Back in May this year, we reported on Lily's success with the national competition https://eirias.co.uk/news/2025...

In the article, Lily explains that "Chinese Bridge is a competition where secondary school students from across the country prepare a two-minute speech in Mandarin and then depending on the category, must either complete a translation or produce an impromptu speech in Chinese."

Her endeavour has clearly paid off. She has now been selected to take part in the finals in China.

As a "dedicated student at the Confucius Institute at Bangor University", Lily is said to "be a fantastic ambassador for both Bangor University and young Mandarin learners across the country."

Full press release from Bangor University: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/confu...

We wish Lily the very best of luck in the finals.