The Debate Team of CityU Wins the Runner-up of the 16th Macau Inter-Tertiary Debate Competition of the Mandarin Category

The grand finals of the "16th Macau Inter-Tertiary Debate Competition (Cantonese Category and Mandarin Category)" were held in the Macau Science Centre on November 4. CityU Debate Team won the second place of the Mandarin category in defending its championship from the previous year. In the evening of November 4, Rector Shu Guang Zhang attended the award ceremony and took a group photo with members of the debate team and the audience. He congratulated the students and encouraged them to continue their efforts.

Hosted by the Tertiary Education Services Office of Macao SAR, organized by the Debating and Speech Culture Association of Macao and supported by the Office for Personal Data Protection, the annual Macau Inter-Tertiary Debate Competition is the debate event in Macao with longest history and largest scale. Ten teams from six higher education institutions participated in the competition, which was divided into the Cantonese and Mandarin categories.

In the preliminary contest of the Mandarin Category held on October 14, CityU presented a fierce debating battle against Macau University of Science and Technology and Institute for Tourism Studies under the topics of "China's urbanization policy and rural revitalization strategy" and "personal privacy protection", winning the two battles with a total scores of 5-0. Feng Fan and Zhang Chao were awarded the best debaters in the preliminary contest.

On the afternoon of November 3, CityU defeated Macau Polytechnic Institute in the semi-final with a score of 5-0 and Zhang Chao was awarded the best debater, marking CityU the first institution in Macao to achieve the winning score of 5-0 in three consecutive battles in the same contest.

CityU Debate Team ranked No. 5 in the Cantonese Category, No. 2 in the Mandarin Category and won three Best Debater Awards. So far, Zhang Chao has been awarded the best debater 6 times, breaking the historical record of the Mandarin Category. A total of 12 debaters from CityU participated in the competition, led by Yu Jixiang  and Ouyang Jingxian. Among them, Feng Fan, Zhang Chao, Shi Jia, Sun Jingbo and Ning Jiawei also participated in the Debate Competition for Guangdong-HK-Macao Universities, the "Debate on Film" National University Debate Competition, and the Debate Competition on International Humanitarian Issues held by Macao Red Cross within one month and achieved successes.