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SHENYANG, China, August 24, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

The opening ceremony of the 6th "Peace Cup" International Youth Football

Invitational Tournament was held at the No. 2 stadium of the "Peace Cup" World

Football Park in Shenyang on the afternoon of August 21.

The "Peace Cup" International Youth Football Invitational Tournament was

awarded as the only "National Sports industry Demonstration Project" in

northeast China this year. The "Peace Cup" competition is still adhering to the

theme of "One Belt and One Road connects the world with peace and friendship".

It is sponsored by Shenyang municipal people's government and undertaken by the

people's government of Heping district and Shenyang sports bureau.

Representatives from several professional football clubs from the U13 echelon

domestic, four foreign student teams and youth teams from all over the country

attended the entrance ceremony. The international students from universities

have strong strength, with players from more than 20 countries including

Russia, Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Mexico and so on. This is the first time for

the football team of international students from universities to participate in

the "Peace Cup", which greatly improves the enjoyment of the competition.

The Tacheng Football Team of Shenyang Sister City has sent teams to participate

in the past five competitions in Shenyang. Due to the impact of the epidemic,

the Tacheng football Team regretted its absence. However, Tacheng football Team

sent a video blessing to the sixth "Peace Cup", which became a popular promo

film on the Internet.

It is worth mentioning that in order to let more people watch the contest with

better sense, the organizing committee adopted the Liaoning mobile joint Huawei

VR cloud under 5G 360-degree of VR live experience, which is also the first

time "Peace Cup" innovation to connect large bandwidth, low latency, wide

mobile 5G communication technology application in the opening ceremony, which

bring the audience a more liberal view, new 360-degree have a bird's eye view

of the experience.

The song "My Family Lives in Shenyang" by Zhu Xiaohong, a national first-class

actor, enables the audience to relive the classic songs. The constantly

flashing pictures of Shenyang on the screen also enables the participating

teams to have a more intuitive understanding of Shenyang. Chinese and foreign

singers sang the song "I will come in the future", which pushed the opening

ceremony to the climax.

"The Peace Cup" International Youth Football Invitational Tournament is based

in Shenyang and open to the world, showing the health, happiness, friendship

and peace that football gives children.

Source: Shenyang Municipal People's Government

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