On August 10, the 40th anniversary commemoration of the Beijing Evening News 100 Team Cup was held, and the "100 Team Cup Pillar Award" was awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the development and growth of the 100 Team Cup in the past 40 years, praising and thanking them for their outstanding contributions to children and the 100 Team Cup at different stages in the past 40 years.
Due to physical reasons, Mr. Nian Weisi, a 91-year-old Chinese football celebrity and former president of the Chinese Football Association, did not go to the event. On August 22, the staff of the 100 Team Cup Organizing Committee came to Mr. Nian Weisi's home to deliver the "100 Team Cup Pillar Award" trophy to the old man, and presented the 40th anniversary commemorative medal of the 100 Team Cup and the 40th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition Album of the 100 Team Cup to the old man.
The old man is very happy, he said that the 100 Team Cup has gone through ups and downs to get to the present, and it is not easy to go through 40 years, which is why he wrote "40 years of stormy 100 Team Cup" for the new book of the 100 Team Cup.
Mr. Nian Weisi has a deep relationship with the 100 Team Cup, he has been promoting the 100 Team Cup model throughout the country during his tenure as the president of the Chinese Football Association, and after his retirement, he will participate in the 100 Team Cup every year and go to the children to present them with awards. He also specially inscribed in the 25, 30 and 40 years of the 100 Team Cup to support and encourage the 100 Team Cup.
After receiving the "100 Team Cup Pillar Award" trophy, the old man was very happy, and specially took a group photo, he said: "Beijing Evening News has done a good deed, practical thing, overcome all kinds of difficulties to build a football stage for young people, has never been interrupted for 40 years, persistently contributed to the development of Chinese football, praise you, and hope that you can continue to do it and do it better and better." ”