USCET is pleased to announce the first China DataViz Competition in China on March 18th, 2019, the fourth in a series of USCET data journalism competitions in China. The theme of the competition is: “Understand the world in data.” More than 50 universities around the world and 100 institutions are expected to participate in the competition, bringing new creative power to data visualizations in China. The competition aims to help people explore the value of data, its use in telling stories that are important to the communities, and to understand the beauty of data through visualization. The competition will promote awareness of data journalism in China and to foster a communication platform between professional media industry and the next generation of media professionals in China. The Competition will conclude with an Awards Ceremony to recognize the up-coming talented data journalists in China, bring together media industry professionals and academics, and to talk about emerging trends in data journalism in China and globally.

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中美教育基金非常高兴地宣布第一届中国数据可视化创作大赛于2019年3月18日在中国启动。这是在中国的第四场中美教育基金数据新闻大赛。本次大赛以“数据中的宏观和微观世界”为主题，将有国内外五十多所高校、近百家机构参赛，中国数据可视化领域将迎来新的创作动力。

本次大赛旨在通过可视化手段让人们更好地挖掘数据价值，更好地通过数据讲述故事，并理解数据之美；大赛还将引领可视化技术在国内的发展，搭建传统媒体行业与下一代专业媒体人的交流平台。本次大赛将以颁奖典礼结束，以表彰崭露头角的中国数据新闻记者，汇集媒体行业的专业人士和学者，并讨论中国和全球新闻数据的新趋势。