On March 27th, the press conference of the 19th "Gujinggong Cup" National Press Tennis Competition was held in Beijing News Building. This "Grand Slam" competition for the press will be held in Hefei and Bozhou from May 23rd to 28th. At that time, nearly 30 teams from the national news media will participate in the competition.
In 1996, Wan Boao, then vice chairman of China Sports Journalists Association and president and editor-in-chief of China Sports Magazine, and Jiang Ping, editor-in-chief of Zhejiang Daily initiated and successfully held the first national press tennis tournament. Now this competition has developed into the most influential traditional sports event in the national press. Competition has become a festival for tennis fans in the press to meet friends, learn skills and exchange experiences, and it has become a traditional activity that they will want to participate in every year.
Wan Boao, director of the organizing Committee of this competition, put forward three hopes for this competition at the press conference on the same day: First, I hope that the Association of Journalists, the Association of Internet, society and enterprises will continue to support and make the competition continue; Second, I hope that the organizing Committee will provide good services and enhance the brand image; Third, I hope that the players can play their performance and style, strengthen their physique and do a better job in journalism. He also thanked Anhui Gujing Distillery Co., Ltd. for its strong support to this competition.
Yan Lijun, executive deputy general manager of Anhui Gujing Distillery Co., Ltd., attended the conference on behalf of the organizer. He said that as one of the eight famous wines in China, Gujing Distillery has been adhering to the mission of "contributing fine wine and enjoying life", and has been actively supporting the national fitness campaign, and providing good products and services to let consumers enjoy life. At present, Gujing Group is one of the top 500 manufacturing enterprises in China, and Gujing Distillery Vintage Protoplasm is a strategic product of the enterprise. Gujing people are adhering to the "three-product project" of seeking truth from quality, seeking goodness from conduct and seeking beauty from brand, and creating a new "digital, international and legal" Gujing by upgrading quality and efficiency through "new quality productivity" such as intelligent manufacturing and green brewing.
There are five events in this competition: men’s singles, women’s doubles and men’s youth doubles, middle-aged doubles and veteran doubles.
Yang Shuan, former deputy director of the State Sports General Administration and vice chairman of the All-China Sports Federation, and Yin Lujun, secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Journalists Association, attended the conference.
The organizers of this tournament are the All-China Journalists Association and China Tennis Association. The organizers are the Domestic Department of the All-China Journalists Association, the National Press Tennis Association and the Anhui Tennis Association. The supporting unit is Anhui Gujing Distillery Co., Ltd., the organizer is Beijing Xinxing Huanya Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Anhui Xicen Culture Media Co., Ltd., and the co-organizer is Anhui Senior Sports Association.