News from www.taihai.com.cn on May 13 (Taiwan Straits Herald reporter Zeng Yixuan, Chen Jie, correspondent Ye Xiaofei/Wen Li Yulin/photo) Xiamen Intercollegiate exchanges between primary and secondary schools in Jinmen County, give play to the "five predestined" advantages of Xiang'an District and Jinmen, build a baseball and softball exchange platform for young people, and promote both sides Youth integration. Recently, the 2024 Cross Strait (Xiang'an) Youth Baseball Exchange Game was successfully held.
The invitees of this competition are mainly the youth baseball teams in Xiamen and Kinmen. There are U12 and U15 competition groups, with 5 mainland teams participating, Taiwan There are three teams with nearly 200 participants. During the event, cultural exchange activities were also held for youth across the Taiwan Straits. Everyone visited the former site of Jinmen County Government during the Anti Japanese War, Tong'an Confucian Temple, Xiamen Zaifeng Sports Equipment Co., Ltd., etc.
As the nearest place from the mainland of China to Jinmen, Xiang'an District shares the same roots and cultural heritage with Jinmen due to its geographical proximity, popularity, culture, commerce and law. The guide reporter learned that in recent years, Xiang'an District has always adhered to the concept of "one family on both sides of the Taiwan Straits", based on the well-being of young people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, fully exploited the potential for cooperation, successfully created the cross-strait "baseball and softball" intercollegiate exchange project, opened the channel for joint cultivation of professional talents, built a platform for sharing professional resources, planned cooperation and innovation in industry, university, research and application, and jointly cultivated a strong family and country feeling Teenagers on both sides of the Taiwan Straits with profound cultural heritage, solid professional ability and broad international vision have built a bridge to communicate with Xiamen and Xiamen, bringing the distance between the two sides closer.
Song Huojin, headmaster of Liuwudian Middle School in Xiamen, said, "This competition is not only a sports event to deepen the exchange and integration of youth across the Taiwan Straits, but also a cultural event to inherit Chinese culture, Minnan culture, and promote family ties across the Taiwan Straits. It is also a microcosm of the school to school exchanges between Xiang'an District and Beijing and Taiwan. Next, we hope that with the help of this exchange event, we can deepen the integration of youth across the Taiwan Straits, explore a new way for Fujian and Taiwan youth to participate in the mainland baseball and softball games by means of 'Fujian Taiwan joint team', and lead youth across the Taiwan Straits to learn from each other, help each other, and love each other. "
