Zhong Guo Qing Nian Bao·2025-12-08 08:45Group 1 - The 2025 Baidu Star Programming Competition, known as the "Oscar" of the programming world, concluded on December 7 in Beijing, with Wang Maohua from Yantai Qinghua Middle School winning both the junior group championship and the overall championship [2] - This year's competition attracted over 18,000 students from 1,800 schools across China, including prestigious institutions like Tsinghua University and Peking University, as well as well-known high schools [2] - The final round saw a record number of over 1,000 participants, with more than 30% of them being students born after 2010, and 9 out of the top 10 winners were middle school students [2] Group 2 - The Baidu Star competition has a history of 21 years and has seen cumulative participation exceeding 350,000 individuals [3]