On March 27, FLL World Robot Championship China Open was held in Jinan Huangting Gym, hosted by China Organization Committee of FLL World Robot Championship, Beijing Students Activity Center and undertaken by Shandong Youth Activity Center of Science and Technology, Jinan Association for Science and Technology, Lixia Education Bureau and Lixia Association for Science and Technology. It is the first time for Jinan to hold this kind of event. Over 800 contestants of 80 representative teams from 18 provinces and cities and Hong Kong participated in this competition which was watched by over 3,000 students and parents. The theme of the event this year is intelligent transportation with the aim to expand the thinking of youth in science, technology and engineering etc., so as to cultivate their team spirit and creativeness. Pupils in Lixia district has successively participated in FLL competition for four years and taken part in world robot championship on behalf of Shandong Province for many times. They was awarded as the world top 16 and gained three awards in Chinese Open. (Jinan Bureau of Science and Technology)
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