On the afternoon of November 8th, the ceremony of the Shenzhen Hongfa team of the Chinese Go League was held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel In Shenzhen. Wang Wei, Secretary of longhua district party committee and mayor of longhua district, Wang Zhiqiang, deputy inspector of Shenzhen Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Deng Yandong, deputy mayor of Longhua District Government, and other leading guests attended the event.
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Wang Wei, secretary of the Longhua District Party Committee and mayor of the district, delivered a welcome speech, and Wang Wei said: Go originated in China and is the crystallization of Chinese civilization. The development of The sport of Go is an important way to strengthen cultural self-confidence and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Longhua District insists on holding the Go World Champion Longhua Tour every year, including Li Changhao, Ke Jie, Gu Li, Kong Jie, Luo Xiehe and many other Go masters have come to Longhua to play and guide and exchange with Go enthusiasts in the district, laying a broad mass foundation for Longhua Go.
Wang Wei introduced that shenzhen Hongfa team, as the only professional team to represent Shenzhen to participate in the highest level of Go competition in the country, this settlement has opened a new chapter of win-win cooperation between the two sides. It is hoped that the Shenzhen Hongfa team will give full play to its own advantages, create new glory in the Go cause, and strive to build a new IP for the Longhua cultural and sports industry. The district party committee and district government will do their best to be the host, play a good service card, and help all kinds of cultural and sports teams, including shenzhen Hongfa team, to develop and grow.
Shenzhen Hongfa Go Team was founded in 2001 as Shenzhen Go Team, which successfully rushed to the first year of the team and has nearly 20 years of history in the Chinese Weijia and Weiyi Leagues. At present, the team has many Go world champions such as Shen Peiran liudan of the Chinese national team, Nine Dan of South Korean foreign aid Shen Min, Tao Xinran Eight Dan and Shi Yue Jiudan, which can be described as star-studded. In the just-concluded 2020 China Weijia League First Stage Competition, Shenzhen Hongfa Go Team ranked in the top 6 and successfully advanced to the second stage.
For this settlement, Liang Weitang, a famous national player and leader of the Shenzhen Hongfa Go team, said: "The team can successfully settle in Longhua, first of all, we must thank the leaders of the Longhua District Committee and District Government at all levels for their long-term concern and love for the team, and also thank the Hongfa Group for their strong support. The team has a training base in Longhua and has a "root". In the sport of Go, when the pieces have roots, they are stable and alive, and they have the conditions for development and growth. We will use the spirit of "breaking through", the momentum of "creating" and the style of "dryness" to continue to write more stories of spring at the home of Longhua. ”
At the settlement ceremony, with the official unveiling of the "Shenzhen Hongfa Go Team Longhua Base", the Shenzhen Hongfa Go Team Training Base and the home stadium of the competition were officially settled in Shenzhen Longhua. Shenzhen Hongfa Go Team will compete in the weijia league for the rest of the season with a new look. Affected by the epidemic, the current league still adopts the form of the tournament system, and after the resumption of the home-and-away format in the future, Longhua Go fans will be able to watch the wonderful showdown between Shenzhen Hongfa and the highest level of domestic Go teams at their doorstep.
Written by: Nandu reporter Qiu Moshan Correspondent Tan Yannan Lin Jiaman