On May 22nd, the 2019 ‘ECNU Youth Talk’ Chinese and Foreign Student Debate Competition was held by Global Education Center (GEC) and Guang Hua College (GHC). 8 international students and 8 Chinese students participated in the competition. 4 teachers were invited as judges. A lot of international students came and voted for their preferred opinions and teams.

The First Debate: Which Is More Important, Educational Background or Ability?

The Best Team

PARK HYEMIN (Korea)

O'SULLIVAN SHANNON LI (Sweden)

XU JINFEI (China)

SONG TIANYAN (China)

The Best Debater

SOPACI HASAN BERK (Turkey) 

XU JINGFEI (China) 

The Second Debate: Will AI Replace Human Work?

The Best Team

NA HYEONJIN (Korea)

LI NOEL ZHE-AN (UK)

ZHAO JINGYI (China)

GU SIYI (China)

The Best Debater

KAWAMURA HIROKI (Japan)

GU SIYI (China)

Epilogue

Both the debaters and audience enjoyed the competition a lot. They not only learnt more knowledge, but also made more friends.