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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — A press conference and opening ceremony for the 2025-2026 winter season of the ice dragon boat race was held in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Sunday.
According to Heilongjiang Broadcasting, the event was attended by representatives of physical education and sports departments, culture and tourism departments, athletes and judges from key participating provinces and cities such as Beijing, Hebei Province (North China), Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province (Northeast China), Liaoning Province (Northeast China), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (North China), and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Northwest China).
As announced, the dragon boat ice races will be held from December 2025 to February 2026 and will include a total of eight races, divided into stages and a final. They will take place in six provinces and autonomous regions of China, including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Hebei, as well as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
More than three thousand athletes are expected to take part in the competition.
The league competition, based on the traditional dragon boat culture, combines the characteristics of ice and snow sports and strives to create a creative tourism product with international competitiveness, promoting the diversified integration of “competition tourism culture” and bringing new driving force to the “ice and snow economy”.
The event also featured presentations from a number of Chinese cities, focusing on local ice and snow resources and the specifics of cultural tourism. -0-
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