The sixth national model mayor final contest ended in CUFE on 26th November. Launched in April, the contest had lasted for 7 months. There were nearly a hundred teams from different universities participating in the contest, including Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Nankai University, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Shandong University，Shandong Agricultural University, People’s Public Security University of China, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Shandong Institute of Business and Technology, Beihang University and Central University of Finance and Economics.

After layers of screening, including presentation before the contest, theme salon, opening report, mid-term defense and final contest, 9 teams from 8 universities stood out at last. The contest was divided into 3 stages: “talents’ first show”, “scenario simulation” and “mayors’ ultimate PK”. “Student mayors” had a deep discussion in terms of urban river pollution control, evaluation of social organizations’ incubator parks, humanization transformation of the street space, construction of police force in food and drug industry, improvement of doctor-patient relationship, optimization of “intelligent parking” pattern, urban management system reform and poverty alleviation.

In the self-presentation part, each team gave a brief introduction on their research group, research process and achievements. During the scenario simulation, students further analyzed their research topics, drew forth research contents and answered the judges’ questions by their vivid and lively improvisation. In the mayors’ ultimate PK, “mayors” from nine teams expressed themselves with eloquent speeches on the question “as a ‘mayor’, would you decide to bid for the Asian Games based on the tradeoff between fiscal pressure and the wide support from the public?”

(Translated by Ma Te)