From May 26th to 27th, the 8th “Chia Tai Cup” National Undergraduates Market Research and Analysis Competition & 7th Undergraduates Across the Strait Market Research and Analysis Competition in Mainland was held in Shandong University of Finance and Economics.

During the competition, all the teams showed their strength in the presentation and defense sessions. There were 3 groups from CUEB, which were coached by Zhao Wandi, teacher from the School of Statistics, participated in the competition. Among them, the research group made up of Lu Yongting, Wang Yi, Lin Jun, and Sun Pan and the group made up of Jiao Yijie, Jiang Wei, Lu Haipeng, Liu Yang, and Li Jiaxun won the first prizes. The group consisted of Hu Ying, Tian Yunqi, Ma Yuelin, Hui Fangjing, and Guo Yifei won the second prize in the national competition. CUEB was awarded the prize for the best organizer of competition district.

The competition was co-sponsored by the Statistics Teaching Steering Committee and the Commerce Statistical Society of China, and organized by Shandong University of Finance and Economics. The competition was made up of group stage, repechage round, and Chinese mainland tryout, etc. After a series of selections for seven months, 206 teams which included 865 students and 348 teachers from 111 universities in 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities eventually gathered at the Shandong University of Finance and Economics and strove for the prizes in national finals and the tickets for the finals across the Strait.