The student team of the Department of International Business, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, recently participated in the 2020 Zhili Cup International Business English Presentation Contest National Competition. The "Strong" team, led by Prof. Wei-Zhen Yang and formed by Te-An Chen, Tsai-Zhen Wu, and Shin-Yu Tseng, won the Non-English Major Group. The "Share Beauty Share Love" team, which was formed by Kai-Lin Wu, Wen Huang, and Jun-Yang Li and directed by Prof. Wei-Zhen Yang and Prof. Mei-Chin Zhu, won the runner-up in the Non-English Major Group.

【Southern Taiwan University won gold and silver awards in the 2020 Zhili Cup International Business English Presentation Competition. The winning teams and the Chair Wei-Zhen Yang of the Department of International Business (middle) took a group photo.】

The "Strong" team of the Department of International Business, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, is based on an arch file made of PP non-toxic, durable and environmentally-friendly PP synthetic paper that has been developed by Strong Stationery Manufacturing Co. Ltd, an established stationery company in Tainan. It is the theme of business briefings. The team of students will internalize their professional knowledge through vendor visits, searching information and actually participating in the exhibition marketing process. They can exert their strength and creativity in the presentation of the briefing competition, and promote the well-established self-reliance stationery environmental protection folder. Another award-winning team "Share Beauty Share Love" is based on the theme of the business awards of the internationally award-winning MIT mask brand "Titianyan." This product is a "face mask" tailored for the worldwide pandemic this time. The product is a half-cover design, and the gel overlay is rich in soothing and moisturizing essence, which is quite practical. Through practical experience, searching information, and market analysis, the team students vividly displayed the market advantages of "mask" during the presentation of the presentation contest.

【The "Share Beauty Share Love" team of the Department of International Business: (from left to right) Kai-Lin Wu, Wen Huang, Prof. Mei-Chin Zhu, Prof. Wei-Zhen Yang, and Jun-Yang Li won second place in the "2020 Zhili Cup International Business English Presentation Competition National Competition.】

The purpose of this competition is to encourage students to practice oral English expression and training organization planning ability, and provide elite students opportunities to observe each other and enhance students' interest in learning English as well as the competitiveness of the workplace. There are 2-3 participants in a team, and each school is limited to 2 teams. Due to the pandemic situation, the rule was changed and teams must upload application forms, briefing notes, executive summaries and contest videos online. It is not easy to stand out from the elite students from various colleges and universities to win the first and second places.

【"Strong" team of the Department of International Business won first place in the 2020 Zhili Cup International Business English Briefing Competition National Competition: Prof. Wei-Zhen Yang (second from the left) and students Tsai-Zhen Wu (first from the left), Te-An Chen (second from the right) and Shin-Yu Tseng (first from the right).】

The Department of International Business, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, actively cultivates talents for international trade, and attaches importance to professional and language training. In order to train students and develop their ability of international business communication, they will continue to help students participate in business briefings and commodity explanation contests, cooperate with manufacturers to practice the course of learning, and practice the cultivation of talents by "learning from doing." The outstanding achievements demonstrated once again the achievements of the Department of International Business, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, in their cultivation of talents in international trade.