On the evening of October 13, The final Freshman Debate Competition of law school was successfully held in the Sunshine Hall of Yingjie Exchange Center. Ma Zhihua and Li Yunyi, partners of Dahui Law Firm, Liu Zhewei, Associate Professor, Assistant Dean of law School and Shi shi, Youth League Committee Secretary attended the competition. Lou Jialu, Chen Nuo, Zhang Wenyi, Liao Yuzhen and Chen Zelin, Ma Yifan, Li Fanglin, Jin Rong, eight undergraduate freshmen have came into fierce competition on "we should pay more attention to privacy or convenience in the digital era ".

The positive side argued that it was obvious that the current enterprises and consumers were unequal in privacy authorization, and the phenomenon that a large amount of unnecessary personal information was acquired or even used for other purposes needed to be changed. The negative side argued that excessive protection of privacy in digital era was not conducive to satisfying people's pursuit of convenience. In the inquiry and refutation sessions, the two sides conducted a more in-depth discussion on the definitions and standards of the “digital era”, “privacy” and “convenience”. Both sides performed well in the cross-examination and free debate session.

Subsequently, the judges commented on the performance of two sides in terms of depth, field grace, logical thickness, and value temperature. After careful evaluation, the positive side won, and Liao Yushen was awarded as the "best debater".

The one-month Freshman Debate Competition of law school came to a successful conclusion. As a brand activity of Student Union of law school, the Freshman Debate Competition has not only set up a platform for young legal persons to show their talents, communicate ideas, and show their care for the society, but also flourish campus culture.

Translated by Li Yue

Edited by Li Yue