On April 23, Mizhi County celebrated the "May Day" and the third "Trade Union Cup" staff sports meeting and inter-work gymnastics competition was held in the county stadium. Wang Manhua, secretary of the county party committee, Sun Wenqiang, director of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress, Yang Shusen, county magistrate, Liu Jun, deputy secretary of the county party committee, Guo Jinwei, deputy county magistrate, and Ji Naiming, vice chairman of the county CPPCC, attended the opening ceremony. Ji Qiaoling, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress and chairman of the County Federation of Trade Unions, presided over the ceremony. Chairmen of grassroots trade unions from various organs and institutions in the county, gymnastics athletes, Tai Chi performers, walking performers and some athletes from basketball, football and other teams attended the opening ceremony.
Liu Jun, deputy secretary of the county party committee, delivered an opening speech, he hoped that all athletes would carry forward the sports ethics, work hard, and compete in a level, style, and performance; he hoped that all departments at all levels and the majority of cadres and workers in the county would take this Games as an opportunity to establish the concept of "hard work, happy and healthy life", and transform the enthusiasm and vitality stimulated in the competition into a strong driving force for entrepreneurship and courage, and make new and greater contributions to the high-quality development of the county.
At the ceremony, the schedule of activities was read out, and the leaders attending the meeting awarded flags to the County Football Association, the County Basketball Association, the County Table Tennis Association, the County Workers' Cultural Palace, the County Sports Development Center, the County Badminton Association, the County Chess Association, and the County Go Association. Representatives of participating teams, athletes, and referees made speeches successively. Wang Manhua, secretary of the county party committee, announced the opening.
At the opening ceremony, more than 300 cadres and workers carefully selected by 13 systems in the county composed of the "Gymnastics - the Ninth Set of Radio Gymnastics Exhibition Team" were heroic and energetic, showing the new atmosphere in the new journey. The Taijiquan performance team has a fist momentum like a spring silkworm spinning silk, continuous, and the posture is like a white crane and a horse, elegant and chic, with stillness in movement, rigidity and softness. The walking troupe is full of energy and vigorous pace, constituting a beautiful landscape of healthy sports.
In the competition, 300 athletes from 12 participating teams in the ninth set of broadcast gymnastics performances were full of spirit and vitality. They walked neatly, shouted loud slogans, interpreted the vitality and beauty of inter-work exercises with full enthusiasm and standardized actions, and showed the spirit of high-spirited and courageous struggle of employees. Chest expansion, body rotation, and jumping have been practiced 100 times. Smiling, confident, blooming, every drop of sweat deserves praise.
After fierce competition, the team of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision won the first prize, the team of the county education and sports system and the team of the county women's federation won the second prize, and the team of the county people's congress, the county financial system and the county public security system team won the third prize. The team of the county party committee, the propaganda system, the county administrative examination and approval system, the suburban town, the county taxation system, and the Jintai chlor-alkali team won the excellent organization award.
It is understood that the competition has a total of 72 teams of 656 people participating in the ninth set of broadcast gymnastics, football, basketball, Go, chess, badminton, table tennis 7 competitions, the competition is sponsored by the Mizhi County Federation of Trade Unions, Mizhi County Education and Sports Bureau, Mizhi County Workers' Cultural Palace, County Sports Development Center, County Football Association, County Basketball Association, County Table Tennis Association, County Badminton Association, County Chess Association and County Go Association jointly undertake.
Editor: Qin Yuan, reporter Cao Yi
Source: Mizhi release