html At 9:00 am on November 7, the 2018 First Chinese 8-Ball Global Promoters Summit was grandly held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, China. In addition to Qiao Bing, Chairman of Qiao's Billiards Group, Stephen Hendry, the global ambassador of Chinese Eight Balls, and members of the Board of Directors of the Chinese Eight Balls (ICEA) confirmed their attendance at the conference, a total of more than 40 authoritative representatives from various member states and interested countries gathered together to participate in the conference. At the same time, this conference attracted more than 20 well-known Chinese and foreign media to broadcast live broadcasts in real time. This conference focuses on the future global promotion direction of Chinese eight balls, and discusses and exchanges on the global publicity and promotion of Chinese eight balls industry, the new PSP business model, foreign economic activities and exchanges and cooperation. Taking Chinese-style eight-ball, a Chinese-style sports billiard, as the core content, radiates to the world with Chinese sports culture. At the beginning of the
conference, Stephen Hendary, the global image ambassador of Chinese Eight Ball, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Welcome to Qinhuangdao". Recalling the path we have walked together with Qiao in the past five years, this "billiard emperor" couldn't help but burst into tears: "Five years ago, Chinese eight-ball was in an early stage of development. Five years ago, I decided to join the Chinese eight-ball family. Over the past five years, I have traveled to more than 80 cities in China and saw the development and growth of Chinese eight-ball in China. Now, Chinese eight-ball and Masters have successfully won the world's recognition and grew into an international high-end event. Qinhuangdao, as the birthplace of Chinese eight-ball sport, has also received widespread international attention. I firmly believe that Chinese eight-ball will have a better future."
Chinese eight-ball global image ambassador Stephen Hendry
Next, Qiao Bing, Chairman of Qiao's Billiards Group, sincerely invited all Chinese eight-ball enthusiasts to participate in the promotion of Chinese eight-ball sports and bravely welcome new opportunities and challenges together. "Chinese eight-ball is a new sport that combines snooker and American eight-ball. It contains ancient wisdom from the East - harmony and difference. And harmony and difference make Chinese eight-ball have the potential to be a popular world. When a brand new billiards have both potential and powerful fuel, through the efforts of all Chinese eight-ball people, a brand new Chinese eight-ball new world will be created."
Chairman of Qiao's Billiards Group Qiao Bing
1 Secretary-General of the World Billiards Association under the International Olympic Committee not only reviewed the mental journey of Chinese eight-ball development in South Africa, but also looked forward to the bright future development of Chinese eight-ball. "South Africa is the first stop for the promotion of Chinese eight-ball internationally. After more than a year of development, South Africa has successfully held more than 60 trial tournaments. With the joint support of the International Federation of Chinese Eight-ball Associations (ICEAs) and the World Billiards Associations (WPA), Chinese Eight-ball related events have created very high socio-economic benefits in South Africa. This year, South Africa plans to purchase 56 tables to cover the influence of Chinese Eight-ball events throughout South Africa by hosting various events and high prizes."
Secretary-General of the World Billiards Association (WPA) Ishaun Singh
Qiao's Billiards Group overseas head Zhang Xiaoping explained in detail the operation of the new PSP business model to all participants present and Chinese Eight-ball fans who watched live online through a wonderful set of slideshows. Through a detailed explanation of the event system, various events such as "Lease 2 Race", "Race to 1", "Super League" were officially introduced to Chinese eight-ball enthusiasts and international promoters. After
, Sun Tao, event director of Qinhuangdao Qiao's Billiards Sports Promotion Co., Ltd., introduced the development history of the world's largest billiards professional league with the Chinese Eight Balls - Rooted in China and Going to the World to billiards enthusiasts around the world. Through actual data analysis, the actual development status and future expected development direction of the Chinese Eight-Ball International Masters are truly demonstrated.
Qiao Bing held a roundtable talk with the promoters of the Belt and Road countries
Subsequently, Qiao Bing, chairman of Qiao's Billiards Group, held a roundtable talk with the promoters of the Belt and Road countries. Philippine player Eric Bayhon, Kenyan player Peter Kinyua and Russian player Anastasia Luppova participated in the roundtable talks, expressing their views on the development of Chinese eight-ball in their own country and around the world, and at the same time put forward their own suggestions and opinions on the future development direction of Chinese eight-ball in their own country.
British player Thomas Heal, who has attracted much attention from Chinese and foreign fans, also appeared at the conference. He gave an emotional speech on the huge impact of Chinese eight-ball sports on him. "After watching the match between Potts and Merlin in 2014, I was out of control and became a Chinese eight-ball fan. In 2015, I opened the Chinese eight-ball Youtube homepage to specifically record, update and share Chinese eight-ball game-related videos. My personal homepage has received nearly 10,000 attention, which has inspired me to pay attention to Chinese eight-ball. Chinese eight-ball has become my biggest hobby in my life. Coming to China is a "dream come true" for me, because of Chinese eight-ball, I have made many friends, and it has really changed my life."
At the same time, Li Jiaoang, general manager of Ai Pao, Yin Lu, pole manager of Potts, and Wang Heng, new general manager, respectively, gave Ai Pao Light and Shadow Pool Billiards Equipment, Chinese eight-ball rating system 1.0 release and UNIK table display to all participants. All participants personally experienced the new experience brought by Potts poles, Ai Run Light and Shadow Equipment and UNIK tables.
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, Ed Liddawi, the representative of the Chinese Eight Ball American promoter, delivered a passionate speech on the promotion of Chinese Eight Ball American with the goal of revitalizing the US billiards industry. "A year ago, I came to Qinhuangdao and participated in the Chinese Eight-Ball International Masters for the first time. Just one year has passed, and when I came to Qinhuangdao again, the larger scale and high-level professionalism impressed me, which reminded me of the peak moment of the development of the US billiards industry. In the next year, the United States will carry out a richer event system such as Chinese Eight-Ball Weekly, Monthly, Professional Trials and Super League, so as to provide more outstanding American players to the Masters. In addition, local newspapers, media, and government agencies in the United States will strongly support the development of Chinese Eight-Ball and open up a new market in the billiards circle." Joao Silva, the representative of the Chinese Eight-Ball European Promoter, reviewed and summarized the promotion work in Europe in the past year in his report and announced that he would fully carry out a more complete promotion plan. "The amount of prize money established by Joe's billiards has had an explosive impact on the international billiards circle. At present, we have introduced a new Chinese eight-ball table in Portugal and successfully held a new type of event. With the support of Joe's billiards, Chinese eight-ball has received a lot of attention in Europe. At the same time, we have begun to establish a Chinese eight-ball school and promote Ai Run Light and Shadow Table Tennis equipment to Europe. We plan to build the largest Chinese eight-ball professional league outside of China, and the next goal is to have 15,000 international players participate in the competition.
Finally, the first Chinese eight-ball international promoters conference held a grand annual award ceremony. Under the gaze of attention, the list of winners was finally announced: British representative Thomas Heal won the "Special Contribution Award" and Portugal representative Joao Silva (Joao) Silva won the "Outstanding Partner Award" and WPA Secretary-General Ishaun Singh won the "Best Global Promoter Award". The three winners released their award speeches, and all the guests took a photo on stage. The first Chinese Eight-Ball International Promoter Conference ended successfully.
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