Inextricable from nation’s progress

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History also was made in Houston, Texas, in November 2021, as Chinese and US players joined forces at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals in the year marking the 50th anniversary of “Ping-Pong Diplomacy” and continued the legacy cooperation and interaction between the two countries.

Ding noted that in recent years, Chinese sports have further presented a confident, inclusive, and international image. For example, many former Chinese players have actively participated in international table tennis affairs, adding to China’s international sports contributions and showing the world that “we want to enjoy sports with players from all over the world,” Ding said.

As China’s national sport, table tennis enjoys high popularity, and players represented by Ding and Ma Long have been young people’s idols.

In the face of the attention in and out of the arena, Chinese table tennis players are stricter on themselves, constantly improving their comprehensive abilities, and positively contributing to various public welfare activities, while enriching

the public’s cognition of sports.