From February 16 to 17, the final of the 16th China Telecom "Excellence Cup" Industry Digitization Professional Skills Competition was held in Beijing. More than 3,000 teams and over 11,000 players attended the event. After intense competitions, the Guangdong 5th team led by Chen Shuhao, a LUSM student of Class 7, 2021 MBA, won the first prize in the commercial and guest track and won three gold medals, becoming the first winner of the school in the "Excellence Cup" series competition of China Telecom. Chen Shuhao was also awarded the honorary title of "Technical Expert of China Telecom Group ".

China Telecom "Excellence Cup" series competition is the highest-level skills competition of China Telecom Group, which has a benchmarking and exemplary role in the field of communication operators. With innovative digital economy management practice as the starting point, firmly grasping the industrial digital "new track" and communication operators as the base of digital capability, it would actively empower the communication industry in the post-epidemic era and help the construction and development of Chinese communication enterprises.

The School of Management advocates the combination of theory and practice for postgraduate students. Every year, it organizes and encourages students to participate in various professional skills competitions inside and outside the school, and tests the effect of the integration of training and production through these activities, so as to further improve students' business knowledge and professional skills. The award of Chen Shuhao fully demonstrates the educational achievements of the school of "replacing training with competition, training with practice, and improving ability through practice". The participation and practice of professional competitions are also of great value and significance for deepening the reform of the professional practice curriculum system of graduate students and cultivating students' innovative consciousness.