Longhua, a dynamic, innovative urban district
Is embracing the world with its open arms and mind
Now, let’s listen to your voice——
Whether it is about Longhua’s accelerated development defined as “Future has Come”
Or about Longhua’s humanistic temperature as a “Place Enabling Peace of Mind”
The “2025 Bilingual Speech Competition for Chinese and Expat Residents”has kicked off!
Event Theme：The Future in Longhua
As a dynamic, innovative district, Longhua is embracing globalization and constantly reaching new heights in industry, technology, education, urban development, and other fields. With this as the event theme, participants are expected to describe “The Future in Longhua” based on their different identities, narrate stories that weave personal growth into urban development and capture life’s sparks with international elements.
Competition Format
Participants are divided into two groups: Chinese residents and expat residents. Chinese residents are supposed to give an English speech and expat residents, a Chinese speech. The contest consists of two stages: preliminary and final.
Preliminary Registration
01 Participants
Chinese and expat citizens above 18 who work, study and live in Shenzhen
02 Registration Time
Before 24:00 PM, August 24
03 Work Theme
The Future in Longhua
04 Work Requirements
Develop your own speech topic inspired by the event theme. Record a speech video within 1m30s (with bilingual subtitles). A bilingual script must be submitted separately as an attachment along with the video.
*Participants warrant that entries will be used exclusively for the 2025 Longhua District “Bilingual Speech Contest for Chinese and Foreign Residents”.
05 Registration Method
Step 1. Follow the "Intl Services Longhua" WeChat official account.
Step 2. Click "Send message", send the keyword "2025 Bilingual Speech Competition"and you will receive the registration link.
After successful registration, please email your video work and script as attachments to: szsmjwy2025@163.com. Email subject format:
Name+Nationality+Title+Registration for 2025 Bilingual Speech Competition for Chinese and Expat Residents(Name and contact details must be consistent with those in registration form).
Review Procedure
Time for preliminary contest review: August 25-27
Finalist selection and results release:
Judges will conduct a preliminary review of all submissions. Participants whose works meet the requirements and are selected into the preliminary will receive a certificate of participation.
Preliminary entries will be scored by judges using standard averaging. 10 Chinese residents and 10 expat residents will progress to finals. Finalists will receive individual notification via email and meanwhile full finalist list and final schedule will be released on our official WeChat account.
Pre-final Training
Date: At the end of August
Content:The training will be conducted via Tencent Meeting. The content includes speaking skills, speech framework, content arrangement, interpretation of the contest theme, stage performance, among others.
Offline Final
Time: Subject to the WeChat Official Account notification.
Venue: Shenzhen Longhua International Cooperation Center (LICC)
Contest Section
In the final, a participant is supposed to give a prepared speech and an impromptu speech. Afterwards, judges will provide commentary, pose questions, score performances live, and announce the results.
Awards
A total of 18 awards will be presented: 2 first prize winners, 6 second prize winners and 10 third prize winners (allocated equally between Chinese and foreign residents: 9:9 ratio ). Additionally, special individual awards include: Best Creativity Award: 1 winner; Best Delivery Award: 1 winner; Best Stage Performance Award: 1 winner. All award recipients will receive a trophy, an honorary certificate, and prizes including smart home appliances, daily necessities, and electronics!
Should you have any questions, please contact the organization via:
Add LICC's official service account for consultation.
Call the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Shenzhen Longhua District hotline at 0755-27617814.
Send an email to szsmjwy2025@163.com.
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