luo Yuxi from the City University of Macau, participated in the “Galaxy Macau Award - the 12th Knowledge Competition of National Education” and won the champion. Mo Zhenbo also won the Best Style Award. The competition, which theme is "Healthy China-National Strategy" this year, aims to cultivate Macao young people’s national concepts by raising their awareness and enhancing their understanding of national conditions.
The competition this year was divided into two categories, namely secondary school and university. Teams from six universities and 18 secondary schools competed in the finals. For the purpose of epidemic prevention, the finals were also live broadcasted online so that the public could watch them simultaneously. Twenty four Macao schools went through three rounds of fierce competition of mandatory questions, toss up questions and Q&A. The CityU team led by a large score in all three sessions of competition and finally won the champion of the university category with a score of 380. During the Q&A session, Mo Zhenbo from CityU presented his spontaneous views on the question “Standing at the time of 2020, the Healthy China Initiative has undoubtedly demonstrated greater significance. Why is the Healthy China Strategy a prerequisite for maintaining national security and social stability?”. His wonderful speech was high praised by the judges and won the Best Style Award.
At an interview, the three participating students said that it was a great honor to represent CityU at the competition. The topic of the competition aroused everyone's interest, broadened their horizons and enhanced their knowledge od national conditions such as "Healthy China" and "National Security Law". They have also developed better teamwork ability, fostered their national concepts and sense of belonging to the country. It was an unforgettable experience to them. It is reported that the top three award-winning students and school representatives will be invited to visit the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for five days next month. They will visit government institutions and medical companies, etc. to learn about national conditions and to broaden their horizons.
In recent years, CityU has stepped up its efforts to promote the education of "Love the Country and Love Macao" and integrate the concepts of family and country into its education program. The university has made "Constitution and Basic Law" a compulsory course for general education and offers general education courses in traditional Chinese culture so that students will care more about the country and their hometowns and have better cultural quality. In future, CityU will continue to encourage students to actively participate in competitions in national knowledge to enhance their identification with and sense of belonging to the country.
The competition this year was title sponsored by Galaxy Entertainment Group and organized by the National Conditions Education (Macau) Association. The award ceremony was held at the StarWorld Hotel on the afternoon yesterday (12th). Leaders and representatives of institutions including the Liaison Office, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the Macao SAR, People’s Liberation Army Macao Garrison, Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in Macao, Higher Education Bureau, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Chinese Educators Association of Macau, Diocesan Catholic Education Commission Office, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Macao Youth Federation and National Conditions Education (Macau) Association, and also the chief judge and other judges attended the ceremony.
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Source: Student Affairs Office
Edit: CityU Reporter
