On October 13th and 14th, the 2012 (37th) ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in Asia Zone (Changchun Division) undertaken by NENU met 180 delegations from 104 universities and colleges. Su Zhongmin, vice-President of NENU attended the Opening Ceremony and delivered a speech.
Launched in 1970 by Association for Computing Machinery, ACM-ICPC is an annual competition aiming at the demonstration of the creativity of college students, the spirit of teamwork, and the ability to program, analyze and solve problems under pressure. It is crowned as "the Olympic Competition" within the field of computer software.
（From News Center, translated by Zhang Xin, revised by Jiang Yansheng.）
