An exotic opening dance is performed at the final stage of the 2017 “Shared Joy in Jiangsu” Chinese Speech Contest for Foreigners held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on June 18. [Photo from WeChat account tongleJS]

The much-anticipated 2017 “Shared Joy in Jiangsu” Chinese Speech Contest for Foreigners came to a successful end in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on June 18.

Initiated in Mid-March, the contest gained the active participation of over 1,000 students studying and living in Jiangsu.

The three elimination stages kicked off at Jiangnan University, Xuzhou University of Technology and Nanjing University of The Arts on May 18, May 25 and June 2 respectively. Twenty contestants went on to show their talents at the final contest.