90 points. The full marks of both the initial and final written tests are 150 (90 points for construction questions and 60 points for multiple-choice questions), including 30 points for listening comprehension and 90 points for the final of English contest D, which is held once a year in national english contest for college students. Since the establishment of 1999, it has been held for 23 consecutive times, and it has been strongly supported by foreign language teaching research associations in universities of various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and teachers and students in universities. Every year, more than 20,000 college students from 3 1 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) 1200 colleges and universities participate in this competition.