On 11 July, Deputy Consul General Xue Xiaoning attended the Award Presentation Ceremony of the 4th "China–Sabah Friendship" Chinese Speech Contest for Non-Chinese Students and the Launch Ceremony of the "Love Chinese Language" Reading Programme, and presented awards to the winners.

Deputy Consul General Xue highly commended the positive role played by the "China–Sabah Friendship" Chinese Speech Contest for Non-Chinese Students and the "Love Chinese Language" Reading Programme in promoting Chinese language education within the Consular District, and in spreading the fine traditional Chinese culture. She encouraged all contestants to maintain their original aspiration and enthusiasm for learning Chinese, actively participate in building a high-level strategic China–Malaysia community with a shared future, and become inheritors of China–Malaysia friendship.

The event was co-hosted by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Kota Kinabalu and Sabah Sin Chew Daily. A total of 143 students from 34 primary and secondary schools across Sabah participated in the contest.