Zhongxin.com, Shanghai, February 14 (Qian Chenfei) on the 14th, the press conference of the 2023 first international equestrian open in Hangzhou (Tonglu), China was held in Shanghai. The reporter learned that as one of the important events held before the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou (hereinafter referred to as the Hangzhou Asian Games), the event will be held in Tonglu, Hangzhou on May 13-18, it aims to further inspect and test the venue facilities and operation team.
The Hangzhou Asian Games will be held from September 23 to October 8. At that time, athletes and horses from more than 20 countries will come to Tonglu equestrian center, the equestrian venue of the Hangzhou Asian Games, to stage dressage, show jumping, the “peak duel” of equestrian competitions such as the three races will produce 6 gold medals.
On the day of the press conference, Tonglu County People’s Government and COSCO maritime exhibition officially signed the cooperation agreement of “2023 first China Hangzhou (Tonglu) international equestrian open. All the horses in this competition are provided by the organizing committee. COSCO Shipping, as the organizer of the competition, will organize nearly 50 high-quality horses from Europe to give full play to its advantages in the whole supply chain service, the charter plane was airlifted from Europe to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. After the horses arrived in Hangzhou, they would “not land on their feet” and arrived in Tonglu “no regulation of horse animal disease area” through the biosafety channel “.
It is understood that “there is no regulation of horse animal epidemic area” includes the administrative area of Tonglu County, north of Fuchun River, about 1300 square kilometers, horse animals entering or crossing the area, easy moving objects and their products must go through designated channels.
Xia Jiliang, secretary of Tonglu county Party committee of Hangzhou, said that since the equestrian project of Hangzhou Asian Games was settled in Tonglu, Tonglu has built “no regulation of horse animal disease zone”, supporting the construction of two major horse isolation sites at home and abroad will lay a solid foundation for the equestrian events.
Equestrian is the only one of the Yao Ao projects where people compete with animals, and it is also one of the most difficult projects to organize.
Han Jun, assistant general manager of COSCO Shipping Group, chairman of COSCO shipping logistics and secretary of the Party committee, said COSCO Shipping would actively participate in the Asian Games event and provide customs clearance of horses and supplies for equestrian projects, logistics and other service guarantee work, and also actively cooperate with Hangzhou sub-committee and Hangzhou to do relevant test drills in the early stage.
The post of Chinese equestrian sport, Erdeng zhargal, said, “equestrian is still a minority sport in China. Hangzhou can hold this international equestrian event. As an ‘equestrian person’, I am looking forward to it, I hope to achieve good results while the people are safe.” (Finished)
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