On May 23, the opening ceremony of the 11th "CITIC Heye Cup" China Women's Go League A was held at the Yangtze River Hotel in Jingjiang.
The leaders who attended the opening ceremony were: Ma Lin, the chief referee of the game, the national Go team of the Chinese Academy of Chess; Xu Zhisheng, Deputy Secretary General of Jiangsu Provincial Sports Federation; Ding Bo, Deputy Director of Jiangsu Chess and Card Sports Management Center, Vice President of Jiangsu Chess Academy, Vice President and Secretary General of Jiangsu Go Association; Zhang Hong, Director of the Jiangsu News Department and Director of the Internal Reference Department of the Yangtze Evening News, Xinhua News; Cao Huaxin, Vice President of Jiangsu Weiqi Association; Qin Guoliang, a second level researcher of Taizhou Sports Bureau; Zhang Changping, Secretary of the CPC Jingjiang Municipal Committee and Secretary of the CPC Working Committee of the Economic and Technological Development Zone; Yao Donghui, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Jingjiang Municipal Committee and head of the Publicity Department; Dai Jingqian, Director of the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism of Jingjiang City; Chen Shisong, President of Taizhou Weiqi Association.
Ding Bo, vice director of Jiangsu Provincial Chess and Card Sports Management Center, vice president of Jiangsu Chess Academy, vice president and secretary-general of Jiangsu Weiqi Association, said in his speech: "Yao makes Weiqi, and Zhu is good at it." Weiqi, as a traditional treasure of the Chinese nation, has a long history and is extensive and profound. It is not only a sport, but also the crystallization of Chinese traditional wisdom. The Chinese Women's Go League A has been successfully held for eleven times so far. A number of young excellent players have grown up from the League, which has played a huge role in promoting the high-quality development of China's Go cause, and made China go firmly hold the leading position in the world. Jingjiang City, Taizhou, has a profound history of chess sports. It is one of the regions with the highest level of popularity and development of chess sports in the province and the most solid foundation. It has made important contributions to the development of Jiangsu chess cause and has always been "in the forefront" in the development of chess sports in the province. First, the chess culture is profound. Cultural celebrities and the older generation of national leaders, such as Bai Juyi, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and Marshal Chen Yi, have left famous scores, famous games and beautiful Go poems here, providing a strong position guarantee for Taizhou to build a famous chess culture city. Second, actively serve the development of professional teams in Jiangsu Province. Third, the chess movement has a solid mass foundation. Jingjiang insists on promoting chess sports and vigorously carries out activities such as chess sports on campus. The youth chess population ranks first in the province. "
