A JINTAN, JIANGSU: The 20 students—18 boys and 2 girls—had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest on Tuesday evening.
江苏金坛：这20名学生——18名男生和2名女生——有一千个理由为自己感到骄傲。他们刚刚从周二晚上参加第五届全国华罗庚数学金杯赛的400万学生中脱颖而出。
The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age
of 14.
这20名金牌得主都是年龄在14岁以下的中小学生。
“Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable! ”said a teacher from Guangdong province.
“许多问题都是大学水平的，这些学生可以解决，真是难以置信！”一位来自广东省的老师说。
Named after China’s most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986, one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission as the country’s biggest and best contest of its kind.
比赛以中国最著名的数学家华罗庚名字命名，开始于1986年，也就是他死后第二年。在不到10年的时间里，它已经被国家教委认可为国家规模最大，质量最好的比赛。
