Hwaseong City Signs Sports Friendship and Exchange Agreement with China's Yancheng... Building Friendship Through Sports

Yancheng delegation visits on October 28-29; friendly table tennis match held
Plans to expand exchanges through reciprocal visits by athletes and sports officials

Hwaseong Special City in Gyeonggi Province, led by Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun, has signed a sports friendship and exchange agreement with Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China, to expand sports exchanges.

Youth table tennis players from Hwaseong Special City and China's Yancheng City compete in a match on the 28th. Photo provided by Hwaseong City.

Hwaseong Special City said on October 29 that it had signed a sports friendship and exchange agreement with a Yancheng delegation that visited Hwaseong for two days, October 28 and 29, and held a friendly table tennis match.

The delegation included Yancheng Sports Bureau Director Xu Dan (徐丹), other government officials, and a youth table tennis team. The two sides discussed ways to promote exchange and cooperation in sports and agreed to build a lasting cooperative relationship.

At the friendly table tennis match held after the agreement was signed, players from the Hwaseong Urban Corporation table tennis team and the Yancheng delegation competed and shared their friendship.

The two cities have maintained exchanges and reciprocal visits since establishing a friendly city relationship in February 2024. Last year, a Hwaseong delegation visited Yancheng, and this year, the Yancheng delegation visited Hwaseong, broadening cooperation to include sports.

Building on the agreement, the two cities plan to expand exchanges to various sports, including table tennis. They will also continue to arrange reciprocal visits by athletes and sports officials, as well as friendly matches.

Chae Minwoo, director of the Education and Sports Bureau of Hwaseong City, said, "I hope this visit will bring the two cities closer through the shared language of sports. We will continue to expand exchanges in various fields, including youth sports, and further strengthen the friendly relationship between our cities."

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