On April 10, the final of the Fourteenth 21st Century-Lenovo Cup National English Speaking Competition was held in Shanghai and Zheng Rui, English major of School of Foreign Languages won Second Prize in the competition.
Since the Fourteenth 21st Century-Lenovo Cup National English Speaking Competition opened in July 2008, competitors of universities all over the country have joined the competition. The competition was held in four competition areas (east China, Midwest China, south China and north China) since November 2008, through various kinds of trial competitions, including university selection matches, audio / video elections and phone interviews. Zheng Rui, ranking fifth in the south China competition area, took part in the national final competition. 60 competitors from the four competition areas as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan participated in the national final competition.