The two-day 2021 China Universities Debating Championship (Eastern China Regional) concluded online on April 18, 2021. Passing through five round robin competitions against 68 university teams, the team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, composed of Zhang Peng from School of Foreign Languages and Wu Jingjing from Antai College of Economics and Management, won the first prize, and was successfully promoted to the National Final. The team instructor, Dai Rongrong from SFL’s Department of Translation, won the Coach Award.

China Universities Debating Championship (CUDC), divided into Regional and National Finals, is guided by the China National Committee for Translation and Interpreting Education of the Ministry of Education, and hosted by China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters (CATTI) Management Center of China International Publishing Group.