The 4th Annual Alberta Chinese Bridge Competition for University Students will be held on March 22nd at University of Alberta. This year, the Chinese Consulate General of the P.R. China in Vancouver is the main organizer, with co-organizers being the U of A, U of C, China Institute, MacEwan University, Mount Royal University, Concordia University College of Alberta and the CIE.
On the 28th of January, the first planing meeting for this event was held at the CIE, attended by the representatives from the involved institutes.
The Chinese Bridge competition was initiated and sponsored by Hanban (Office of Chinese Language Council International). Since 2002, Hanban has successfully hosted the final world competition in China every year. It has become a very popular event around the world for university students as a platform to learn Chinese and Chinese culture.