On 24 October, Zhang Guochen from Class 3, Grade 06 of Business English, Department of Foreign Languages won the Third Price at 2009 CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest, Guangdong Area. The contest was co-hosted by CCTV, Department of Education of GuangdongProvince and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, and co-sponsored by Guangdong English Language Higher Education Association and Guangdong University of Business Studies.
The contest enrolled 54 contestants from over 30 universities and colleges in GuangdongProvince, including SunYat-SenUniversity, JinanUniversity and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Zhang Guochen won the Third Price with his composed attitude, fluent and accurate English presentation and fruitful content of the speech, which again showed the talent and intelligence of the students in our university.