A few days ago, Li Yongbo, the former head coach of the Chinese badminton team, appeared in his hometown of Liaoning, promoted the landing of the event named after him, and received local support, and was also awarded the title of "Ambassador". For Li Yongbo, the meritorious coach of Guoyu, after stepping down as the head coach of Guoyu, he lived a relaxed and comfortable semi-retirement life, not only retained to participate in the badminton career, but also began to do business, and achieved good results. Today, he promotes amateur badminton events to be held in his hometown, which is also a big reward for his hometown.
As the first major meritorious figure who laid the dominant position of Chinese badminton in the world badminton world, Li Yongbo's status in Chinese badminton and even in the world badminton world is unshakable. When he was in danger, he led The National Feather to rebound from the trough and finally returned to the top of the world, and achieved a long list of honors. But later in his coaching career, Guoyu showed a downward trend, and at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, he completely fell into the freezing point, creating the worst result since the Olympic Games. In 2017, Li Yongbo also officially stepped down from Guoyu, ending his 24-year coaching career as the head coach of Guoyu. In 2019, he stepped down as vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, which is a badminton that has completely faded out of the national brand.
During Li Yongbo's coaching, he attached great importance to the promotion of badminton, especially in popular badminton, and regularly organized national badminton players to participate in mass badminton events and contribute by example. The badminton event named after him, "LYB Li Yongbo Amateur Badminton Event", has become a major brand event, which has been held in many places across the country in the past few years and has been supported and participated in by many badminton fans. Today, although Li Yongbo is far away from the front line, he still actively promotes the holding of amateur badminton events.
This year, the LYB Li Yongbo Global Amateur Badminton Championships will land in Fuxin, Liaoning, which can be regarded as being held in Li Yongbo's hometown of Liaoning. The event not only received strong support from the local government, but also with the full support of many sponsors. The tournament will be held from July 30 to August 1, 2021 at Baodi Spa Resort in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province. The event includes 5 events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, which are divided into 11 groups according to the age of the participants, covering badminton enthusiasts of all ages. Just recently, Li Yongbo was also awarded the title of "Fuxin Hot Spring Cultural Public Welfare Ambassador", which is also a major recognition of Li Yongbo.