章 278: 267 Xiu Yan was shocked; face-slapping always comes unexpectedly [1 more update]

Last century, the technology of Hua Country was always behind the rest of the world and couldn't even begin to compare with that of some developed nations.

The same was true academically.

As such, many people went abroad to further their education and only returned to their home country after completing their studies.

But entering the 21st century, Hua Country's comprehensive national power grew rapidly, particularly in the area of human resources.

Last year, in all the international competitions for mathematics, biology, chemistry, and informatics, the student teams sent by Hua Country swept the gold medals, and their overall team scores were also first place.

However, except for Teng Yunmeng and two others, the rest of the winning students had already advanced to universities and could no longer participate in the ISC.

Especially since on the first day of the ISC, only the first of the Hua Country divisions was in the top ten of the overall standings.