The Second “Lianhua Cup” Legal Speech Competition Successfully Concluded

On the evening of December 9, 2020, the final round of the Second “Lianhua Cup” Legal Speech Contest, co-organized by the Law Faculty and its Student Union, sponsored by the MUST Foundation, took place at the University’s N214 Lecture Hall. Ten finalists, including Chen Yitong (first year), Yang Xinyi (first year), Diao Sixu (second year) and Guo Jinlin (forth year), were selected from the qualifying round on November 26 to advance to the finals. After three rounds of competition, Sunchen Haojie, Yang Xinyi and Guo Jinlin finally stood out and won the Champion, the First Runner-Up and the Second Runner-Up of the Competition respectively, while Ding Quanyi, Diao Sixu and Xu Zhiheng were named by the audience to win the “Best Received Advocates” award.

Group Photo of All Finalists and Judges

Judges of the final round included Ms. Lou Sio Fong, Partner of Lou Sio Fong Lawyers & Associates in Macao, Mr. Lai Chun Man, Founding President of Macao Toastmasters Association, Ms. Xu Bing, Partner of Deng Yongheng & Xu Bing Law Firm in Macao, Associate Professor Wang Chuanhui and Program Director Mou Xiaobo from the MUST Faculty of Law. Associate Professor Wang Chuanhui was the Chairman of the Jury. Dean of the Law Faculty, Professor Fang Quan, and Head of the MUST Student Affairs Office, Ms. Wong Ka Weng, watched the competition together with a large number of students.

During the elimination round, themed “Law and Order”, where each participant presented a 5-minute speech, 6 finalists demonstrated excellent performance and advanced into the next stage of the final round. The second stage of the final round was themed “Future of Law”, and the 6 finalists were paired into 3 groups to compete with each other. Then, Guo Jinlin, Yang Xinyi and Sunchen Haojie successfully entered the championship battle. Each of the three had to improvise a 3-minute speech on a randomly chosen topic. Based on the judges’ votes, Sunchen Haojie won the Champion, followed by Yang Xinyi and Guo Jinlin accordingly. 

The Top Three Finalists

The judges highly appreciated the performance of all the finalists, shared their advocacy skills, and also provided suggestions based on the participants’ performance in the competition. Associate Professor Wang Chuanhui, Chairman of the Jury, encouraged students to embrace the advocacy stage bravely and try to become warm and rational persons in life that are filled with wisdom. 

Judges (Photo 1: Associate Professor Wang Chuanhui; Photo 2: Ms. Lou Sio Fong; Photo 3: President Li Junwen; Photo 4: Barrister Xu Bing; Photo 5: Program Director Mou Xiaobo) 

Dean of the Law Faculty, Professor Fang Quan (right), presented the award to the Champion, Sunchen Haojie.

Head of the MUST Student Affairs Office, Wong Ka Weng (right), presented the award to the First Runner-Up, Yang Xinyi.

Ms. Lou Sio Fong (left) presented the award to the Second Runner-Up, Guo Jinlin.

President Li Junwen (left) presented awards to Ding Quanyi, Diao Sixu, and Xu Zhiheng.

Associate Professor Wang Chuanhui (right) presented the “Best Received Advocate” award to Diao Sixu.

The “Lianhua Cup” Legal Speech Competition was held to promote students’ advocacy, communication, and leadership skills, enrich their extra-curriculum activities, and enhance the solidarity and friendship among students. The Second Lianhua Cup Legal Speech Competition included two stages of competition, the qualifying round and the final round, both of which were very warmly received among the students. The Faculty is looking forward to hosting the next year’s competition.

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