DHAKA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The 11th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students was held at the studio of a leading private Bangladeshi television channel here on Wednesday.
The competition featured diverse performances including speeches, dancing, martial arts and contemporary music.
Dozens of students applied to attend the competition titled "Learn Chinese language and spread friendship around the world" from a number of leading Bangladeshi institutions.
The Chinese embassy in Dhaka, Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Bangladeshi CRI-SMF Confucius Classroom jointly organized the competition in association with Bangladesh's Dhaka University Confucius Institute and North South University Confucius Institute.
Some of the students who win the preliminary rounds held in their respective countries finally qualify to go to China for the finals.
