The International Ice Hockey Federation invited Wu Jing to serve as the World Ice Hockey Ambassador

Beijing, 10 Feb (Xinhua) -- The International Hockey Federation announced on 10 February that it would invite Chinese actor Wu Jing to serve as the world ice hockey ambassador.

Tadif, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, awarded Wu Jing the status of World Hockey Ambassador. Tadif said: "The International Hockey Federation is honoured to invite Wu Jing to be an ice hockey ambassador on the occasion of the Winter Olympics. ”

Torchbearer Wu Jing at the torch relay on February 2. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Chenguang

According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, in order to promote ice hockey, especially in China, the International Ice Hockey Federation takes advantage of the opportunity of the two Winter Olympics in Asia, in addition to sparing no effort to bring the world's best ice hockey players to the Olympic ice hockey game, but also set up a Chinese, Russian and other Chinese social network platforms to let more Chinese sports fans understand ice hockey, learn ice hockey culture, so that they can like ice hockey, and attract more teenagers to participate in ice hockey.

"We are very grateful to him (Wu Jing) for helping us develop the sport of hockey through his influence. I hope he can call on more fans to cheer for the Chinese ice hockey team and applaud the performance of the Chinese ice hockey team in the Winter Olympics. Tadif said.

For this new identity, Wu Jing said: "I watched several matches of the Chinese women's ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics, which were very exciting, and we were very touched by their outstanding performance of actively fighting for the glory of the country. Ice hockey is a very worthwhile sport, there is teamwork, there is collision, a lot of pole holding technology and our ancient Chinese horse martial arts have similarities, I hope you can pay more attention to the ice hockey game, cheer for the Chinese ice hockey team. It is an honor to be the World Ice Hockey Ambassador of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and I hope to bring more children and families to participate in the sport of ice hockey. ”

Editors: Liu Ning, Huang Xuguo, Ji Jiadong