GAC sponsors the World Table Tennis Championship title: Table Tennis News
The World Table Tennis Championship, one of the most prestigious events of the table tennis circuit, is the centre of interest for many known multinational companies. The title sponsorship of the event is bought by the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC). GAC Group, which is the leading Chinese car manufacturing industry, is based in Guangzhou and is one of the major supporters of the elite class sports events. They were also the major sponsors of the Asian Games last year.
The agreement of the sponsorship of the forthcoming event was signed in a meeting held at Garden Hotel in Guangzhou on April 26, 2011.
The upcoming mega event will be the GAC World Championship. The event, which is to be staged at Rotterdam, Netherlands from May 8-15, is the top ranked event of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) ranking tournaments. GAC Group has also bought the title sponsorship for the 2013 World Team Cup.
Guangzhou itself is a prominent city of China as major table tennis events were held at the city in the recent times. The most important of which was the Volkswagen Table Tennis Cup earlier this year in March. The Evergrande Real Estate World Championship was also held in Guangzhou in 2008. It was the home of Asian Games in 2010. So the city has a reputation in hosting mega events and now will be among the top sponsors of the sport.
The agreement was signed by the ITTF President Adham Sharara, Zhen Qinghong and General Manager of the GAC Group. The ceremony was witnessed by the General Manager of the GAC Group Mr Zhang Fangyou, Deputy General Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Government, Mr Gu Shiyang, Deputy Mayor of Guangzhou Mr Gan Xin and the Deputy President of the Chinese Table Tennis Association Mr Yang Naijun.
Zhang Fangyou said, "We are exceptionally happy to be sponsoring the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships and the 2013 World Team Cup, two important events, we like and see the benefits of being involved with sport; in particular table tennis, as it plays a very important social role within international society."
The ITTF Adham Sharara president expressed his views and said, "The ITTF is extremely pleased that the GAC Group of Guangzhou has decided to become an ITTF partner and make its entry as the title sponsor of the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam”.
The agreement has opened a new level of endorsements for the sport on international level. Chinese players are on the top rankings of the international table tennis.
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