China News Service, June 5, according to ITTF website news, on the 4th local time, the ITTF Executive Committee held a meeting to discuss the latest situation of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. The meeting decided to request the local organizing committee of Busan, South Korea to re-select the date of the event and try to hold the World Table Tennis Team Championship in the months before 2021.

　　The Busan Group World Table Tennis Championship was originally scheduled to be held from March 22 to 29, 2020, but affected by the epidemic, it was temporarily postponed from September 27 to October 4 after two postponements.

　　According to a notice from the ITTF website, all decisions of the executive committee meeting are as follows:

　　According to the current situation, most teams may not be able to enter South Korea smoothly in September. In view of this reality, the ITTF Executive Committee agreed to request the local organizing committee of Busan, South Korea to re-select the date of the event, and try to hold the Asian Bank of Asia World Table Tennis Team Championship in the months before 2021.

　　ITTF continues to advance the annual congress to be held on September 28, 2020. If the Busan World Table Tennis Tournament is postponed again, the annual congress will be held online instead.

　　Once the final situation of the World Table Tennis Championships is confirmed, considering that the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games have been determined to be postponed, ITTF will conduct a comprehensive review of the original planned calendar for 2021 in the coming weeks.

　　Regarding the arrangement of 2020 events, ITTF still hopes to host international public events in the last quarter of 2020; at the same time, ITTF has also begun to study the possibility of holding regional events or invitational events before that.

　　With the active participation of the Athletes Committee, after close consultation, the ITTF Executive Committee has approved the adjustment of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Qualification System. After confirmation by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee, the final adjustment plan will be announced.

　　The ITTF Executive Committee, through its foundation and the WTT World Table Tennis Professional League, will provide financial assistance to national associations, players and foundation projects that are heavily affected by the epidemic. More news about this project will be released soon.

　　In view of the recent global incidents, the ITTF Executive Committee once again reiterated that it adopts a zero-tolerance policy against any form of racial discrimination.

　　The ITTF Executive Committee will meet again on June 23, and more updates on the new crown epidemic will be announced at that time. (Finish)