This competition is supported by the HSBC Global Education Programme and organised by the British Council to support and promote the teaching of Chinese as a modern foreign language in UK schools. The competition is open to all secondary and sixth form students in years 7 - 13 who are non-native speakers of Chinese. Participants compete for a place on a cultural trip to Beijing in April 2010.

Regional heats for the competition will be held in London and Newcastle in mid December 2009. The dates for the heats will be announced on this website in the coming weeks.

There are still places available at the Newcastle regional heat for the Individual Language Category and the Group Performance Category.

Schools interested in participating in the Newcastle heat should complete the online registration form found at https://survey.britishcouncil.org/wix/p9070429.aspx. One school can enter a maximum of 10 pupils in the competition.

Schools will be informed by 9 November 2009 whether their application to participate in the competition has been successful.

Please read the competition flyer for the eligibility criteria.

The competition judging criteria are available to download here.  

Please read through both documents carefully as the judging and eligibilty criteria have been revised since the last year's competition.

If you have any questions or queries regarding the competition, please contact the China Team at the British Council directly on:

T 020 7389 4595                 E world.links@britishcouncil.org