On the afternoon of March 7, the 21st Century Cup National English speech contest campus trial of South China University of technology was successfully held in room 4502, building 4, Wushan campus. A total of 128 students signed up for the campus trial, and 89 obtained the qualification. After the first round of two-day online interview, 23 contestants entered the second round of on-site trials. According to the requirements of epidemic prevention, there are no spectators in this competition, and all contestants show their health code and real name to register for admission.

       The players first made a three-minute speech on Protecting the Blue Planet (Guardian blue planet), then on what kind of danger and opportunity COVID-19 brings to the individual and society, how China can better connect the world through computer science. How to view Li Ziqi's dissemination of Chinese traditional culture in international media and other topics launched a two-minute impromptu speech and a two-minute on-site Q & A.

Based on the questionnaire survey results of 864 university students on reading habits, Subati Abuduaini(苏巴提·阿不都艾尼), a Xinjiang student from the College of machinery and automobile, describes the reform of reading methods and the importance of reading in the digital age. Liu Haotian, a student of the school of business administration, started from his experience as a flag guard of the national flag class, told about his faith and confidence in defending the five-star red flag, and shared his experience as a community epidemic prevention volunteer during the epidemic. Chen Yongsi, an undergraduate of the school of environment and energy, described his experience in participating in the Model United Nations competition in New York, USA on behalf of China, and expounded how the young generation should tell about China's plan and convey China's wisdom on the world stage.

In recent years, teachers Zhou Pingdi, Ma Hui, Zhou Xi and Chen Yanyan of the College English teaching team of the school of foreign studies are specifically responsible for the organization, guidance and team leadership of students' foreign language competitions. With the support of the academic affairs office, college and team of the University, a QQ information exchange group with a scale of one thousand people has been established to release competition information in time and provide competition preparation resources; Each contestant representing the school will receive free guidance from the instructor for more than 32 class hours / semester, and the special instructor will lead the team to the country to participate in the competition. Under the impact of COVID-19, teachers of the competition Guidance Group actively adjust their guidance methods, make full use of the compound channels under the online and offline training for the race, and rely extensively on the state-level and provincial first class online open general courses, such as Chuang-tzu's fables and wisdom, British and American music and culture, which have all day long and multi platform education for ideological and political education. Through a series of foreign language competitions, it helps to better implement our international talent training strategy and contribute a solid foreign language strength to building a global talent innovation highland in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.