April 26, Zhejiang final of “the 5th Cross-Strait Interpretation Contest” was held in the College of Science and Technology in Ningbo University. Wang Shenyu and Hu Qiong, two English majors from the Foreign Languages College of Wanli University won the second prize.
Sponsored by Xia Men University, this contest involved many universities across the Taiwan Strait. Being a significantly influential academic activity, the competition consists of 7 divisions across the country. After a severe succession of school and division competitions, the excellent contestants would take part in the cross-strait final.
Among the 37 contestants from dozens of universities including Ningbo University, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Wang and Hu stood out with remarkable performances in the gist interpreting and conference interpreting section, and were awarded the second prize in the Zhejiang final.