Guests and students pose for group photos after the contest of dubbing films in the Chinese language in Ismailia, Egypt, on Dec. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

The Confucius Institute at the Suez Canal University of Egypt has hosted the first contest of dubbing films in the Chinese language among the Egyptian university students.

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Institute at the Suez Canal University of Egypt has hosted a contest of dubbing films in the Chinese language among the Egyptian university students.

Held in Ismailia Province, east of the capital Cairo on Monday, the contest, the first of its kind in Egypt, attracted 14 Egyptian students from Ain Shams University, Cairo University, the Suez Canal University and Luxor University.

They dubbed the video clips selected from the feature or animation films in the Chinese language, while the jury, out of 100 points, graded the contestants according to their accuracy of pronunciation and dubbing as well as fluency in language.

Omar Saqar, a student from Ain Shams University, came out on top with 96.17 points for his dubbing part of Chen Duxiu's speech in the Chinese film Beginning of the Great Revival.

An Egyptian student performs during the contest of dubbing films in the Chinese language in Ismailia, Egypt, on Dec. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

Chen Duxiu was one of the co-founders of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921.

In the second place came Alyaa Hesham from Cairo University, followed by Rawan al-Harby from the Suez Canal University. They dubbed clips from the Chinese films The Grandmaster and Ne Zha: The Devil is Coming, respectively.

Saqar, who has studied the Chinese language for only two years, told Xinhua that he has been interested in the Chinese history since childhood.

The film Beginning of the Great Revival showed me "the resolve of the Chinese people to get rid of the feudal system," he said.

"This perseverance was also one of the contributors to the Chinese accomplishments today," Saqar added.

Meanwhile, the jury spoke highly of the performances of the contestants, especially their full understanding of the historical contents in the selected Chinese films.

Zhu Tingting, Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute at the Suez Canal University, said the dubbing contest was a useful attempt to enrich the methods of teaching the Chinese language to the Egyptian students. ■