

Group Photo of Leaders and Guests Attending the Opening Ceremony
Charming Songhua River, Chasing Dreams in Ice and Snow. On January 30, the 1st China · Jilin Songhua River Ice Skating Marathon Challenge & 2024 National Fitness Chinese
New Year Greeting Main Venue Event grandly opened in Jingyu County, Baishan City, Jilin Province. As one of this activity's important ice and snow sports events, the 2023-2024
Ice Dragon Dragon Boat Super League (Jingyu Stop) started simultaneously.
Guests attending the opening ceremony of the event include: Jing Junhai, Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee; Hu Yuting, Deputy Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party
Committee and Governor of Jilin Province; Li Wei, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee and Secretary-General of the Provincial Party
Committee; Cao Lubao, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Publicity Department of the Provincial Party Committee;
Ding Dong, Director of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Publicity Department of the Provincial Party Committee; Ding Dong,
Director of the Mass Sports Department of the General Administration of Sport of China; Luo Zhongyi, President of the International Ice Dragon Boat Federation (IIDBF);
Liu Huawen, Secretary-Genera Liu Huawen, Secretary-General of the Jilin Provincial Government and Director of the General Office of the Provincial Government; Xu Caishan,
Deputy Secretary-General of the Jilin Provincial Government; Xie Zhongyan, Secretary of the Baishan Municipal Party Committee of Jilin Province. Committee of Jilin Province.

Jing Junhai, Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee (4th from the right), Luo Zhongyi, President of the International Ice Dragon Boat Federation (4th from the left)
With the theme of "Charming Songhua River, Chasing Dreams in Ice and Snow", the event is co-hosted by 13 departments and units, including the Publicity Department of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau, Baishan Municipal Party Committee, and Baishan Municipal Government. It is the first of its kind in China and puts forward the concept of "the 42°N natural golden track for ice skating on the Songhua River" for the first time. Ten ice and snow sports events and ten ice and snow experience activities will be carried out simultaneously, with more than 7,000 people registering to participate. Two Guinness World Records will be applied for, and it has been selected by the General Administration of Sport of China as the main venue of the "2024 National Fitness Chinese New Year Greeting Event".



The 2023-2024 Ice Dragon Boat Super League (Jingyu Stop) has attracted teams from Beijing, Henan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, and other provinces and cities, including three foreign teams from Nigeria, South Africa, Panama, and other countries. The competition events include 100m and 200m straight-track races for 12-person dragon boats and 100m and 200m straight-track races for 5-person dragon boats, with more than 200 participants.



Since December 2023, the 2023-2024 Ice Dragon Boat Super League has held five stop events in Xilinhot (Inner Mongolia), Qitaihe (Heilongjiang), Jingpo Lake (Heilongjiang), Jinzhou (Liaoning), and Dalian (Liaoning). The Jingyu (Jilin) Stop is the 6th stop of the 2023-2024 Ice Dragon Boat Super League. The highlight of this series of ice dragon boat events, the 2023-2024 Ice Dragon Boat Super League Final, will start in Ulagai (Inner Mongolia) on February 2. Stay tuned for more excitement!