The launch ceremony of the 2023 Innovative Writing Competition for Overseas Chinese students is held in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. [Photo/ourjiangsu.com]

The 2023 Innovative Writing Competition for Overseas Chinese students was launched in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province on March 28.

Organized by six institutions, including the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Jiangsu Provincial Government and the Jiangsu Overseas Friendship Association, the event is aimed at inspiring students from across the world to learn Chinese and promote Chinese culture, said Yang Chao, chargé d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Hungary.

Erdelyi Zsuzsanna, principal of the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School located in Budapest, Hungary, gave a briefing about the school. Organizers also donated Chinese books and creative cultural products to the Hungarian school.

The writing competition has been held for six consecutive years and received over 56,000 essays by students from about 47 countries. Five selections of excellent works have since been published.