Beijing, June 6 -- According to the China Farmers Sports Association, under the guidance of the Department of Rural Social Undertakings Promotion of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Department of Mass Sports of the General Administration of Sports, sponsored by the China Farmers Sports Association and the Group Department of the All-China Sports Federation, and supported by the Chinese Basketball Association, the National Hemei Rural Basketball Competition (Village BA) will be launched nationwide in three stages from June to October. In order to further enhance the social awareness and influence of the competition, it was decided to open the competition logo, theme song and mascot to the whole society.

The full text of the announcement is as follows:

Announcement on the open call for logos, theme songs, and mascot designs for the National and American Village Basketball Tournament (Village BA).

In order to deeply implement the spirit of the 2023th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the No. 6 Document of the Central Committee in 10, promote the construction of livable and workable and beautiful villages, enrich rural cultural and sports activities, boost rural spirit, and promote the high-quality development of farmers' sports, the National Hemei Rural Basketball Competition (Village BA) will be launched in three stages across the country from June to October, under the guidance of the Department of Rural Social Undertakings Promotion of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Department of Mass Sports of the General Administration of Sports, sponsored by the China Farmers Sports Association and the Group Department of the All-China Sports Federation, and supported by the technical support of the Chinese Basketball Association. In order to further enhance the social awareness and influence of the competition, it has been decided to open the competition logo, theme song and mascot to the whole society, and it is hereby announced as follows:

1. Solicitation content

(1) The logo of the National Hemei Rural Basketball Competition (Village BA);

(2) The theme song of the National Hemei Rural Basketball Competition (Village BA);

(3) The mascot of the National Hemei Village Basketball Tournament (Village BA).

2. Collection time

June 2023 – June 6, 9

3. Collection requirements

(1) Scope of application

All individuals or groups interested in the logo, theme song, and mascot design of the National and American Village Basketball Tournament and voluntarily comply with all the requirements of this solicitation activity can participate in this solicitation activity. Applicants can participate in the competition logo, theme song and mascot design activities at the same time, or participate in one of the design submissions alone. When submitting, you need to check the relevant options on the "National Hemei Village Basketball Tournament (Village BA) Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Design Collection Activity Registration Form".

(2) Requirements for works

1. Design and creation requirements

(1) Competition logo design requirements. Closely follow the theme of "Hundreds of millions of farmers fitness, jointly build a peaceful and beautiful countryside", and highlight the characteristics of "agricultural fun and agricultural taste". The logo design pattern should be suitable for use with the relevant text content of the national and American rural basketball competitions, and the composition should be concise, prominent in characteristics, highly recognizable, and have unique artistic creativity and visual impact.

(2) Requirements for the creation of the theme song of the competition. It is created around the theme of "Hundreds of millions of farmers fitness, building a harmonious and beautiful countryside". The lyrics should be positive, healthy, concise, clear, and catchy, which can fully reflect the enthusiasm of the peasant masses to actively participate in basketball competitions; The rhythm of the song should have a strong sense of substitution, and can have a good psychological and emotional resonance with the broad masses of farmers. The song is not limited to form, beautiful melody, elegant and customary, easy to sing, 3-5 minutes long.

(3) Competition mascot design requirements. Following the theme of "Hundreds of millions of farmers fitness, building a harmonious and beautiful countryside", it can not only show the new style of farmers, lead the new style of the countryside, but also reflect the characteristics of the rural basketball game "agricultural fun and agricultural taste". The design work can be based on people, animals, plants, objects with special meaning, or a kind of life-giving modeling dolls created by themselves, the shape should be vivid and pleasing, the image is clear, highly recognizable, impressive, and has unique artistic creativity and appeal, which can be generally recognized by different audiences.

2. Scope of application

(1) The design works must be used for printing and spraying of various display panels, advertisements, books and newspapers, picture albums, cultural and creative industries, etc. When embodied in any color, material, size, plane or three-dimensional, static or dynamic carrier, it does not affect the overall visual aesthetics and expressiveness of the design, and should be considered for extended use in all skill areas.

(2) The design work should be suitable for the needs of media reprinting and dissemination, and should have good visual or auditory effects in practical applications.

3. Delivery requirements

The design of the work shall be submitted in the form of an electronic draft, and a design description of 200-500 words must be attached, including but not limited to: the name of the work (mainly referring to the theme song and mascot), the creative concept, the meaning of the work, the design connotation, the personality (mainly refers to the mascot), the background story, etc.

4. Rewards for works

(1) Awards for selected works

This call for works will give certain rewards to individuals or groups selected for the selected works.

(2) Shortlisted works rewards

A number of shortlisted entries will be selected and certificates will be awarded.

5. Submission of works

Entries will be submitted in the form of electronic files, with the subject of the email being "National Hemei Village Basketball Tournament (Village BA) Logo, Theme Song, Mascot Collection", and meet the following requirements:

(1) List of materials to be submitted

1. "Copyright Confirmation of the Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Applicant of the National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA)" (see Annex 1);

2. "National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA) Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Design Collection Activity Registration Form" (see Annex 2);

3. National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA) logo and mascot design sample (participants in the competition logo and mascot designers need to submit);

4. Full audio/video of the theme song of the National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA) (the designer of the theme song of the competition needs to submit);

5. A scanned copy (or photo) of the "National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA) Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Design Copyright Confirmation of the Creator of the Applicant", "National Hemei Village Basketball (Village BA) Competition Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Design Collection Activity Registration Form" signed (or sealed) by the creator of the applied work;

6. Basic information of the applicant.

(2) Requirements for submission of materials

1. The logo and mascot design works of the competition are submitted in the form of pictures, and the accuracy is unified as 2480*3508 pixels (vertical typesetting), 300dpi (single jpg is not less than 3M). The image is required to be in JPG and PDF formats, JPG is compressed and packaged in RAR format, and the PDF is submitted as a single-typeset document, the size cannot exceed (number of pages*3)M, and the maximum is not more than 10 pages.

2. The theme song of the competition is submitted in complete audio or video form (MP3 or WAV format only), with the song name, lyrics, score, songwriter and singer description, and separate lyrics or scores are not accepted.

3. The content of the design work is submitted in the "National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA) Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Design Collection Activity Registration Form".

4. Contributors need to retain the original paper version of the "National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA) Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Design Applicant Copyright Confirmation Form", "National Hemei Village Basketball Competition (Village BA) Logo, Theme Song and Mascot Design Collection Activity Registration Form", and the logo and mascot designers need to retain bitmap source files (resolution above 300dpi) or vector source files that can be used for printing production. Authors of selected works must provide the source file for use by the organizer. After the collection and evaluation is completed, the organizer will hand over the paper version of the documents with the winners.

5. The costs incurred by the creation, scanning, printing, mailing and other participating submissions shall be borne by the author.

6. Other matters

(1) The China Farmers Sports Association is responsible for the interpretation of this collection activity.

(2) There is no fee for the whole process of this solicitation.

(3) All entries received will not be returned, and the creators of the entries shall keep their own drafts.

(4) The copyright of the entries is protected by relevant laws and regulations of China, must meet the requirements of relevant national laws and regulations and ensure completeness, and the works must be original works, without plagiarism or prior use. If there is an intellectual property dispute, copyright dispute or any dispute caused by plagiarism, etc., the organizer has the right to revoke its qualification and award, and the individual or group of participants shall bear the corresponding consequences.

(5) All award-winning works, except for the right of authorship, all intellectual property rights (including but not limited to the copyright of logo design drawings and design descriptions, and all rights to all flat, three-dimensional or electronic carriers of the works) belong to the event organizer. The organizer has the right to use, develop, modify, authorize, license or protect the winning works in any form, as well as carry out copyright registration.

Contact number: 010-59196168

Submission email: info_nmtx@163.com