(Original title: China Trust is committed to promoting cross-strait baseball sports. CITIC Brothers won the Taiwan Professional Baseball Championship to convey the spirit of never giving up and teamwork)
The first “China Trust Cup”20242019 Youth Baseball League concluded successfully in Beijing
China Trust is committed to promoting baseball on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, supporting the development of grassroots baseball, and creating benchmark tournaments for youth baseball and youth baseball in mainland China. The first “China Trust Cup 2024 Youth Baseball League” sponsored by China Trust Commercial Bank (referred to as “China Trust Bank“) came to a successful conclusion on October 27. During this period, the CITIC Brothers Baseball Team (referred to as “CITIC Brothers”), a subsidiary of China Trust Group, won the 35-year Chinese Professional Baseball Championship in Taiwan. The three championships in four years not only proved the effectiveness of China Trust’s investment in baseball, but also conveyed the message The baseball spirit of never giving up and uniting.
China Trust has long been investing in sports charity and is the first five-level baseball sports enterprise in Taiwan to support Little League, Youth Baseball, Youth Baseball, Adult Baseball and Professional Baseball. CITIC Brothers, which has been the title sponsor since 2014, is the team with the largest number of professional baseball fans in Taiwan. Recently, it won the championship with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in the 35th annual championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, creating a four-year history. A triple crown achievement. With the strong support of China Trust, CITIC Brothers has built a strong and stable team, reaching the playoffs nine times in 11 years, achieving two consecutive championships (2021 and 2022 seasons) and six runner-up finishes. This year, the team won the championship ring again and set a record of over 10,000 home spectators, setting a new high in the history of Taiwanese professional baseball. Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Asia. The passionate spirit of self-confidence, discipline, unity and mutual assistance displayed by its culture is an important experience and education for the players. The CITIC brothers’ united road to winning the championship also illustrates the never-ending spirit of baseball. Give up, team spirit. It is hoped that the “China Trust Cup Youth Baseball League” can convey baseball culture and discover and train more potential baseball players.
A total of 62 teams signed up for the first “China Trust Cup 2024 Youth Baseball League” and competed in six major competition areas including Beijing, Dalian, Weihai, Hangzhou, Yizheng and Guangzhou. After three weekends The fierce competition will be held in Beijing on October 27th. The championship competition was held at the baseball field of Lucheng Sports Technical School in Beijing. The under-15 (U15) and under-18 (U18) groups were respectively composed of the Chaoyang School Baseball Team of the High School Affiliated to Capital Normal University and the Changsha Helong Sports School Baseball Team. Won the first championship. The “China Trust Cup 2024 Youth Baseball League” is a youth baseball league in mainland China created by China Trust Bank and the China Baseball Association based on the successful model of Taiwan’s “CITIC Cup Black Panther Flag High School Baseball Competition” (referred to as “CITIC Cup Black Panther Flag”). It is a benchmark event at the baseball and youth baseball levels, hoping to jointly improve the level of Asian baseball by increasing the number of events and increasing players’ competition experience.
China Trust Bank, which gave birth to the “China Trust Cup 2024 Youth Baseball League”, is a subsidiary of China Trust Financial Holdings Company (referred to as “China Trust Financial Holdings”). Gu Zhongliang, director of China Trust Financial Holdings and chairman of China Trust Charitable Foundation, is also the president of the Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA). President Koo Zhongliang has long been paying attention to the development of baseball in Asia. He believes that Asia has a vast territory and a large population, and the baseball market is like a “new blue ocean” with great development potential. In recent years, he has actively promoted the “Asian Major League” and is committed to improving the professional capabilities of players, coaches and referees. , in order to strengthen the level of grassroots baseball in Asian countries, the “China Trust Cup 2024 Youth Baseball League” is an important event to support the development of grassroots baseball and at the same time help the “Asian Major League”.
China Trust takes the lead through the professional baseball team CITIC Brothers, takes root in promoting grassroots baseball, and uses baseball to build communication channels. It also sponsors the Taichung Taichung Taichung National Baseball Team and supports the CITIC Cup Black Panther Flag, the largest youth baseball event in Taiwan. The “China Cares for the Next Generation Education Base” program promoted by China Trust Charitable Foundation (referred to as “CITIC Charity Foundation”) has selected Dongsheng Junior High School, Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province as the 52nd listed school since March 2023. It became the first base school to focus on baseball exchanges since the implementation of the plan. In order to create an interactive atmosphere for cross-strait grassroots baseball, CITIC Charity Foundation also twice invited Taiwan’s rural baseball teams to Beijing and other places to compete and exchange with school teams in 2023, passing on Taiwan’s Little League and Youth Baseball game experience and understanding of baseball. enthusiasm.
Starting this year, China Trust will select cooperative primary schools in six major provinces and cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province and Guangdong Province to launch a grassroots baseball promotion plan and plan to hold coaching training camps, Cross-Strait student baseball exchange competitions and other activities are used to cultivate the grassroots baseball population, help improve grassroots baseball performance, and allow more baseball-loving players to experience the spirit of teamwork, never giving up, and the pursuit of progress.
