On December 26, 2021, the 16th Annual People Summit of the 2021 China Brand Festival, hosted by the Brand Alliance, was successfully held at Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing. With the theme of "Who Wins Respect for China", the summit selected the "2021 China Top Ten Brand Person of the Year". Ten outstanding representatives, including Liu Shiwen, a famous national table tennis player, Yu Dengyun, deputy chief designer of the China Lunar Exploration Project, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wei Zhe, founding partner of Jiayu Capital, and Fang Jinlong, an artist and collector of musical instruments, were selected.
This award is truly deserved for Xiao zao Liu Shiwen! Her previous brilliant table tennis record is enough to win the respect of all people. The introduction to the award reads: "Liu Shiwen, an athlete on the Chinese table tennis team. National table tennis female general, scarf hero! She is a Gold Slam winner at the World Table Tennis Championships (winners of women's team, women's doubles, women's singles and mixed doubles). The first five-time winner in the history of the Women's Table Tennis World Cup. On the field, she is like a sharp sword, cutting through thorns and thorns, and moving forward! Victory is not arrogant and defeated, with the racket to draw out thousands of passionate moments, with wisdom and courage to bloom out of the dazzling brilliance, the racket in her hands, the motherland in her heart, for the national honor, for the rise of the five-star red flag, dedication to youth, she has no regrets! ”
The guest of honor, Wang Qi, vice president of the Beijing Olympic Culture Promotion Association and member of the China Committee of the Global E-sports Federation, and Wang Yong, initiator and secretary general of the China Brand Festival and chairman of the Brand Alliance, presented the award to Liu Shiwen.
Liu Shiwen delivered an acceptance speech: "Thank you to the organizers and the judges for being able to give me this award. To be able to achieve these achievements today, first of all, I am grateful to the party and the state for cultivating me, and to the Chinese table tennis team for my education, which can make me grow from an ignorant teenager to a world champion and an Olympic champion step by step.
In fact, I know that today's award is more that I received this award on behalf of the Chinese table tennis team. It is more about everyone's support and trust in the Chinese table tennis team. The Chinese table tennis team has had many excellent predecessors in the past, including our generation, which also has a lot of good players. The reason why I can give this award today is that I am very grateful for your love and support for me. I know that I also hope that I can continue to pass on the spirit of table tennis and sportsmanship in the future.
I will also use all my playing experience and experience in the team to play a good role in the team. Chinese table tennis has been passed down from generation to generation, and I hope I can do better. Then finally I also hope that Chinese table tennis can do better promotion on the world stage in the future. I also hope that more people and teenagers in the world can like and love the table tennis program. In the future, I will also strive to continue to struggle hard in the ping-pong cause I love, and continue to do my best to continue to export my value and contribution to the country, society and the team. I also hope that you can continue to support the Chinese table tennis team and support me, thank you. ”
Liu Shiwen's acceptance speech has two key points: one is that Liu Shiwen will not retire in the short term, and will play a good role in the team; second, even if she retires in the future, Liu Shiwen will not leave table tennis and is likely to serve as a national table tennis coach (to continue to export her own value and contribution to the team).
The WTT Macau Championship will be held from 19 to 23 January 2022 at the Macau Tower Stone Coliseum. Liu Shiwen will compete with Ma Long and Xu Xin. In addition, the main players of the Chinese table tennis team, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and others will participate. Hong Kong, China, Du Kaixuan and He Junjie, Li Jie of the Netherlands, Li Qian of Poland and Macao local players Zhang Zicheng and Zhang Zijun will also participate in the competition.