Being able to take a step or two in the competition can not only win the provincial prize, but also persist. Articles of Association of the National Mathematical Modeling Competition for College Students (2008) Article 1 General Provisions The National Mathematical Modeling Competition for College Students (hereinafter referred to as the Competition) is a mass scientific and technological activity for college students all over the country jointly sponsored by the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education and the China Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Its purpose is to stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning mathematics, improve their comprehensive ability to use computer technology to build mathematical models and solve practical problems, encourage students to actively participate in extracurricular scientific and technological activities, broaden their knowledge, cultivate innovative spirit and cooperative consciousness, and promote college mathematics teaching. Article 2 Competition Content Competition topics generally come from practical problems that have been properly simplified and handled in engineering technology and management science. Participants are not required to master in-depth professional knowledge in advance, but only need to have studied mathematics courses in colleges and universities. The topic has great flexibility, allowing participants to exert their creative ability. Participants should complete a paper (that is, an answer sheet) including the hypothesis of the model, the establishment and solution, the design and computer realization of the calculation method, the analysis and test of the results, and the improvement of the model. Competition awards are based on the rationality of assumptions, the creativity of modeling, the correctness of results and the clarity of text expression. Article 3 Competition Form, Rules and Discipline 1. The topics of the national unified competition are relatively concentrated in the form of communication competition. The competition is held once a year, usually within three days around a weekend. 3. College students participate in the competition as a team, with 3 people in each team (they must belong to the same school), and their majors are not limited. The competition is divided into undergraduate and specialist groups. Undergraduate students participate in undergraduate group competitions, junior college students participate in specialist group competitions (or participate in undergraduate group competitions), and graduate students are not allowed to participate. Each team may have an instructor (or teacher group) who is engaged in pre-competition counseling and organizing competitions. However, during the competition, the contestants must avoid, and must not guide or discuss, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation of discipline. 4. During the competition, the team members can use all kinds of books, computers and software to browse online, but they are not allowed to discuss with anyone outside the team (including online). 5. After the competition starts, the competition topics will be posted on the designated website for each team to download, and each team will complete the answers within the specified time and hand in the papers on time. 6. Participating universities should instruct relevant functional departments to be responsible for the organization and discipline supervision of the competition to ensure the standardization and fairness of the competition. Article 4 Organizational form: 1. The contest is presided over by the Organizing Committee of the National Mathematical Modeling Competition for College Students (hereinafter referred to as the National Organizing Committee), which is responsible for starting registration, drafting contest questions, organizing the evaluation and award of national excellent answer sheets, printing award certificates, and holding a national award ceremony every year. The competition will be organized by the department. In principle, a province (autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government) is regarded as a competition area, and at least 20 teams from 6 universities should participate in each competition area. Adjacent provinces can be merged to form a competition area. Organizing committees (hereinafter referred to as organizing committees) shall be established in each competition area to be responsible for the publicity, registration, supervision and marking of competition disciplines. Provincial university teams that have not set up a competition area can directly register for the competition with the National Organizing Committee. 3. Establish an organizational excellence award to commend the organizing committee of the competition area that has made outstanding achievements or remarkable progress in the organization of the competition. The main criteria are the number of participating schools and teams, the number and quality of questions, no violation of discipline, the quality of marking work, creative work combined with the specific conditions of the competition area, and cooperation with the National Organizing Committee. Article 5 Reward method 1. The organizing committee of each competition area employs experts to form an evaluation committee to select the first and second prizes in this competition area (the third prize can also be added), and the proportion of winning prizes generally does not exceed one third. Those who complete qualified answers can get a certificate of successful participation. 2. The organizing committee of each division will send the excellent answer sheets of this division to the National Organizing Committee according to the quantity specified by the National Organizing Committee. The National Organizing Committee hired experts to form a national judging committee, and selected the first and second national prizes from the excellent answers sent by each division according to unified standards. 3. The first and second prizes in the whole country and each division will be awarded with award certificates. Teams that violate the rules of the competition will be disqualified once they are found, and their results will be invalid. The institution shall be warned and informed until the qualification of the school for the next year is cancelled. The National Organizing Committee will not recognize the award results of the competition areas that violate the provisions of the award work. Article 6 Objection period system 1. Within two weeks from the date of publication of the national (or contest) winners list, any individual or unit may raise an objection, which will be accepted by the National Organizing Committee (or contest organizing Committee). 2. The focus of accepting objections is to violate the competition rules, including teachers' participation, team members' discussion with others, unfair evaluation, etc. In principle, the appeal of re-evaluating the answer sheet to improve the award-winning level will not be accepted. Special circumstances can be audited by the organizing committees of each competition area and reported to the National Organizing Committee for verification. 3. Objections must be made in writing. If an individual raises an objection, his real name, work unit and mailing address (including contact telephone number or email address, etc.). ) explain it and attach its signature; If the unit raises an objection, the name and mailing address of the contact person (including contact telephone number or email address, etc.). ) to explain, and build official seal. The National Organizing Committee and the Organizing Committee of each competition area shall keep confidential the individuals or units that raise objections. 4. The school management department that accepts the objection has the responsibility to assist the National Organizing Committee and the organizing committees of each competition area to investigate the objection and put forward the handling opinions. The National Organizing Committee or the Organizing Committee of each competition area shall reply to the complainant within two months after the end of the objection period. Article 7 The Fund is 1. The school where the team is located pays the entry fee to the organizing Committee of the competition area. 2. The organizing committee of the competition area shall pay certain funds to the National Organizing Committee. 3. The funds are provided by education management departments at all levels. 4. Funding from all walks of life. Article 8 The interpretation and revision of the Articles of Association shall be implemented as of 2008, and the right of interpretation and revision belongs to the National Organizing Committee.