Chinese Bridge

Chinese Bridge (Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students) is a contest for foreign college students on their mastery of the Chinese language, promoted by an official organization known as Chinese National Hanban(Simplified Chinese:中国国家汉办 Traditional Chinese:中國國家漢辦）established as a strategy to introduce Chinese to the outside world. Since it premiered in 2002, more than 600 contestants from over 50 countries throughout the world have participated in the previous eight annually held Chinese knowledge competition. These contestants who win the opportunity to leave for China for the competition are all champions selected from the local competitive masses all over the world.

History

Chinese Bridge	Starting Time	Address	Topics
The First Contest	August 10, 2002	Shangdong Province	The Premiere
The Second Contest	December 10, 2003	Beijing	Chinain the 21th Century
The Third Contest	April 7, 2004	Beijing	The BloomingChinese Civilization
The Fourth Contest	July 13, 2005	Beijing	Experiencing the Beautiful China
The Fifth Contest	July 18, 2006	Beijing	The ethnic melting pot of China
The Sixth Contest	August 3, 2007-August 13, 2007	Jilin Province	China Heading for the Olympics
The Seventh Contest	July 1, 2008-August 7, 2008	Hunan Province	Happy Chinese, Joy for the Olympics

1. [http://www.chinesebridge.org/ Chinese Bridge Official Sites