The Sixth Chinese Classics Recitation, Writing and Speech Contest, organized by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission, recently came to an end. IEC faculty and students have emerged in the national finals and were granted 4 national awards,including 1 national third prize and 3 excellence prizes.

MOAMEL MUAYAD MUWAFAQ ALANBAGI, an Iraqi undergraduate from IEC, won the third prize of international student group of poetry interpretation. LAKHLIFI HAFSA who is from Morocco has accessed Excellence Award in the seal cutting competition with her calligraphy named ‘形神集’. MOAMEL MUAYAD MUWAFAQ ALANBAGI（IRAQ），EKATERINA GLIBKA（RUSSIA），HANS HARRISON WONG（INDONESIA），ERADAH BELAL OMAR AL-MUAALEMI（YEMEN） and AYA SADAT（SYRIA） received The Excellence Award of international student group of poetry interpretation. Long Yinger, an International Chinese teacher at IEC, won The Excellence Award for her poetry interpretation of '鹊仙桥'.

《定风波•莫听穿林打叶声》--Appreciated by MOAMEL MUAYAD MUWAFAQ ALANBAGI（IRAQI）, undergraduate of C2022

LAKHLIFI HAFSA（MOROCCO）, undergraduate of C2022 was carving her work-‘形神集’

As Chinese President Xi Jinping said, "As a new form of human civilization, Chinese-style modernization, drawing on each other and other civilizations around the globe, will certainly greatly enrich the hundred gardens of world civilization." Through this contest, international students not only improved their Chinese language proficiency,but also gained a deeper understanding of traditional Chinese culture and promoted Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges.