The 19th FLTRP Cup (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press) National English Debating Contest for College Students was opened on January 7th, 2016 in HBUT. The contest attracted 42 students from 12 schools and faculties and 7 professional English teachers from our School of Foreign Languages formed the jury of the contest. Finally, the team consisting of Zhu Boyang,from the class of 2012 English major, and Kuang Zong, from the class of 2014 Innovative English Class, won the university-level championship. The relevant Provincial competitions and national finals will be separately held in March and May, 2016.

