Qitaihe City is known as "Cold Region Northern Medicine", "Capital of Coking Coal", "Hometown of Chinese
Winter Olympic Champions", "Hometown of Chinese Short Track Speed Skating", and "Cradle of Winter Olympic
Champions • Holy Land of Short Track Speed Skating". It has cultivated 10 world short track speed skating champions,
including Zhang Jie, Yang Yang, Wang Meng, and Fan Kexin. It is a "National Key High-Level Sports Reserve
Talent Base" designated by the General Administration of Sport of China.
In June 2022, it was awarded the "City of Olympic Champions" commemorative trophy by the Chinese
Olympic Committee.Wanbao Mountain has stories, and Wanbao Lake has legends.The holding of the 2023-2024
Ice Dragon Boat Super League (Qitaihe Stop) is a positive practice of the development concept of "Lucid waters and
lush mountains are invaluable assets, and ice and snow are also invaluable assets", and a positive response
to the call of "Engaging 300 million people in winter sports".
On January 7th, the 2023-2024 Ice Dragon Boat Super League will move to Jingpo Lake for the third stop.
Stay tuned for more excitement!