In order to further do a good job in preparing for Ladder Match of the China University Computer Competition, cultivate students' interest in computer programming, improve students' comprehensive quality, and enrich the academic atmosphere on campus, the 8thLadder Match for Freshmen of Shandong University of Finance and Economics, which was hosted by the Youth League Committee of the University and the School of Computer Science and Technology, and organized by the Youth League Committee of the School of Computer Science and Technology, the ACM Association, and the Computer Association, was successfully held on March 19th, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Y303 and Y304 of Yifu Building on Yanshan Campus.
In order to further do a good job in preparing for Ladder Match of the China University Computer Competition, cultivate students' interest in computer programming, improve students' comprehensive quality, and enrich the academic atmosphere on campus, the 8thLadder Match for Freshmen of Shandong University of Finance and Economics, which was hosted by the Youth League Committee of the University and the School of Computer Science and Technology, and organized by the Youth League Committee of the School of Computer Science and Technology, the ACM Association, and the Computer Association, was successfully held on March 19th, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Y303 and Y304 of Yifu Building on Yanshan Campus.

The competition attracted more than a hundred programming enthusiasts from the whole university to participate. During the competition, the overall operation of the competition system was goodwith great performances on the field.After a fierce competition, one grand prize, three first prizes, five second prizes, nine third prizes, and one prize for tenacity and hard work were contested.Among them. Wu Qingyuan from Computer Science and Technology (Financial Informatization) Class 2, Grade 2021, solved all the questions of the game and won the Grand Prize of this year's Ladder Challenge with the advantage of less penalty time.
The 8th" Group Programming Ladder Match of China University Computer Competition", sponsored by the National Research Association of Computer Education in Colleges and Universities, is scheduled to be held on April 22nd, 2023, both online and offline at the same time. Programming ability is an important basic ability for college students to analyze and solve problems by using computers. In order to promote inter-school exchanges and improve the teaching level of programming courses in colleges and universities across the country, the Teaching Guidance Committee for Computer Classes of Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education, the Teaching Guidance Committee for Software Engineering Majors of Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education, the Teaching Guidance Committee for Computer Courses in Universities of Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education and the National Research Society for Computer Education in Colleges and Universitiesestablished this competition in 2016, which has had a wide impact and played an important role in promoting the quality and level of programming courses in colleges and universities across China and improving students' programming ability. The event entered the "National Ranking of College Student Competitions in General Colleges and Universities" in 2019.

It is reported that the college attaches great importance to this kind of competition, and actively carries out college-level and school-level competitions, and selects and trains team members to actively prepare for the competition. With the support of the leadership of the college, the team of the college has entered the provincial competition, national competition and East Asia Regional Competition of ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) for many times, and achieved remarkable results.
Editor: Li Yunzhi