According to the answer given by the Zhihu Forum, during the competition, each team must answer questions independently, and it is forbidden for the team members to communicate with anyone outside the team (including the instructor) and discuss issues related to the problems in any way. Whether the players actively participate in the discussion or passively receive the discussion information is regarded as a serious violation of competition discipline. During the competition, contestants are not allowed to join or stay on the internet communication platform involving the discussion of competition topics, otherwise it will be regarded as a serious violation of competition discipline. Teams that violate discipline seriously will be disqualified unconditionally, and will be informed accordingly according to the circumstances.

The National Mathematical Modeling Competition for College Students was founded in 1992 and held once a year. It has become the largest basic subject competition in domestic universities and the largest mathematical modeling competition in the world.