Wang Shaohua welcomed the delegation and said that Zhengding County is a famous national historic and cultural city and one of the important birthplaces of Yanzhao civilization.In recent years,its economy as well as other undertakings have been advancing rapidly. Zhengding is the place where President Xi Jinping used to work and National table tennis training center is located. This visit will surly improve the reputation of Zhengding and vigorously promote Zhengding’s foreign exchanges and cooperation.  

Song Jingwu ,Vice President of CPAFFC and President of Table Tennis Association of CPAFFC said that giving full play to people-to-people diplomacy, “Ping Pong Diplomacy” , which rotates the globe by tiny balls, is a successful example in the history of world diplomacy. For years, CPAFFC has been committed to inheriting and carrying forward the fine tradition of “Ping Pong Diplomacy” .This delegation, the first one of“Ping Pong Diplomacy Touring China”organized by CPAFFC, will have matches with provincial and municipal teams.The purpose of this event is to inherit “Ping Pong Diplomacy” so as to increase the understanding and affection of foreign diplomats for China.

Rinchen Rakshaev,First Secretary of Russian Embassy in China,said that it is a great pleasure to visit Zhengding. “Ping Pong Diplomacy Touring China” is a great event that enables Russian diplomats to have a better understanding of China. Russian diplomats will strive to deepen friendship between Russia and China.

In Zhengding, the joint team of foreign diplomats and CPAFFC table tennis team respectively had friendly matches with table tennis team of Zhengding County government and the joint table tennis team of Hebei provincial government and Shijiazhuang municipal government.