From November 9th to November 10th, the First International Business School Speech Competition was held in Qufu city, Shandong province, the hometown of Confucius. The competition attracted more than 20 well-known business schools in China, including Renmin University of China, Hong Kong Baptist University, University of Science and Technology of China, and Central South University. Nearly 30 excellent MBA students participated in the competition and tell their unusual life experiences around the competition theme of "tell your life story".

Yao Sifang, MBA student of Central South University, won the individual champion of "Golden Speech Award" and the cash award of 10,000 yuan, and the other 5 students of Central South University all won the "Confucius Speech Award". All the 6 students of the Central South University team ranked in the top 8 of the individual total score, and won the first team prize of "Confucianism and Taoism Award", and the Best Organization Award.