China News Network, July 7 (Reporter Yu Zhanyi) "Chinese Dream, Labor Beauty - Unity and Struggle to Start a New Situation, Welcome to the 25th National Congress of Trade Unions" The 2023 National Staff Badminton Competition kicked off on the 24th at the Urumqi Olympic Sports Center. Nearly 36 employees and competitors from 600 representative teams of the Federation of Trade Unions of various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the National Industrial Trade Union will compete fiercely for four days. At the opening ceremony, a theatrical performance with strong ethnic characteristics and outstanding staff characteristics was held, and more than 4,5000 model workers and employees of all ethnic groups and industries in Xinjiang watched the opening ceremony on the spot.
According to reports, this competition will be divided into three mixed team competitions according to the two groups A (youth) and B (middle-aged), including three events: men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. According to the relevant rules of the mass badminton competition of the Chinese Badminton Association, and combined with the actual situation, the scoring method of 31 points per ball per game is adopted, and the 16-point interval is exchanged with the field area, and the first 31 points are scored to win the game. The top 4 teams in each category will be awarded the championship, runner-up and third place trophies, gold, silver, bronze medals and certificates. At the same time, during the development of the competition, units with large activity coverage, high employee participation and outstanding work performance will receive the Excellent Organization Award.
For a long time, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has attached great importance to the cultural and sports work of employees, and trade unions at all levels have strengthened the construction and management of cultural and sports positions for employees, actively organized and mobilized employees to participate in sports and fitness activities, provided public welfare and inclusive sports services for employees, and continuously met the growing needs of the majority of employees for a better life, which was welcomed and recognized by employees. Trade unions at all levels will take the competition as an opportunity to vigorously carry forward the Chinese sports spirit, the spirit of model workers, the spirit of labor and the spirit of craftsmen, help the construction of a healthy China and a strong sports country, carefully build a sports brand with "work" characteristics, extensively carry out sports and fitness activities, strive to improve the health level of employees, unite and mobilize the vast number of employees to make contributions to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the comprehensive promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The competition was sponsored by the Propaganda and Education Department of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Federation of Trade Unions, organized by the Propaganda and Education Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Federation of Trade Unions and Urumqi Customs, and co-organized by the China Badminton Association and the Urumqi Education and Training Base of the General Administration of Customs. The finals and prize ceremony of Divisions A and B will be held on 7 July. (End)