The award-winning teacher and students at the event site

Recently, at the China National Economics Challenge (CNEC) finals held in Changsha, good news came out: The team from China (Hong Kong) English School, short for CHES, composed of five students, Du Ruiling, Liu Jiaxin, Yu Shiying, Zhu Mary and Hu Shicheng, under the guidance of senior economics teacher Mr Hu Chong, won five awards in the competition.

National Team Bronze Award: Only teams ranking in the top 15% of the country can receive Gold, Silver and Bronze honors.

Economic Innovation Challenge - National Team Total Score Honor: Only teams ranking in the top 15% of the total score of the Economic Innovation Challenge among teams from all regions of the country can receive this honor.

National Individual Excellence Honor: Only individuals ranking in the top 30% of all participants in the economics assessment section of the competition can receive this honor. All the students from CHES received this award.

City Star: The team with the highest score in its school's city can receive this award. CHES ranked the highest score in Zhongshan City in this competition and thus won this award.

Due to the above outstanding achievements, CHES was awarded the 2024-2025 School Year-Economic Education Pioneer School by the organizers.

Photo caption: Contestants are discussing and optimizing their competition plans on site.

The CNEC, hosted by the renowned international education organization SKT Education Group, is an economics literacy study activity. As a globally influential economics event, it is the only one live-streamed by the global financial media CNBC. Its academic standards and honor recognition organization, the Council for Economic Education (CEE), has a history of 75 years and is one of the formulators of international K12 financial literacy standards, and is also an important partner of major global financial institutions and enterprises such as JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, and Citibank. 

Since its introduction to China in 2016, SKT-CNEC has covered over 600 schools across the country, benefiting tens of thousands of students with financial literacy. In the 2025 competition, nearly 10,000 students participated in the preliminary round alone. After multiple rounds of competition and elimination, the top 100 schools were selected to participate in the final held in Changsha.

CHES Students demonstrated their solid business knowledge, outstanding teamwork skills, and exceptional critical thinking abilities in this event, winning multiple awards. This showcases the school's remarkable achievements in business education and reflects the students' deep understanding and application of business knowledge. This is not only an individual honor but also a source of pride for the school.