The Department of Chinese Language and Literature encourages young students to cultivate the characteristics that turn beginner into great writers: independent thought, depth of knowledge, clear reasoning, critical analysis and persuasive style. Our KunPeng Essay Competition invites students to explore a wide range of challenging and interesting questions beyond the confines of the school curriculum.

Kunpeng is an allusion from ZhuangZi. Kunpeng symbolizes lofty aspirations, heroic spirit and the pursuit of freedom. We hope to train students to have such spirit through competition. Entering an essay in our competition can build knowledge, and refine skills of argumentation.

The Essay Competition is held once a school year and is open to all students in the University. The competition is divided into language group and literature group, and senior academics in various fields are invited as judges. The first, second and third prizes are set up in the competition, and the excellence award is set up to encourage active participants. Since 2019, more than 80 students have participated in the Essay competition. The students who participated in the competition received good academic training, which laid a solid foundation for their future research career.