On July 29, the second member congress of the Xinjiang Weiqi Association was held in the Xinjiang Sports Center, and this session ushered in Chen Lingkai, head of the Popularization and Promotion Department of the China Weiqi Association, with a congratulatory letter to the scene, entrusted by Jiang Shicai, deputy director of the Xinjiang Sports Bureau, Yang Dezhong, full-time deputy secretary of the Comprehensive Party Committee of Social Organizations of the Xinjiang Sports Bureau and secretary general of the Xinjiang Sports Federation, attended the meeting to witness the establishment of the new team.
At this new session, Han Hui, president of the first Xinjiang Weiqi Association, was elected as honorary president, Sun Qi, chairman of Xinjiang Qingyuan Industrial Group Co., Ltd., as president, Li Wendong, cost engineer of Xinjiang Shengxiang Engineering Cost Company, as executive vice president and secretary general, Liu Zengli, general manager of Xinjiang Aosheng Weiqi Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Liu Hui, chairman of Xinjiang Longcheng Industrial Group Co., Ltd., and Huang Yi, writer, as vice presidents.
Han Hui introduced that the Xinjiang Weiqi Association was founded in 1994, the overall situation of Xinjiang Go at the beginning of its establishment showed a situation of "small and scattered", and the masses in various prefectures, cities and counties were weak, and the Xinjiang Weiqi Association took the Xinjiang "Fujitsu Cup" amateur Go tournament as an opportunity to open up the work situation. At that time, the visit of Wang Runan, the old director of the Chinese Chess Academy, and The arrival of The Japanese Miyamoto Naoichi Jiudan injected a shot in the arm for Xinjiang Go, which immediately produced a sensational effect, and people began to pay attention to Go.
It is reported that with the increase of various Types of Go events in our region, the participation of enterprises has gradually increased, and the audience group has shown a spurt of development, at the same time, regional Go organizations and The Weiqi education and training industry have also mushroomed, showing a thriving scene, especially in the past seven or eight years, every year in our district, there are more than 100 Go events in various states, cities and counties, which greatly prosper and enliven the Weiqi cause in our region. Since the beginning of the first "Go School" in Urumqi, there have been hundreds of schools in Xinjiang that have carried out "Weiqi into the Classroom", with an annual audience of tens of thousands of people.
The congratulatory letter from the China Weiqi Association said that since its establishment, the Xinjiang Weiqi Association has been a "decoupling" association with independent decision-making, self-management, and vitality. Under the guidance of the Xinjiang Sports Federation, the Xinjiang Weiqi Association has led various Weiqi social organizations, enterprises, clubs and training institutions, which has effectively promoted the development of Go in frontier and ethnic minority areas. 85 percent of all prefectures and cities in Xinjiang have established Go associations, which have two national Weiqi towns, Shaya and Karamay, and two national Weiqi teacher training pilot units at Tarim University and Xinjiang Sports Vocational and Technical College; they have founded the "Korla Cup" National Professional Women's Tournament and the "Karamay Keli Cup" National Children's Competition; they have carried out the "Western Journey" of Chinese Go into Xinjiang all year round; they have actively organized teams to participate in various national Go competitions, and the Xinjiang Aosheng team has been participating in the national professional competition for a long time.
The new president, Sun Qi, said that the new leadership team of the Go Association will follow the trend, strengthen the management of the tournament and industry self-discipline, improve the system, and play an active role in innovating social governance and fulfilling social responsibilities.
Yang Dezhong sent a message to the new team of the Weiqi Association to pay attention to building a high-quality tournament brand, helping the cultural xinjiang project, promoting the development of Weiqi culture to the west, and deepening cultural exchanges and cooperation with Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia and other countries.