The Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macao Youth Badminton Invitational Tournament was held in Chongqing

The picture shows the contestants competing fiercely.　Photo by Liu Xianglin

Chongqing, January 24 (China News Network) (Reporter Liu Xianglin) The 2022 Cross-Strait and Hong Kong and Macao Youth Badminton Invitational Tournament was swung at the Dadukou Gymnasium in Chongqing on the 24th. 36 young badminton players from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Chongqing participated.

According to reports, this activity is one of the offline local activities of the 28th Taiwan Compatriot Youth Winter Camp of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots in 2022. With the theme of "Welcoming the Winter Olympics and Facing the Future", the competition builds a platform for exchanging skills, exchanging experiences and deepening friendship by organizing young badminton lovers in Chongqing, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao to carry out the "You Come and Go" badminton friendly competition. The competition adopts the pairing combination of Chongqing players and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao players to compete in the men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles competitions, and finally determines the top 3 according to the results of each team.

Yuan Wei, deputy mayor of Chongqing Dadukou District, said in his speech that the competition is an important activity to promote young people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao to understand the development of Chongqing and to enhance youth friendship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao. As the host, Dadukou District fully supports the event as a grand event widely known and actively participated in by young people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and builds this event into an annual carnival for young badminton lovers in Chongqing, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

Pan Jianwen, a Taiwanese participant, said that on the eve of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, using sports as a link to promote exchanges between young people in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Chongqing is a very good way to communicate. In the past, playing badminton was teamed up with Taiwan friends, and this time the competition format is special, and the lottery is held to compete with mainland compatriots, which is easy to meet more mainland friends and integrate into local life.

Hong Kong contestant Yan Jiayuan has been on the mainland for many years, and this is the first time she has participated in such sports exchange activities. "There are very few friends in Chongqing, and through activities like this, you can find more like-minded friends." Yan Jiayuan said that there are more and more sports exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland, and the overall level of competition in Hong Kong is getting higher and higher. Through this competition, we not only practiced our skills, but also enhanced mutual understanding and exchange, learned the strengths of other players or opponents, and learned to appreciate others.

Macau contestant Jerry is the first gold medalist at the Macau Asian Games. Jia Rui said that there is a long history of sports exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao. Various sports events have promoted exchanges and interactions between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao, brought closer relations between Hong Kong and Macao and the mainland, enhanced the sense of identity of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots to the country, and enhanced the cohesion of the Chinese nation. Affected by the epidemic, many sports exchange activities have moved online, and it is hoped that the epidemic will dissipate as soon as possible and more face-to-face sports exchange activities will be held. (End)