With a view to following up on the party's 20 spirit and the spirit of the 20nd and 20th sessions of the chinese plenary and the new chinese socialist ideology of xi jinping, to implement effectively the requirements of the map management regulations of the law on mapping, to further popularize knowledge of the national map, and to create a favourable national atmosphere of “know my national map and love my national map”, in conjunction with the circular of the office of the minister of education on the publication of the national competition for students in the 2022-2025 academic year (letter of the office of the superintendent of education (2022) no. 13) the office of the ministry of natural resources has decided to hold this year the sixth national maps knowledge competition and the children's painting competition. According to the circular of the department of natural resources of guangdong province and the department of education of guangdong province on the active organization of the 6th national map knowledge competition and the children's painting championship in “beautiful china” (2024) 1007) requests that, in order to actively carry out the tasks of organizing our city's participation in the competitions, the following information be provided:
I. Basic contents of the competition and the way i organized the city
The main theme of the event was “beautiful china”, and two parts of the national mapping competition and the children's maps competition were organized, the details of which are available on the official website of the event (https://www. Pecmnr. Cn/gjbt/)。
(i) national competition on knowledge of national maps (primary and secondary school groups)
The national competition is divided into two groups of primary and secondary schools, mainly through the network of competition officers and the micro-intelligence public number。
1. Competition time:
November 2024-february 2025 school enrolment
January-march 2025 student enrolment
March-may 2025 answer
2. Target audience: municipal primary and secondary school students。
3. Competition groups: two groups, primary and secondary。
4. Mode of participation: individual contestants and groups, individual contestants registered as students and groups as schools。
Comment: for specific matters, such as voter registration and answering questions, please refer to the " guide to national drawing competition (primary and secondary school groups) " (annex 1)。
(ii) children's hand painting maps competition
The department of natural resources at all levels, in conjunction with the local education sector, has launched a children's drawing contest for students in schools and juvenile palaces. As required, the competition is divided into six to eight years old, nine to twelve years old and 13 to 15 years old, with local responsibility for organizing competitions for young children and young people of different age groups. The municipal natural resources bureau and the municipal education bureau organize a preliminary evaluation of the entries made in the contest, which must not be less than five groups per district (district) and no more than 20 groups per school; and no more than three groups per school per municipality。
Target audience: young people under 15 years of age are divided into three age groups: “6-8 years” “9-12 years” and “13-15 years”。
The content of the competition is based on the theme “beautiful china”, the standard map (the scope of which can be city, province, country), the style of which is unlimited, the creation of original, artistic graphics, the absence of copyright disputes over the entries and the use of materials, the exclusion of entries from previous competitions, and the observance of the relevant legal standards。
3. Participation process:
October 2024-february 2025 initial provincial competition
March 2025 - may 2025 national finals
(iii) submission and selection of works
1. The natural resources authorities of the districts, together with the education department, collects and selects the entries from the districts, which are submitted directly to the municipal direct schools, and submit simultaneously, at the time of submission of all the entries, a list of the works of the children's maps competition (annex 2) and an information table of the works of the children's maps competition (annex 3) which require that they be sent by mail to the natural resources bureau of the city of whezhou by 5 february 2025。
Postal address: city natural resources department, 7th new south road, jiangbei, hue city. Contact person: tsang ting ting (0752-2896251)。
2. Invitation to experts for selection
The natural resources department of huizhou, in conjunction with the municipal education department, organized a selection of experts, and 20 excellent paintings were selected for each age group. The huaizhou city natural resources authority is required to recommend the selection of outstanding works for submission to the national finals, which are organized by the provincial natural resources department。
Awards and awards
The selection and award of each award is the responsibility of the organizing committee of the grand contest of the provincial natural resources department. The competition consists of a personal award for excellence, an organizational award for excellence and an award for excellent guidance。
(i) national competition for knowledge (primary and secondary)
1. Personal award for excellence: 3 first prizes, 5 second prizes and 10 third prizes on the basis of final achievement (in terms of the correct rate of the test and speed of response), with awards valued at $700, $500 and $300, respectively, and a certificate of award。
2. Award for organizational excellence: awarded to participating schools based on the number and average achievement of the organization. The primary and secondary school groups, each of which are rated five, are awarded certificates only and are not awarded prizes。
3. Award for excellent mentorship: awarded to mentors, based on the number of pupils and average achievement. The primary and secondary school groups, each of which are rated five, are awarded certificates only and are not awarded prizes。
(ii) award for the children's painting of maps competition (primary and secondary school groups)
1. Personal award for excellence: 20 paintings of excellence were selected for each of the three age groups, prizes were awarded for a 300-dollar prize, and awards were awarded。
2. Organizational excellence awards: certificates only and no awards. Twenty organizational awards of excellence were selected from participating schools and organizational units, depending on the number of submissions and the awards received。
3. Teacher of excellence award: certificates only and no prizes. In accordance with the awards received by students under the teacher's guidance, 20 instructors were selected from each group, and certificates were awarded。
In the event of the inability to issue certificates and prizes because of incomplete or inaccurate information about the competition, the responsibility lies with the participants themselves。
Iii. Requests and other matters
(i) high priority, careful organization. The national map competition and the children's hand-drawing contest are powerful players in the dissemination of information on the national map and in raising awareness of the national map for the entire population, which are highly valued by schools in all regions, organized in a serious manner and actively promoted in their own countries。
(ii) enhanced coordination and cooperation for furthering. The authorities responsible for natural resources at all levels and the education sector must strengthen communication, actively collaborate and widely disseminate information on the launching of competitions and the participation of students and young people. At the same time as the children's hand painting maps competition, an active campaign has been launched to promote knowledge of national maps, to guide young people to use them properly and to draw up national maps, and to avoid “problem maps” in their works。
(iii) strengthening controls and regulating competitions. The county (district) and school systems strictly implement the national competition management scheme for primary and secondary school students, which strengthens supervision throughout the process and upholds the public interest. Primary and secondary schools and school students, in accordance with the principle of self-registration and voluntary participation, do not pretend to be impartial and take the initiative to warn that competitions and their results do not form the basis for enrolment in primary and secondary schools。
(iv) an explicit requirement to ensure a time limit. The official website of the national map and national children's painting competition will publish the rules of the competition in a timely manner, and schools in all parts of the country will have to follow carefully the requirements of the competition, the target audience, the format and the time frame to ensure that all the work is carried out in a timely manner。
Annex 1: guidelines for participation in the national map competition (primary and secondary school groups)
2 list of works for the children's maps competition
3 information table for the children's maps competition
Department of natural resources of whezhou city
4 december 2024
