China News Service, Beijing, April 29 (Reporter Ying Ni) The signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation between the Chinese Olympic Committee's Olympic Games Preparation Office and China Oriental Performing Arts Group and the establishment press conference of the China Oriental Street Dance Troupe were held in Beijing on the 29th.

Based on their respective resource advantages, the two parties will cooperate with each other to further promote cooperation and innovation, give full play to the advantages of aggregation, and actively promote cross-field exchanges and cooperation. In terms of cultural development and other aspects, the integration of cultural and sports and the development of agglomeration are realized.

  Jing Xiaoyong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Oriental Performing Arts Group, said that the Olympic Preparation Office of the Chinese Olympic Committee shoulders the responsibility and mission of serving and guaranteeing national sports teams at all levels to win glory for the country in the international arena.

China Oriental Performing Arts Group has a profound artistic accumulation and a rich reserve of artistic creation talents, and has successfully completed many major state tasks and important performance projects over the years.

At the just-concluded Beijing Winter Olympics, Shen Chen, the artistic director of China Eastern Performing Arts Group, accomplished the task well as the director of the opening and closing ceremonies of this Winter Paralympic Games.

In the future, China Orient will carry out extensive exchanges with the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the Chinese Olympic Committee in accordance with the direction of building a "cultural power" and "sports power", consolidate strengths, cooperate with more innovative concepts and strive to promote the in-depth development of national culture and sports.

  Zhang Xin, Director of the Department of Competitive Sports of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, expressed his heartfelt congratulations on the establishment of the China Oriental Street Dance Troupe.

He said that sports are an important part of culture and an important window to show a country's cultural characteristics, national character and spiritual outlook.

As a national art team, China Oriental Performing Arts Group has a profound artistic heritage and historical background, and has cultivated many outstanding literary talents and won honors for the country.

The strategic cooperation between the two parties represents a new starting point and a high standard for national cultural and sports integration.

Sports and culture blend together and will inevitably influence and enhance each other.

Today, the establishment of the China Oriental Street Dance Troupe is an important landing point for the strategy of "integration of culture and sports".

The China Oriental Street Dance Troupe will serve as the talent training reserve base for the national breakdance team of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China.

Members of China Oriental Street Dance Troupe perform photo courtesy of China Oriental Performing Arts Group

  Hip-hop has an important global influence.

Breakdancing has been included in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as a competitive sport.

Hip-hop has also found its own development opportunities in China. It has raised the banner of popular dance and spread across the country with surprising speed.

In this strategic cooperation, the two parties will start from China's first national street dance troupe "China Oriental Street Dance Troupe", and jointly cultivate more outstanding talents through a series of events, performances, training and other activities, promote the integration of cultural and sports industry resources, and enhance the development of the sports industry. Cultural taste, cultivate new formats of cultural and sports industry, strive to expand the industrial chain of cultural and sports integration, build a high-quality development platform for art and sports enthusiasts, and further enhance the artistic performance ability and overall artistic quality of competitive sports talents, and improve the national team's comprehensive competitive strength contribution strength.

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