
On January 4, 2025, in the beautiful winter city of Fushun, accompanied by the solemn national anthem, the 2024-2025 Ice Dragon Boat Super League (Fushun Station) commenced at the Hunhe Yong'an Bridge Water Area in Xinfu District, Fushun City. Leaders and guests attending the opening event included Luo Zhongyi (President of the International Ice Dragon Boat Federation and Chairman of the Dragon Boat Culture Professional Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Cultural Industry), Zhang Jiajuan (Deputy Director of Fushun Municipal People's Congress), Liu Chang (Vice Mayor of Fushun Municipal People's Government), Zou Yulong (Vice Chairman of Fushun Municipal Political Consultative Conference), Liang Wenhao (Fushun-born short track speed skating world champion and Head Coach of Liaoning Short Track Speed Skating Team), Shi Yi (Director of Fushun Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Radio Television), Zhao Chunlong (Director of Fushun Radio and Television Station), Dai Yingzi (President of Fushun Daily), Zhang Shaoqiang (Director of Fushun Municipal Sports Development Center), and Zhao Leina (Director of the Audit Committee of Fushun Municipal Federation of Trade Unions).



Supported by Liaoning Provincial Sports Bureau, this competition is hosted by the China Association for the Promotion of Cultural Industry, undertaken by Fushun Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Radio Television, Fushun Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, and Fushun Municipal Sports Development Center, and implemented by the Dragon Boat Culture Professional Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Cultural Industry. It has attracted 18 open-group ice dragon boat teams from various provinces and cities across China and 12 local-group ice dragon boat teams from Fushun, with nearly 500 participants competing in 3 events: 100m straight race, 200m straight race, and 300m drift return race. As the 3rd stop of the 2024-2025 Ice Dragon Boat Super League, the event also welcomes Inner Mongolia Tongqu Forest Dragon Boat Team and Yunnan Minzu University Dragon Boat Team – both with outstanding performances in the first two stops – which will compete with the other 16 open-group teams for the championship of this station.




Luo Zhongyi (Left, President of the International Ice Dragon Boat Federation and Chairman of the Dragon Boat Culture Professional Committee
of the China Association for the Promotion of Cultural Industry) and Liu Chang (Right, Vice Mayor of Fushun Municipal People's Government)


Ice dragon boat is an innovation and extension of the traditional dragon boat sport. It retains the technicality and conventional dragon boat competitiveness, breaks the seasonal limitation of dragon boat sport, and is full of speed and passion.










It is a new ice sport integrating competitiveness, teamwork, and entertainment. In recent years, due to their strong public participation, high ornamental value, and rich traditional Chinese cultural characteristics, ice dragon boats have been widely sought after in many countries and cities in Asia, North America, and Europe.






On January 7, the 2024-2025 Ice Dragon Boat Super League All-Star Carnival will be held at the Harbin Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival. A series of wonderful activities will await every participant, bringing dual visual and auditory enjoyment to the audience and tourists. This is not only a sports event, but also a feast of culture and art.
We look forward to your arrival and a memorable ice and snow journey together.
We firmly believe that the outstanding presentation of these ice dragon boat events will attract more people to pay attention to and love ice dragon boat sports, further promote the integrated development of culture, sports and tourism in various regions, provide platforms and opportunities for the public to participate in ice and snow fitness activities, and contribute to the inheritance and development of traditional culture.