英语演讲比赛的范文（通用20篇）

As you slowly open your eyes, look around , notice where the light comes into your room; listen carefully, see if there are new sounds you can recognize; feel with your body and spirit, and see if you can sense the freshness in the air. Yes, yes, yes, it’s a new day, it’s a different day, and it’s a bright day! And most importantly, it is a new beginning for your life, a beginning where you are going to make new desicisions, take new actions, make new friends, and take your life to a totally unprecedented level! You know all this is real as long as you are confident,passionate and committed! And you are confident, you are passionate, you are committed!

You will no longer fear making new sounds, showing new facial expressions, using your body in new ways,approaching new people, and asking new questions. You will live every single day of your life with absolute passion, and you will show your passion through the words you speak and the actions you take. You will focus all your time and effort on the most important goals of your life. You will never succumb to challenges of hardships. You will never waver in your pursuit of excellence. After all,you are the best, and you deserve the best!

As your coach and friend, I can assure you the door to all the best things in the world will open to you, but the key to that door is in your hand. You must do your part, you must faithfully follow the plans you make and take the actions you plan, you must never quit, you must never fear. I know you must do it, you can do it, you will do it, and you will succeed!

Now stand firm and tall, make a fist, get excited, and yell it out: I must do it! I can do it! I will do it! I will succeed! I must do it! I can do it! I will do it! I will succeed! I must do it! I can do it! I will do it! I will succeed!

The game was scheduled to start at start at eight o’clock on Friday night. Long before that, people began to arrive at the gymnasium.

By seven-thirty the seats were almost filled. The school band was there; they wore yellow and black uniforms. They started to play at about a quarter to eight. Everybody stood up, and the people sang. The game was about to start. Two teams ran out to the floor. The referee blew his whistle, and the game started. A basketball game is divided into two halves, and each half is divided into two quarters.

There is a rest period between the halves. During the first five minutes of the second half, the score was tied. From then on, the game was very exciting. First one team made a basket, then the other. The people cheered, and everybody was wondering which team was going to win.

Saying goodbye to childhood,we step into another important time in the pace of young,facing new situations,dealing with different problems……

everyone has his ownunderstanding of young,it is a period of time of beauty and wonders,only after you have

experienced the sour ,sweet ,bitter and salty can you really become a person of significance.thre time of young is limitted,it may pass by without your attention,and when you discover what has happened ,it is always too late.grasping the young well means a better time is waiting for you in the near future,or the situation may be opposite .

having a view on these great men in the history of hunmanbeing,they all made full use of their youth time ,to do things that are useful to society,to the whole mankind,and as a cosquence ,they are remembered by later

generations,admired by everyone.so do something in the time of young,although you may not get achievements as these greatmen did ,though not for the whole word,just for youeself,for those around!

the young is just like blooming flowers,they are so beautiful when blooming,they make people feel happy,but with time passing by,after they withers ,moet people think they are ugly.and so it is the same with young,we are enthusiastic when we are young,then we may lose our passion when getting older and older.so we must treasure it ,dont let the limitted time pass by ,leaving nothing of significance.

我爱我的家，爱爸爸、妈妈，他们也非常爱我，一个幸福的大家庭。

暑假里，大多数就我一个人在家里，爸爸、妈妈都要上班，可是有一天早上，8点了，爸爸、妈妈都还没有出门，我十分好奇，就问爸爸：“爸爸，你们怎么不上班啊？”爸爸笑着说：“暑假都是你一个人在家，今天，我们就陪你玩一天！”我开心地笑了。

想了好久，我们终于想出了一个游戏，它既可以学习，又可以玩——“英语单词比赛”。我、爸爸、妈妈三人轮流做裁判，共3轮，每一轮有2关，第一关是必答关，第二轮是抢答关，谁先举手就先回答，答对一题加一分。

比赛开始了。妈妈先做裁判。妈妈问爸爸：“苹果英语怎么说?”“苹果，苹果……”爸爸答不出来，急得抓耳挠腮。第二个问题：“library图书馆怎么拼？”“嗯，l-i-b-r-a-r-y！对吧。”“答对了，加一分。下一题，自行车怎么说？”“啊，这个我知道，bike。”“嗯，再加一分。”现在轮到我了，我十分自信，有十分认真。“地铁怎么拼？”“s-u-b-w-a-y。”“对，加一分。”……时间过去了很久，我做完裁判了，接下来，该爸爸做裁判了。爸爸一直对着我们笑，感觉不怀好意，似乎会出很难的题。“电影院怎么拼1、2、3.”我飞快地举起了手：“c-i-n-e-m-a。”“对了，加一分。第二题，国家怎么拼？”我想了一会，举起了手，而一旁的妈妈早就举手了，这次只能失去机会了。

十分钟过去了，二十分钟过去了，半个小时过去后，我们的比赛结束了，我、妈妈、爸爸的比分是20：19：13。“我赢啦！”我高兴地一蹦三尺高。咦，爸爸呢？奥，原来他正拿着英语书补习呢：“下周我们再来吧！”“好啊！”我和妈妈齐声说。

瞧！我们在一起多开心，我有一个幸福温暖的大家庭！

Chinese people always appreciate the purposes and principles of Olympic ideal, support the efforts of Olympic Games to promote world peace. The Chinese Government and people are doing our the utmost/best to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and shooting at the pageant with advocating Olympic ideal, sparkpluging world peace and enhancing the relationships among the world. Olympic spirit are gonna spread again in orient cultural ancient China.

The government and people of China have always admired the purposes and principles of the Olympic spirit and supported the efforts made by the Olympics in promoting world peace. The Chinese government and people are doing our utmost in preparation for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It is our hope to make it a grand gathering that will carry forward the Olympic spirit, promote world peace and enhance the friendship among people of the world, so that the Olympic spirit will flourish once again, this time in China, an oriental country with an ancient civilization.

放暑假了，我可丝毫没有放松自己的学习，报名参加了“湖北省第十二届青少年儿童英语比赛”。这个赛事对我可不陌生，在我上幼儿园时就参加过两届。虽然当时在幼儿组，我获得过一等奖的好成绩，但现在，我是小学生了，比赛的要求更高，增加了听力测试，我还能行我去参赛为此，我参加了短期赛前培训。

刚开始针对听力题，我就像丈二的和尚--摸不清头脑。我去参赛在老师的指导下，我带着问题去听、注意重点词汇，难关总算被我迈了过去。我去参赛朗读短文部分，通过老师的讲解，每堂课后，我都能将小短文熟记于心。我去参赛可是，我总也改不掉语速快，缺乏感情的坏毛病。我去参赛

小学组的比赛安排在烈日炎炎的下午。我去参赛在路上，树上的知了“吱吱”地叫着，仿佛在为我加油。考场外，选手们个个斗志昂扬，我是既紧张又兴奋。一进考场，迎面扑来的冷气令我头脑更加清醒。首先是听力测试，伴随着纯正的发音，和着同学们“沙沙”的答题声，构成了一首美妙的乐章。我去参赛口语测试时，我扬长避短，顺利地完成了我的考试。我去参赛

当我轻松地走出考场，真期待这周三的好消息。我去参赛

周五早上，下了第二节课要去参加英语比赛。虽然准备比较充分但我的心情还是有点紧张。万一过不了预赛怎么办？“叮铃铃，叮铃铃”第二节课下课的铃声响了，我拿起水杯，飞快的向外跑去。

到了赛场，哇！真是人山人海，有的大人在着急的等待，有的同学紧张的要哭，还有的同学紧张的直冒汗……我找了一个空，挤了进去。轮到我抽号了，就要这个吧！打开一看，耶！是39号，不错，和我的参赛号一样。我拿好笔和纸，信心十足的上楼做听力。之后又满怀希望的回一楼讲了一个英语故事。最关键的时刻到了，马上就要公布成绩了，我又紧张起来。我也感觉到我的手心一直在冒汗，以前从来没这么紧张过。人名一个一个的念着，我的心情也是时起时落，终于在最后颁发的一等奖获得者名单里念到我的名字了，“我得了个一等奖，这表示我晋级了！”

加油！相信自己能走到最后。我兴奋的对自己说。

1、 Today is May, 28, 2007! How time flies! Very quickly 2008BEIJING is coming OLYMPIC GAMES! The friends of all over the world will come to China. Let us meet in BEIJING in 2008!

But we have many problems。The duty is not just for the Chinese governmental Chinese people should do their best to welcome the beginning of BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES!

the 2008 Beijing Olympic is a chance to let all world to know china, so the Chinese government and all Chinese people hope we this games should be the best one in the history!

“ONE WORLD.ONE DREAM!” this is the belief of 2008 Beijing Olympic games! It’s the game that lets us know each other! It’s also a time to make friends!

That’s all, Thank you!

2、 China has its own sport legends. Back to Song Dynasty, People started to play a game called Cajun, which is regarded as THE origin of Ancient football. So now, you will understand why our women football team is so good today

with a concept inspired by the famed Silk Road, our Torch Relay will break new ground, traveling from Olympia through some of the oldest civilizations known to man-Greek, Indian and Chinese. Carrying the message “Share the peace, Share the Olympics. “ The flame will pass through Tibet, cross the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers Travel the Great Wall and visit Taiwan and the 56 Ethnic communities who make up our society. On its journey, the flame will be seen by and inspire more human beings than any previous relay.

I am afraid I cannot prevent the whole picture of our cultural programs within such a short period of time. Actually, what we have shown you here today is only a fraction of Beijing that awaits you. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that Beijing will prove to be a land of wonders to athletes, spectators and the worldwide television audience alike. Come and join us.

Thank you. Thank you all.

3、 China has its own sport legends. Back to Song Dynasty, People started to play a game called Cajun, which is regarded as the origin of Ancient football. So now, you will understand why our women football team is so good today.

With a concept inspired by the famed Silk Road, our Torch Relay will break new ground, traveling from Olympia through some of the oldest civilizations known to man-Greek, Indian and Chinese. Carrying the message “Share the peace, Share the Olympics. “ The flame will pass through Tibet, cross the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers Travel the Great Wall and visit Taiwan and the 56 Ethnic communities who make up our society. On its journey, the flame will be seen by and inspire more human beings than any previous relay.

I am afraid I cannot prevent the whole picture of our cultural programs within such a short period of time. Actually, what we have shown you here today is only a fraction of Beijing that awaits you. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that Beijing will prove to be a land of wonders to athletes, spectators and the worldwide television audience alike. Come and join us.

Thank you. Thank you all.

football is the most popular ball in the world. more and more people like watching football matches. they cant sleep or eat when their teams are playing.they shout for their players. i think many chinese football player have done better match after match since the professional football league of china was set up. but we still have a long way to go to asia and to the world. we should learn from foreign teams. foreign players and coaches must be invited. dalian wanda, shanghai shenhua and guangd0ng apollo are among the best.

足球是世界上最流行的球类运动。现在越来越多韵人喜欢看足球比赛，当他们的球队参加比赛的时候，他们可以废寝忘食地为他们的队员加油。我认为自从中国足协建立以来，许多中国足球的比赛踢得一场比一场好了。但是我们的足球要冲出亚洲、奔向世界还有很长的路要走。我们应该向国外的球队学习，邀请一些外国的运动员和教练到我们中间来。大连万达、上海申花、广东太阳神都是最出色的球队。

[足球比赛英语作文

It was sunny today. I was excited. I got up at a quarter to seven.

I made a appointment to meet at nine o’clock. After I had my breakfast, I went to the Wanjia Market . It was hot outside. When I arrived, my friends didn’t arrive. I waited for him in front of the KFC’s door.

I haven’t seen them for a year. And in a year, we didn’t come into contact with others frequently. About ten minutes left, my friends arrived one by one. After we greeted,we went to play basketball in Liwan Gymnasium. The match last for tow hours.Oh!I fill very happy today!

吕轻眉

“轻眉，你到台上不能够紧张。”妈妈边开车边对我说。我今天就要去演讲比赛了。这可是我第一次比赛，我的心不禁有些紧张。

比赛的现场终于到了。妈妈连拖带拽地把我拉进了比赛的现场。这里正中央是一个讲台，讲台前坐着十几名评委。我的心都要跳出来了，要是我没演好，那可怎么办？我战战兢兢地看着妈妈，比赛的时间快到了呀！

我待在台下，看着时间的流逝。突然，一个声音打破了现场的静谧。“下面请吕轻眉小朋友上台。”我听到这一声响，赶忙去看妈妈，想让她给我一些鼓励。妈妈却不知跑哪去了。我咬了咬牙，握了握拳头，擦去了汗，硬着头皮闯了上去。开始，我低着头，不敢吱一下声，可是我又不能不演讲了（因为我已经上台了）。于是我努力地抬起头，心却像只兔子一样，跳个不停。我看着评委们，倒吸了一口凉气。我的天哪！台下有老师，有评委，有参赛者。我一定要证明我是最棒的！我鼓起勇气，用响亮的声音念出了台词。顿时，我的心儿跳得更快了，全场爆发出了一阵热烈的响亮的掌声，全场都鼓励了我，为我鼓掌，我的脸上也洋溢着笑容。

妈妈听见了掌声，笑呵呵地看着我的脸，说：“如果你有自信，你就一定能行！”是啊，只要自信，我就一定可以做到。

"Eight glorious disgrace socialisms honour or disgrace observes eight" brought forward by Secretary General Hu Jin Tao: Take pride in having ardent love for the motherland , take endangering a motherland as disgrace, take pride in serving the people , take deviating from the people as disgrace, take pride in science-upholding, use benighted be disgrace , take pride in labouring assiduously , take disliking work and loving ease as disgrace, take pride in unity and mutual aid , take benefiting oneself at other peoples cost as disgrace, take pride in honesty and trustworthiness , take forgotting friendship for profit as disgrace, take pride in observing the relevant code of conduct and the law , take being guilty of dereliction or serious violation of discipline as disgrace , take pride in waging an arduous struggle , take loose and idle living as disgrace. This 16 words, have made me accept very big education.

Our great motherland is one of the largest countries in the world. It has a population of over twelve hundred million. Beijing is its capital.

We Chinese people are brave and hardworking. We have a glorious revolutionary tradition. We drove out all the enemies. In 1949 the Peoples Republic of China was founded. Since then great changes have taken place in our motherland. Now our country is getting stronger and stronger. We Chinese people are working hard to make our motherland into a powerful country.

Children are regarded as “flower of our motherland”. In our country children are taken very good care of. Special laws have been issuedto protect them. Thousands of schools have been set up to make education available to all children. The Party and the government pay special attention to the growth of children because they represent our bright future.

Motherlands destiny is just that everyone Chineses destiny , development of motherland and need to depend on our every Chinese sons and daughterss contribution prosperous and powerful and struggle. But we ought to be missing me at any time for the motherland makes some what, is not what, has ardent love for the motherland from asking for some motherland mother there being able to depend on a meaningless term only by no means. As one middle school student , one League member of the Communist Youth League, I want to study well, contribution being that development of motherland makes self out. "Eight glorious disgrace socialisms honour or disgrace observes eight" brought forward by Secretary General Hu Jin Tao: Take pride in having ardent love for the motherland , take endangering a motherland as disgrace, take pride in serving the people , take deviating from the people as disgrace, take pride in science-upholding, use benighted be disgrace , take pride in labouring assiduously , take disliking work and loving ease as disgrace, take pride in unity and mutual aid , take benefiting oneself at other peoples cost as disgrace, take pride in honesty and trustworthiness , take forgotting friendship for profit as disgrace, take pride in observing the relevant code of conduct and the law , take being guilty of dereliction or serious violation of discipline as disgrace , take pride in waging an arduous struggle , take loose and idle living as disgrace. This 16 words, have made me accept very big education. "To have ardent love for the motherland for glory among them , takes betraying selfs country as disgrace ". Be every Chineses minimum morality base line , associate with person, look at how the parents , relative ought to look at him treating self, show filial obedience to or not , whom he can love if one people even not are apt self parents , relative? China has age-old history , splendid culture. ",

last week, my father took me to the park with his friends, they planed to play the football game, so i could have the chance to see the game. it was the first time for me to watch the football game. it was so good to watch it, i was full of passion. since that time, i fall in love with football, i spend more time with my father.

上周，我的爸爸带我和他的朋友去公园，他们打算踢足球赛，因此我有机会去看比赛。这是我第一次去看足球赛，那感觉真是棒极了，我充满了激情。打从那时起，我喜欢上了足球，我花多点时间和爸爸在一起。

Running is a whole body movement,which enables the bodys muscles rhythmic contraction and relaxation,so that muscle fiber

Dimension increased,protein content increased.Fit and muscular is one of the symbols.

Skeleton is the body of the stent,human activities leverage.In a period of growth and development of young people,adhere to running

Step can improve blood circulation,increase the supply of nutrients in bone cells increase bone cell growth capacity,from the

And to promote the normal development of the bone.The elderly,reduced metabolism,muscle gradually shrink,and bones appeared back

Line of change in bone and joint disease is also increasing.Persist in running can enhance metabolism,delayed bone

Degenerative changes,prevention of bone and joint disease in the elderly occur,so that you slow down aging.

这个星期五，我和胡涵，许文彬一起去参加英语讲故事比赛，这个参赛资格可是我好不容易才和别的同学争取来的，所以在练习时候要更尽心尽力了! 我还好在星期三上午，就把稿子背下来，星期四课间，上台表演就能发挥最好水平。

星期五，我就早早起床，穿好衣服，去化妆店，化上了妆，又把稿子背了几次，把书包放了就向城里出发。我们先坐16路再坐308。到了比赛场地，陈老师已经在那儿了。 我十分紧张。开始抽签了，看着周围陌生的脸，手心渐渐出了汗，但愿我不是第一个，但愿我能发挥出最好水平，但愿我不会出现差错。老师打开签，2号，老师暗自庆幸：“幸亏不是1号，也不在后面，听到后面，容易听觉疲劳。”可这时，我们又听到一个不好的消息：那排第一的学校没来，我先上。老师听了，马上对那个人说：“不行，再等一等，我们又没抽到1号，干什么让我们先?”我又排到了第三，终于轮到我了，我不能想象一个人站在一个大房子里，许多陌生人看着你那阴森的目光，太可怕了，我勉强挤出一丝笑容，走了进去，可当我一说起故事，我就不紧张了，讲完后，又蹦跳着出来，听见有位老师说：“这孩子的表情……” 我们学校比完后，老师带我们去玩了一会儿，吃了中饭就回了学校。 回到家，爸爸说我这次没说好，下次要做的更好，我也这么想的。 只要我尽力了，我就不后悔。

Dear teacher, dear students:

Good morning, everyone!The title of my speech today is: "celebrating New Years day with joy, go all out to meet the test".

Dear classmates, protectively, as the sun is like a boat, it is one year.This week we will be coming off the unforgettable XX years, merrily merrily XX to celebrate the New Year.This is what we are looking forward to already a long time of New Years day on Sunday.A yuan namely, vientiane update.Dear classmates, the New Year is coming, history will turn a new page, we will enter a new journey of life.Everything is new.And we will have our final exam.The classmates, the final exam is like teachers and parents to us for review, we want to spirit, daring accept big parade from the teachers.New Year new atmosphere.We must redouble our efforts, study hard, work hard, under the guidance of teachers, carefully review each homework, to get good grades in the final exam.

Finally, I wish the students festival happiness, happy growth!My speech to this end, thank you!

今年四月到六月，我参加了2017年“希望之星”英语风采大赛。这可是全国性的比赛哦！必须要闯过海选、市赛和省赛三关，才能去北京参加中央电视台的总决赛。

参加市赛的早上，我和妈妈坐车到了目的地。当时，太阳特别大，天特别热，而且人山人海。我们到了之后赶紧报到，接着就排队去比赛了。因为我是最后一个，等了好久才轮到我，裁判先让我抽图，准备看图说话，再自我介绍。我觉得自己前两个环节表现得挺好的，最后是回答问题，这个环节有点难，四个题中我只答出两个。紧接着裁判宣布结果，我心想：肯定有我！肯定有我！结果，真的有我！我拿了市赛一等奖，进入了省赛。

省赛的准备过程是非常艰难的，又是背台词，又是准备自我介绍，还有模拟考试。仅仅是看图说话环节，一训练就是一上午……

终于迎来了省赛。我怀着紧张的心情走进赛场，里面很安静，选手们都在努力地背词，我也不甘示弱。自我介绍环节，我们都做得非常好，看图说话环节就比较惨了，得知成绩后，我的心情非常低落，爸爸妈妈安慰我，要我别泄气，要我在下午最后一个环节加油，还特意给我复习了几遍演讲内容，我的心情又明朗起来。下午的比赛开始了，轮到我上场了，我站在台上，信心十足地完成了演讲，最后的分数还不错哦！

我的2017年“希望之星”英语风采大赛结束了，虽然我没有踏上国赛舞台，但是我虽败犹荣！这个过程中，我见识到了那些高手们的厉害！我一定要好好学习英语！我一定会回来的！明年再战！

Since I was small, I like to play basketball, because I was effected by my father, he likes to watch basketball game so much, I will watch the basketball game with him. So when I went to school, I joined the basketball team in my class, we made up of a basketball team. Last week, we had our first match.

I was asked to play in the first time, I felt so nervous, I am so afraid that I could not cooperate with my team well. When the match started, I watched the basketball and moved as the ball flied, I forgot my job, I was asked to cover the team leader. I recognized my mistake, I changed my move, at last, I covered our captain successfully, our team won the game.

I learned so much from this match, team work comes first.

今天早上，妈妈带着我赶往了英语风采大赛的比赛处。

是这样的，一个月前高老师让我和几个小伙伴一起去参加星光英语举办的一次比赛。

签到后，我一直非常紧张，因为我怕我会背错，或把歌唱走调。是妈妈一直陪着我，并对我说：“你是最棒的，不需要紧张，你一定会成功的。”我还看见了我的好朋友和周老师，她们都对着我微笑。这是对我多大的鼓励和支持啊!表演结束后评委老师对我说：“你的表现还不错。”这让我兴奋不已。

老师们，同学们，谢谢你们的支持。更要谢谢我的老妈，因为您辅导我写了自我介绍，一直陪着我练习。

Leo Tolstoy once said, everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

He is right. We always have great plans and dreams in our minds… too ready to achieve something grand thatChanges the world or benefits all of mankind .For example; we hate pollution and have made up our minds to find new energy sources that keep the environment clean. Yet we still litter on the ground. We complain about traffic jams, so we plan to build more highways to solve the problem, but it never occurs to us that our failure to follow traffic regulations is the leading cause of this situation. We are so concerned that the violence in the media has a bad impact on our children, we urge the government to set laws to protect them. But, do we, as adults, set a good example for our kids? We use nasty words and even spit on the ground in front of them, I dare to say, we harm more!

In my opinion, before we decide to change the world, we had better change ourselves first. As ordinary individuals, we do not have the power to change the world. But we can change our habit of littering, spitting, cussing, we can respect the environment around us, we must act as good models for our kids.

If each of us does all of these little things, all of us, millions and millions of individuals together, together we will be strong …strong enough to change our world!

So please, the next time you do something, think how your actions influence not only you, but those around you too, especially our children …and perhaps more importantly…our planet!

列夫·托尔斯泰曾说过：每个人都想改变这个世界，但是没有人想到改变自己。

他说的很有道理，我们每个人都心怀伟大时志向，时刻准备去干一番能造福全人类的大事业。比如，我们痛恨环境污染，所以我们下定决心去开发新的更高效更干净的能源来保护我们的环境，但是同时我们却随手乱扔垃圾;我们抱怨大城市的交通堵塞，计划造更多的高速路来解决交通问题，但是我们从来没有想过，如果我们能遵守交通规则话，那么这一问题是不是可以得到很大得缓解呢?我们担心电视电影里面得暴力会对我们得孩子产生不良的影响，于是我们敦促政府通过立法来保护未成年人，但是我们这些大人又做得怎么样呢?我们为我们的下一代做好了表率吗?我们说粗话，甚至在孩子面前抽烟。不客气地说，我们对孩子的不良影响更多!

在我看来，在我们打算改变这个世界之前，我们最好先改变一下自己。作为一个普通人，我们其实没有改变这个世界的能力，但是我可以改变我们随地扔垃圾，随地吐痰的坏习惯， 我们应该学会去保护环境，我们应该为我们的孩子起好的表率作用。

如果我们每个人都能从小事起，那么千千万万个人力量汇聚在一起，那力量是强大的，足以改变这个世界。

朋友，当您在做某一件事情的时候，请您想一想，您的行为会对您周围的人产生怎样的影响， 因为，您的行为不单单影响到您自己，还有您周围的人，更重要的是我们的孩子…甚至我们的世界。

The International Childrens Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries, usually (but not always) on June 1 each year.

The ICD had its origin in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925. It is not clear as to why June 1 was chosen as the ICD: one theory has it that the Chinese consul-general in San Francisco (USA) gathered a number of Chinese orphans to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in 1925, which happened to be on June 1 that year, and also coincided with the conference in Geneva.

June 1 has since been observed as the ICD by numerous countries, especially by Communist countries; in the Western world the ICD is usually celebrated on other days of the year (if at all)， and there is often little public awareness about these celebrations. (See the section on Germany below for further discussions.) Consequently there is sometimes a misperception that June 1 as the ICD was a Communist invention. Nonetheless, in recent years even some groups within the United States started observing the ICD on June 1.