Zhengzhou, Henan, April 4 (Sun Chenhui) The 23 Cross-Strait People's Baseball and Softball League (Zhengzhou Station) opened in Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Henan Province on the 2023nd. More than 22 team members, referees and guests from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered in the Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone to start the first sub-tournament of the season. 500 participating teams will compete here for two days to meet friends, enhance communication and share family bonds.
According to reports, the competition project in Zhengzhou is slow softball, divided into social groups and evergreen groups, using a group round-robin system, a total of 75 games. During the competition, the participants will also be organized to participate in cross-strait exchange activities such as "Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Investment Promotion Conference" and "Contestants Watch the Economic Development".
On April 4, players from both sides of the strait competed in the 22 Cross-Strait People's Baseball and Softball League (Zhengzhou Station). Photo by Wang Jun
Sun Lin, director of the Exchange Office of the Henan Provincial Taiwan Affairs Office, said in his speech at the opening ceremony that in recent years, exchanges and cooperation between Yu and Taiwan have continued to deepen, personnel exchanges have become increasingly close, and cross-strait economic, trade and cultural exchange activities such as the Yuzhou-Taiwan Economic and Trade Fair, the Henan Cross-Strait Youth Exchange Month, and cross-strait media joint interviews have been held for many consecutive years, building bridges of communication in various fields between Yu and Taiwan, and Henan has become a hot land for Taiwan businessmen to invest and develop their businesses, and a home for living and working in peace and contentment.
Peng Mingqiang, the deputy referee of the league, introduced in an interview that "slow softball" is a sports leisure sport derived from baseball and softball, which simplifies the complex rules of baseball and softball, while highlighting the fun of baseball and softball, and is a sports suitable for the whole people.
As a team competitive sports activity popular with compatriots on both sides of the strait, slow softball has developed rapidly in Zhengzhou in recent years, and has been deeply loved and welcomed by the masses, and has become an important medium for cross-strait sports and cultural exchanges. Xu Yong, executive director of the Cross-Strait Baseball Exchange and Cooperation Committee, said in an interview that this league is the first cross-strait national baseball and softball league held after the new crown epidemic. Through this league, build a sports exchange platform based on slow softball, and meet friends with balls, which can fully narrow the distance between each other.
On April 4, players from both sides of the strait competed in the 22 Cross-Strait People's Baseball and Softball League (Zhengzhou Station). Photo by Wang Jun
It is understood that the "Cross-Strait People's Baseball and Softball League" is a key cross-strait sports exchange event approved by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, and the league consists of qualifiers, sub-tournaments and annual championship matches. Baseball, softball, soft baseball and softball, and slow softball, which are popular with students and grassroots people on both sides of the strait, will attract the attention and participation of young people and people on both sides of the strait, popularize baseball and softball, and promote the deepening of cross-strait non-governmental sports exchanges.
Since 2021, the Ordos and Kunshan races have been held, and after this year's Zhengzhou station, the Chengdu station, Taiwan station and Kunshan finals will also be held. (End)