Five ITTF Member Associations receive Ping Pong Diplomacy Recognition
Peace Through Sport Dinner Houston
Five ITTF Member Associations - United States of America (USA), People's Republic of China (China), Republic of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPR Korea), and Japan have received the Ping Pong Diplomacy Recognition for their remarkable contribution towards peace-making through table tennis in the past 50 years.
The Recognitions were awarded by the ITTF and ITTF Foundation at the Peace Through Sport Dinner Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy in Houston, Texas.
“Peace is not only the absence of conflict. We would like to recognise the significant role of the five Member Associations in Ping Pong Diplomacy during the last 50 years. Their dedication and effort in using table tennis for peace and understanding make them great role models for all ITTF Member Associations.” Thomas Weikert, former ITTF and ITTF Foundation President.
As the main organisations involved in the original Ping Pong Diplomacy event in 1971 and 1972, USA Table Tennis and China Table Tennis Association were the accelerators behind the friendly exchange that broke a nearly 20 years of no economic nor diplomatic relations between the two countries. Since then, not only have the USA and China kick-started collaborations and friendship, Ping Pong Diplomacy has also become a worldwide known term for creating dialogues and building bridges through table tennis.
In addition, China Table Tennis Association was also recognised for its generosity in sharing its table tennis skills with other countries since 1971.
“As the inspiration of the famous motto Friendship First, Competition Second, we would also like to recognise China Table Tennis Association for traveling all over the world to share their expertise. The first training camp was joined by Australia, Canada, Colombia, England, Nigeria, and many more that were done not only in their home countries.” Leandro Olvech, ITTF Foundation Director.
In the past 50 years, Ping Pong Diplomacy has proven to be more than the Sino-American relationship, it is the platform to unite nations in and through table tennis.
Witnessed by guests including Christopher Nixon Cox and Neil Bush, respectively grandson of President Richard Nixon and son of President George Bush, representatives from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States, and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Korea Table Tennis Association and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea were also recognised for their courageous act in 1991 to compete as one team instead of against each other despite the ongoing war between the two countries.
“30 years ago at the World Championships in Chiba, Japan, Korea Table Tennis Association and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea showed the world the uniting force of table tennis. Together they were stronger, as the Unified Korea team became the 1991 World Champions.” Leandro Olvech.
The two Koreas joined forces again at the 2011 Peace and Sport Table Tennis Cup in Qatar, and the 2018 World Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden. The ITTF Foundation project One Korea, One Table then became the driving force behind both teams playing together in several tournaments of the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour.
Japan Table Tennis Association has received recognition for its non-dismissible role in the 1971 USA-China Ping Pong Diplomacy and the Unified Korea team in 1991 and 2018. The former Japanese ITTF President Ichiro Ogimura, also known as the Ping Pong Diplomat, was one of the key facilitators behind the first Unified Korea team in 1991. And the Unified Korea team in the 2018 World Championships would not have been able to play if the Japanese national team had not agreed.
“Thank you Japan for being a constant actor in the 50 years of Ping Pong Diplomacy. You remind the world that we are in this together. We are stronger united and with the support of friends, we are able to achieve greater good than on our own.” Leandro Olvech.
In 2018, the Japanese national team took a huge risk by skipping the quarterfinal results of the World Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden and agreed to compete directly in the semi-finals against a stronger team. This has allowed the Unified Korea to play as one team, and thus became another legacy of Ping Pong Diplomacy.
By recognising the contribution of the five ITTF Member Associations towards Ping Pong Diplomacy, we encourage all Member Associations to use table tennis as a platform for dialogues and peace, both on the states and on the grassroots level.
Cornwall Open (Test Event) (Open)
Start: 21 Nov 2021
System: AM (adventure minigolf)
regular walls, no fantasy obstacles, played with minigolf balls
Location: Woodland Adventure Golf (United Kingdom)
Organisers: BMGA
Asarum EB Marathon (Open)
Start: 20 Nov 2021
System: E (eternite, WMF standard)
Location: Asarum (Sweden)
Organisers: unknown
National Putting Tour (NPT) Championships (Open)
Start: 13 Nov 2021
System: PG (putting golf, no regular walls, wide routes to hole, with golf ball)
Location: Palm Desert, CA (United States of America)
Organisers: National Putting Tour
British Adventure Golf Masters (Open)
Start: 31 Oct 2021
System: AM (adventure minigolf)
regular walls, no fantasy obstacles, played with minigolf balls
Location: Mr. Mulligans Sidcup (United Kingdom)
Organisers: BMGA
BMGA British Championships (Open)
Start: 16 Oct 2021
End: 17 Oct 2021
System: AM (adventure minigolf)
regular walls, no fantasy obstacles, played with minigolf balls
Location: Strokes Adventure Golf (United Kingdom)
Organisers: BMGA
Olivia Prokopova Wins Her Third Green Jacket
14 Oct 2021 at 14:14
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - A lot may have changed for Olivia Prokopova since the last time she won the USPMGA Master's green jacket in 2013 but one thing that didn't is her putting in the clutch. With three aces in the final four holes of the 2021 Master's, she closed out the grueling event to become a three-time winner and the first mom to grab the jacket.
Just in the past year, Prokopova got married to fellow putter Wade Sahmel, who finished 11th in the Master's, and saw the birth of their daughter Amelie. It was not the easiest of years though as Amelie was born prematurely and Olivia had various complications during birth, but her focus as a putter and the love and support of her family helped overcome the odds the past week.
The 2021 edition of the Master's was a twelve round competition played over three days and three courses. The first two days saw a third of the field work their way through three rounds each at Hawaiian Rumble, the Pineapple course at Hawaiian Village and the Aloha course. With the best players spread across those courses, there's a lot of mental gymnastics happening to figure out where people are going to land before the whole field comes together for the tenth round at Aloha. This year it was even more so because that round start was moved up due to threat of thunderstorms in the afternoon on Friday so there was no re-pairing during that round. It wouldn't be until the end of the tenth round where we would see how the field shook out from the week.
At that point, Prokopova, who had started the tournament on the hardest of the three courses, Pineapple, trailed by two strokes to Joey Graybeal (2109 champion) and one stroke to Rainey Statum (2020 champion). She had kept it tight by posting a 25 on her second round at Aloha, which tied Gary English for the lowest round of the tournament. It would then be off to the races for Prokopova who would post four-straight 30s across Aloha and Rumble.
What everyone didn't know was that the Top 35, who had made the "cut" to play later on Saturday morning for their final two rounds, were in for some weather for those rounds. After adjusting to new carpet on the Rumble course it would now be a case of who could adjust to the carpets speed in rain, a condition which hadn't really been seen much in practice that week. With the top ten only separated by eight strokes and it being a group of accomplished putters and Master's winners, everyone was in for a treat.
The first moves were made in round eleven as Statum would post a respectable 32 but Prokopova's 30 would slide her past him for the top spot as Graybeal carded a 34. It was then a matter of holding on for 18 holes, which was a tough feat as Statum posted an even better 31 in the final round. Once again given the threat of weather, there was no re-pairing for the final round so Prokopova found herself ahead on the course of Statum and Graybeal coming down the final stretch. So when she aced the easier hole one and then the more difficult, with the new carpet, hole 2, the field knew the pressure was on. However, she all but sealed it with an ace on hole 4, which until then had only 7 aces for the entire tournament. When Statum hit a deuce on three it was over and Sahmel got to celebrate with her family. It also clinched the women's title for her and with Graybeal as her doubles partner there was no doubt about them winning that title as well. Statum would finish 2nd and Graybeal would finish in a tie for 3rd with Matt McCaslin who was also inducted into the USPMGA Hall of Fame in 2021. He is the 14th inductee.
Taking the stop spot earned Prokopova $5,500 (~4755 EUR). This year's tournament paid down to 35th, which took home $125 (~108 EUR). Full results and more information can be found at the links below.
Sheridan Hangs on to Win at Matterhorn
24 Sep 2021 at 16:36
Top 8 of the Pro Division
Canton, Connecticut - In the 5th year of his organization, The Putting Penguin, running the Matterhorn International Pro-Am, Pat Sheridan pushed his way up the leaderboard, outlasted the competition and grabbed his first win at the tournament. It was a beautiful September day as 18 pros and 20 amateurs teed up for the tournament looking to see if they could best a course known for its scant aces and handful of daunting holes. This year the pro division had been reduced from five rounds to three rounds and everyone knew this meant scores would be tight and every mistake would stand out.
Sheridan was up against some formidable competition that day as two of the past winners, Mark "Highlighter" Novicki and Justin Seymour, who was also coming off wins in Maine and Maryland, as well as local young-gun Jonah Hurley all were in the field. Seymour, Hurley and Sheridan would all come off the tee box strong, carding 38s in the first round. Dave Vayda, new to the tournament in 2021, also carded a 38 in the first round. The scores remained hot as the weather warmed up with Matt Liles joining the 38 club in the 2nd round while Hurley and Sheridan matched. This set up an intense final round with Sheridan and Hurley matched at 76, Seymour at 77 and Liles at 78. Randy Rice and Jacob Yale weren't far behind with 79s. In the 3rd round, Sheridan would sneak out to a 2 stroke lead at one point having gotten through the front nine with all twos. Seymour had slipped leaving a showdown between Sheridan, Hurley and Liles. Two bad mistakes left Hurley and Sheridan tied going into the 18th hole, a long and tough par 3 that Hurley had gotten a two on in the previous two rounds. It wouldn't be third time's a charm as he recorded a three and Sheridan just barely missed final hole glory as his second putt from 20 feet away had a bit too much pace on it and rimmed out. His tap in three meant it was playoff time. Liles would end up in third place.
Hurley and Sheridan are no strangers to playoffs at Matterhorn. In the first year of the tournament, Hurley, as a 11 year old, took 3rd place from Sheridan, then 37, with an aggressive ace on the first hole. Just earlier in the week this year, they had a 15 hole playoff for second place in the weekly league. Prior to that though, Sheridan had to take a few minutes to get the amateur prizes awarded.
This year the amateur division was dominated by Caleb Smith who at 15 set an amateur record of 120 for the 3 rounds along with a record low round score for an amateur of a 38. Caleb's dad Darren came in second with a 128 and Josh Hayes would hang on to finish on the podium by one stroke over Elizabeth Marsh with Hayes shooting a 133. The amateur division were awarded a variety of prizes and paid down to 8th place.
Amateur Division Top 8
With that out of the way, the question was what the playoff for the top spot in the pros would bring. This time around Hurley played more conservatively on the first hole and he and Sheridan matched 2s for the first two holes. On hole three, Hurley caught a crack in the bricks on his first shot leaving a tough second shot which he missed. Sheridan's tee shot fared much better, leaving him a tap in 2 for the win. It was a bit apt that Sheridan won on the hole named "Holey Moley" after his time on Season 1 of the popular American minigolf show.
Sheridan on Hole 11
Sheridan had this to say about this year's tournament, "First I'm very happy that Mandy [Ranslow] forgoed playing in the tournament to help administer the tournament. That helped me focus a bit more on the putting and overall made sure we had another successful tournament. This year saw the most pros we had playing, which is exciting and I hope we can grow on that in 2022.
"As far as my play went, I was a bit surprised I started off as strong as I did. Normally it takes me a bit to get into the groove after the administrative parts, so I was happy it was a hot start. That final round was super stressful with really any of the four of us in that group having a chance to win. When I messed up on 17, I thought I had blown my chance because Jonah was playing really well, especially on hole 18. I really thought I had won it with my second shot on 18 and then needed to reset for that playoff. My goal there was just no mistakes and it played out well for me. I'm very happy to get this trophy on my shelf."
This year The Putting Penguin also sponsored a skins match after the tournament where 4 pros were randomly selected to play a skins round for $10 a hole. Seymour was selected, along with Rice, Vayda and John O'Leary. O'Leary would end up the big winner netting skins of $80 and $20, with Seymour earning a $70 skin and Vayda a $10 skin.
Seymour Three-Peats in Maine
15 Sep 2021 at 12:23 | Published by: PatPenguin
Top 6 - Sheridan, Tiberio, Seymour, Jones, Goodkowsky, Novicki
Boothbay, Maine – Continuing a hot streak that has already earned him three wins in the northeast United States this summer, Justin Seymour showed what he had for the third year in a row at Dolphin Mini Golf. In 10 rounds, Seymour never scored above a 37 and that consistency on a course where aces are out there but 3’s and 4’s can loom large on some holes, was enough to breakaway from the competition and hold onto a commanding lead through the final round.
The 28th year of the tournament saw 19 putters tee it up for two days on September 11 and 12, an increase over the previous couple of years’ fields. The tournament, which has gone through some format changes over the past few years, was back to a 10 round marathon with 8 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. With several former winners in the field, it’s always tough to place a favorite on who will pace themselves the best, but Seymour would have been the betting favorite coming off victories in Maryland and Connecticut the previous two weekends.
It looked like it would be a challenge right out of the gate though, as round one saw the lowest scores of the day with 2016 champion Pat Sheridan shooting a 32 and Evan Goodkowsky scoring what would be a tournament-low 31. However, the scores would start to even out as the morning progressed and Seymour’s 37-35-33 was enough to put him on top of the field, a position he would then keep the rest of the tournament. By the end of round six his lead was up to four strokes over Sheridan and it would never shrink the rest of the way.
Thus, the battle was on for the rest of the paying spots. This year the tournament paid down to the 6th position and there was movement up and down the leaderboard. Sheridan would drop from 2nd down to 4th and then 6th by the time the tournament was over, while Caleb Jones and Josh Tiberio made their charge to the top. By the start of the last round, it was pretty certain they would finish two-three in some order and then there were three players – Sheridan, Goodkowsky and Mark “Highlighter” Novicki with a four-way tie for 4th. Behind them chomping at the bit were John O’Leary and Peter Burr but neither of them could sneak into the top six by the end. With a solid combo 34 and 35 in the final two rounds, Novicki would break the tie and grab 4th place with Goodkowsky settling in 5th.
Justin Seymour putting on hole 7 in the night rounds
Seymour would drop his round average by over a stroke from his 2020 win, finishing with a 35.5 average over the 10 rounds. The win captured him $500. He would also win the “first hole-in-one on Bobbin Buoys” prize, which is an annual tradition for the 15th hole given it’s the least aced hole on the course. Goodkowsky would grab an additional $100 as the only competitor to aces 18 during the annual hole-in-one competition after the tournament.
This event also doubles as a fundraiser for the Lee Stoddard Scholarship Fund. In addition to funds raised throughout the year at the course and the connected Ice Cream Hut, $1,250 (~1,058 EUR) was raised for the scholarship. The 2022 running of the event will be held the weekend of September 10-11, 2022 with similar expected buy-in and prize money.
Top 6
Justin Seymour – 355 ($500)
Caleb Jones – 365 ($250)
Josh Tiberio – 366 ($200)
Highlighter Novicki – 368 ($150)
Evan Goodkowsky – 370 ($100)
Pat Sheridan – 371 ($50)
Past National Champion wins TN Pro Mini Golf Open
31 Aug 2021 at 06:17 | Published by: PatPenguin
efferson City, TN - The US Pro Mini Golf Association’s TN Pro Mini Golf Open was held Saturday, August 28, at Mossy Creek Mini Golf. Joey Graybeal (Bristol, TN) won the six-round event after acing the first four out five holes in the final round of competition. Graybeal had 15 aces on the day only behind runner-up Kenny Jarnigan (New Market, TN) who aced 18 holes for the entire tournament.
Jarnigan’s opening round 34 (-2) had him tied for 1st place with Gary Hester (Calabash, NC). Another round of 34 (-2) in the second round left the local in sole possession of the lead at (-4). Graybeal opened his tournament with rounds of 37 (+1), 37 (+1), and 34 (-2) leaving him at EVEN for the morning session. A five bogey, including one double, round for Jarnigan also left him at EVEN par after three rounds.
With temperatures in the low 90s, scoring went up in the afternoon session. Graybeal and Jarnigan pulled away from the 23-player field both shooting 35 (-1), the only under par scores for round four. Graybeal shot his third under par round of the day in round five with another 35 (-1). Jarnigan had three aces and three bogeys in round 5 for an even par score of 36. Graybeal extended his one stroke lead going into the 6th and final round with aces on holes 1, 2, 3 and 5. Bogeys on holes 7 and 16 brought Graybeal back for a score of 34. Graybeal final scores were 37, 37, 34, 35, 35, 34 (212, -4). Jarnigan finished runner-up with a final round 36 to shoot (215, -1) three shots behind Graybeal. Gary Hester shot his final three rounds at even par to finish in third place at (+4).
Joey Graybeal has won both USPMGA national championships. He was the winner of the 2016 USPMGA US Open in Pennsylvania and the USPMGA Masters in South Carolina. The TN Open is his first title of the 2021 USPMGA Season. The next major USPMGA event will be the USPMGA Masters held in North Myrtle Beach, SC October 7-9.
This was Kenny Jarnigans second career pro tournament and top finish. For the win, Joey Graybeal took home $600 of the $2000 purse. The tournament paid out to the top 11 players. Defending TN Pro Mini Golf Champion Fred Stewart (Richmond, VA) finished 5th at (+9).
Mossy Creek Mini Golf will host the 2022 USPMGA US Open on May 20-21, 2022. The tournament will be 10 rounds have a $15,000 purse.
Robinson picks up first USPMGA title in the Smoky Mountain Match Play
The top 16 players from the TN Pro Mini Golf Open were invited back on Sunday, August 29, for the Smoky Mountain Match Play. After two rounds, the final four players remaining were #3 Gary Hester, #4 Travis Robinson (Bristol, TN) , #7 Rick Baird (Landis, NC) and #8 John Kropanik (Gladstone, MO)
The first semifinal match between Hester and Baird required four sudden death playoff holes to decide the winner. A par on the difficult hole 4 propelled Hester to the final match. In the second semifinal, Robinson defeated John Kropanik 3 & 1. Robinson road to the finals was not easy. Robinson was two holes down going into the last two holes against the 2020 TN Pro Mini Golf Champion Fred Stewart. Robinson aced holes 17 and 18 to force a playoff where he defeated Stewart.
For Hester, this was back-to-back years making the finals of the Smoky Mountain Match Play. The match started with both Hester and Robinson acing hole 1. Robinson followed his ace on hole 1 with another ace on hole 2. The ace gave Robinson a 1UP lead on the match. A bogey on hole 3 by Robinson brought the match back to all square. On hole 4, Hester made an ace to win his second hole in a row to take the lead in the match 1UP. Par on the difficult hole 6 was good enough for the win for Robinson.
The players remained all square through hole 11. On hole 12, Robinson bogeyed to give Hester a 1UP advantage. Both Robinson and Hester had pars on holes 13, 14 and 15. Hester aced hole 16 to expand his lead to 2UP. Hester’s par putt on hole 17 lipped out. Robinson was able to get his par. Leaving him 1 DOWN going into the final hole. Robinson parred 18. Hester’s tee shot on 18 went long leaving a difficult deuce putt. Hester’s putt missed the target forcing playoff holes. After pars on hole 1, Robinson aced hole 2. Hester was unable to follow-up with an ace of his own given Travis Robinson the 2021 Smokey Mountain Match Play Final.
This is Robinson’s first USPGMA Victory. The prize for 1st place was $500 of the $1000 purse. Hester took home $250 as the runner-up. Rick Baird was victorious in the third-place match and won $150. John Kropanik who $50 for making it to the final four.
Dr. Zimmermann Re-Elected AIMS Secretary General
14 Nov 2021 at 14:04 | Published by: PatPenguin
AIMS General Assembly took place on the virtual platform with one main agenda point being the AIMS Council re-election from the period of 2021-2025. President Stephen Fox, who has been leading AIMS since 2015, made an extensive report highlighting the achievements of AIMS over the last five years.
During this meeting Stephen Fox was re-elected as President. In addition, Dr Gerhard Zimmermann, President of the World Minigolf Sport Federation, was re-elected as the Secretary General during this same assembly. Dr. Zimmerman has been in this position since 2015.
AIMS has become a credible and respectable member of the Olympic family receiving full IOC recognition as an IF umbrella body for sports striving towards Olympic recognition in 2020.
Other highlights of the meeting included discussion of the AIMS members who have received full IOC recognition and the UTS World Virtual Youth Festival. Other results from the AIMS election included Panagiotis Theodoropoulos elected as the 1st Vice President and Dr Julie Gabriel as the 2nd Vice President, Treasurer Kei Izawa, and council members, Mike Thomas, Helen Lundberg, Sabine Shanahan, Gaston Parage, Marius Vizer Jr and certainly Michal Buchel.
For the full press release from AIMS, see the link below.
KNSSA sets up 8 special working groups for epidemic prevention and control
February 25, 2020 09:55:34 | Source: United Front Work Department of Suzhou Municipal Party Committee
In order to thoroughly study the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important instructions on epidemic prevention and control, earnestly implement the decision-making and deployment of the Kunshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, further give full play to the unique advantages of new social strata gathering talents, intelligence-intensive and extensive contacts, and make every effort to match The Party Committee and the government should do a good job in the prevention and control of "external prevention and importation and internal non-proliferation". Recently, the Kunshan New Federation has set up 8 special working groups to guide the city's new social strata to actively participate in publicity and guidance, logistics support, material donation and other work, and provide public welfare assistance such as legal consultation, psychological counseling, resumption of production and work for free, and work, and work together to win the battle against the epidemic.
Service Group for Returnees to Kunming: Assist new social strata to report to the village (community) where they live after returning to Kunming, cooperate with the village (community) to carry out grid management, and carry out personnel information registration in a timely manner. Supervise relevant personnel to consciously carry out home quarantine or centralized quarantine in accordance with the relevant work requirements of epidemic prevention and control in our city, and do a good job in living security.
Epidemic Prevention and Control Publicity and Education Group: Communicate prevention and control requirements, popularize prevention and control knowledge, report prevention and control situations, issue prevention and control measures, strengthen publicity in an all-round and multi-channel manner, guide new social strata in the city to deal with the epidemic rationally, actively learn epidemic prevention knowledge, and enhance self-protection awareness.
Public Opinion Network Review Working Group: Pay close attention to the public opinion trends related to epidemic prevention and control in our city, actively cooperate with mainstream media to do a good job in positive guidance and authoritative release of public opinion, and guide the public not to believe, do not fabricate rumors or spread rumors. Flexible use of Weibo, WeChat and other platforms to accurately collect and respond to social concerns in a timely manner, spread positive social energy, and eliminate public panic.
Enterprise Production Service Group: timely convey and implement the relevant work requirements of the municipal party committee and the municipal government on the implementation of the main responsibility, delaying the resumption of work of enterprises, strengthening epidemic prevention and control, and implementing the "nine uniform" temporary control measures for epidemic prevention and control. Closely contact member units, actively assist in docking government departments, urge the fulfillment of main responsibilities, strictly implement the "twelve must be in place", do a good job in the resumption of work and production safely, solidly and orderly, help enterprises make a smooth transition, and steadily restore normal production and operation order.
Lawyer Public Welfare Service Group: Actively give full play to professional advantages, popularize the awareness of the rule of law in epidemic prevention and control, guide and educate people from new social strata and their units to abide by relevant laws and regulations, and consciously fulfill legal obligations and legal responsibilities. Provide free legal advice and public welfare services in epidemic prevention and control, enterprise resumption of work, employee treatment, business contracts, foreign-related trade, litigation and arbitration, etc. Actively assist government departments to investigate contradictions and disputes and properly resolve them to stabilize social order.
Psychological consultation service group: open an online communication service platform, use professional psychological knowledge, and carry out case counseling. Produce mental health publicity materials to help the public alleviate anxiety, depression, excessive tension and other psychological problems during the epidemic prevention and control period, relieve tension and anxiety, effectively prevent psychological stress reactions, eliminate social panic, and guide the public to prevent and control scientifically.
Social Public Welfare Service Group: When conditions permitting strict self-protection and having the necessary knowledge of epidemic prevention and control, new social strata are encouraged to actively participate in social volunteer services, actively enrich the front-line forces of epidemic prevention and control, closely cooperate with villages (communities), transportation gates, etc. in the city, and actively do a good job in communication. Vehicle registration, daily temperature detection, on-duty night duty, community order maintenance, isolation observation and supervision and other voluntary service activities.
Logistics Support Working Group: Actively provide effective procurement information or procurement channels for masks, protective clothing and other protective materials for new social strata in our city and their units. We will organize the procurement, storage and distribution of protective materials in a unified way, and give priority to ensuring the adequate supply of front-line volunteer service teams. Actively raise funds to help new social strata in our city, and provide them with necessary life and work assistance during the epidemic prevention and control period.
At the same time, the Kunshan New Federation has also issued relevant work plans and guidance to further clarify the direction of work, refine work requirements, strengthen work discipline, and require all district and town new federations to implement relevant work requirements according to the content of this plan, combined with the actual work, and refer to the relevant work requirements.
People's health is more important than Mount Tai. The city's new social strata should take immediate action to carry forward the spirit of "heart-to-hand, watch and help each other". Under the strong leadership of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, and under the unified command of the city's new social class sorority, we should unite as one to overcome difficulties, work together to win the battle against the epidemic and control and create a better life and a new future. !
Kunshan City's new social strata Cultural, Sports and Tourism Professional Committee was established
Zheng Xiaoke, Wang Sufeng
On the afternoon of September 24, the new social class in Kunshan City The inaugural meeting of the Professional Committee for Culture, Sports and Tourism was held. The inauguration of the three professional committees for cultural development, sports and tourism industry marks a new step towards the integration of new social strata into the overall economic and social development at a higher level, deeper level and on a wider scale. Jin Jianhong, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and head of the United Front Work Department, attended the conference. Chen Jianfeng, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee , Feng Huiqing, member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Tourism , Sun Lieping, Dai Quanyuan, second-level investigator of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Tourism , as well as the head of the city's new social class sorority, all the members of the three professional committees and the members of the mentor group attended the conference.
Jin Jianhong pointed out that people from the new social strata are an important object of unity and unity of the United Front, an important force in the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, and a new force to promote high-quality development and create a high-quality life in the new era.
Feng Huiqing delivered a speech at the meeting. He said that the establishment of the three professional committees marks that our city has three elite forces with representatives of cultural, sports and new social strata as the main body to support development, serve the society and be enthusiastic about public welfare; it means that the new social strata have achieved a gorgeous turn from voluntary organization to self-confidence in playing a role.
The conference held the inauguration ceremony of the professional committees and issued certificates of appointment to the heads of the professional committees.
The conference issues employment letters to the representatives of the members of the tutorial group of the professional committee, and the presidents of each professional committee salute the tutor.
Wu Zhinan, a researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and a member of the Expert Committee of the National Public Cultural Service System, spoke as a member of the tutorial group of the professional committee. Li Songwei, President of the Cultural Development Professional Committee of the Municipal New Federation , Zhao Chun, President of the Sports Professional Committee Gao Haibin, chairman of the Tourism Industry Professional Committee, made a statement.
The Sports Professional Committee of the Municipal New Federation is mainly composed of young talents in Kunshan sports, including retired athletes of the provincial team, national athletes, national first-class referees, national competition champions, etc. There are also elite young people from well-known sports enterprises in Kunshan, who come from Luneng Sports and Maicheng Sports. , Haiteng Sports and other companies; there are also sports social organizations. Young talents who work, such as chess chuck eggs, fishing yoga, fencing tug-of-war, boxing martial arts and other municipal individual sports associations.
Mr. Zheng Xiaoke, Secretary-General of Kunshan Tug-of-war Association, was honored to be the first member of the Sports Special Committee of the New Federation on behalf of the Association.
Youth is brilliant from sharpening, and life is sublimated by struggle. It is our dream and the unremitting pursuit of our sports people to be a strong country and strive to be a pioneer in Kunshan sports and hand over the regretless "youth answer sheet". Kunshan Tug-of-War Association will take this conference as an opportunity to unite the majority of sports personnel, work together with one mind and one direction, and make positive contributions to Kunshan's implementation of "four breakthroughs and four responsibilities", bravely be a warm-blooded soldier, decisively win the high-level and all-round construction of a moderately prosperous society, and strive to promote high-quality development and modernization pilots in the forefront!
Establishment of a new social class association in the development zone
Li Chuanyu
Staff Report (Reporter Li Chuanyu) "With this new stage, I believe that more new social strata can be united so that they can better play their roles and realize their own values." On March 14, a new social stratum sorority in Kunshan Development Zone was established. Bi Xin, the first president, introduced that the first batch of 100 development members of the sorority had 100.
It is understood that the average age of the members of the new social class association in the development zone is 37 years old, and 78% of them have a bachelor's degree or above, covering four groups: management and technical personnel, intermediary organizations and social organizations, freelancers and new media practitioners of private enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises. Among them, many members are talents in management and technology of foreign enterprises. Most of them are the middle backbone of the company. Based on their posts, they have contributed "new forces" to the transformation and upgrading of the company and the high-quality development of Kunshan's economy with their own wisdom and hands. After the establishment of the new social class sorority in the development zone, members will be actively guided to strengthen theoretical learning and capacity-building; organize research activities to provide suggestions for development; plan social practice, and build the sorority into a platform to serve the society, a base for cultivating talents, and a channel to fulfill social responsibilities. To this end, a new practice base for the United Front work of people from all walks of life has been established in the development zone.
A new social class association in Zhangpu, was officially established
People's Government of Zhangpu Town, Kunshan City 2019-08-30
Recently, a new social class association in Zhangpu Town, Kunshan was officially established. More than fifty members from various industries in Zhangpu Town, Kunshan attended the conference.
Guo Jiang, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Kunshan Municipal Party Committee, Wang Peiquan, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy Mayor of Zhangpu Town, Gu Weigang, Member of the Party Committee and Director of the Organization, Personnel and Social Security Bureau of Zhangpu Town, Wan Haoming, Deputy Mayor of the Zhangpu Town People's Government, Lu Shiming, President of Kunshan New Social Class Association, Representative of Kunshan New Association and Related to Zhangpu Town The head of the department attended the inauguration ceremony.
Guo Jiang, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of Kunshan Municipal Party Committee, congratulated Zhangpu New Federation on its establishment. He hopes that the Zhangpu New Federation can set an example for the whole city in ideological and political guidance, the construction of representative teams and the role of the new federation, jointly gather wisdom and talents for the development of Zhangpu Town and Kunshan City, and build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way for Kunshan, promote the pilot of socialist modernization, and do a good job in high-quality development. Show examples and strive to be the vanguard of the construction of the new Jiangsu Province to contribute wisdom and strength.
Gu Weigang, member of the Party Committee of Zhangpu Town and director of the Organizational Personnel and Social Security Bureau, delivered a congratulatory speech on behalf of the town's party committee and the government. At present, Zhang Pu is in the critical stage of in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, focusing on the benchmark for the high-quality development of towns and villages in the city, and making every effort to develop "talent science and technology innovation + advanced industry". I hope that the members of the new association can use this new platform to better contribute to Zhangpu's transformation, upgrading and development and realize their own value. The town party committee and government will make every effort to provide a good innovation and entrepreneurial environment for new classes. Make new contributions to Zhangpu's three characteristic new cities: "Creation of Wisdom", "Idoral" and "Happiness"!
In his speech, Lu Shiming, president of Kunshan New Social Class People's Association, hoped that Zhangpu New Association would further play a good role in the relationship in the future and promote the benign interaction between members and the party committee and government; further innovate good working methods, widely unite and unite new social strata people; further build a platform carrier and improve Your own service ability.
Yangtze River Xueming, the new social class association in Zhangpu Town, said that together with all the members of the new association of Zhangpu, we will strengthen our ideals and beliefs, give full play to their professional advantages, strengthen team building, earnestly regard patriotism, dedication, integrity, law-abiding and dedication as ideal pursuits and codes of conduct, and strive to develop the Zhangpu New Association into a Ideal, affectionate, pursuit, responsibility, promising and influential family; earnestly perform the function of "gathering talents and recommending talents", and provide suggestions and contributions to Zhangpu's development.
After the inauguration ceremony, the participants also visited the Zhangpu Art Research Center · Tongxin Home United Front Education Practice Base.