The 3rd National Choral Conductor Competition, organized by the Chinese Choral Association, would be held in Zhongshan from August 29 to September 4, 2017. Forty top students and conductors from the music colleges and chorus teams across the country would compete together. 

Zhang Chao, permanent conductor of the The Affiliated High School of SCNU’s music teacher chorus team, would participate on behalf of Zhongshan.