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NANJING, China, Dec. 9, 2021 /Xinhua =KYODO JBN/--

2021 "Belt and Road Initiative" Youth Sports Exchange Week (Jiangsu) was

launched in Nanjing on December 5. 209 young people from 62 "Belt and Road

Initiative" countries and regions, who have been working and studying in

Nanjing for a long time, signed up to participate in basketball, orienteering

and many other activities, according to the Nanjing Creative Center.

The theme of the Exchange Week is "Sports ignite passion, make the dreams of

youth fly, carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road, and build a better

tomorrow together", The activities include 2021 "Belt and Road Initiative"

International Young Men's 3x3 Basketball Invitational Tournament, "Belt and

Road Initiative" Youth Outdoor Sports Challenge, the Fifth "Belt and Road

Initiative" International Youth Orienteering Training Camp and a series of

youth sports and cultural exchange activities. Terry, a Turkmen student from

Southeast University, expressed the hope that he would be actively participate

in more international sports exchanges and be a participant, promoter,

collaborator, and beneficiary of the "Belt and Road Initiative" to contribute

youth strength to the prosperity and development of "Belt and Road Initiative".

Fan Jinhua, Second-Level Counsel of Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau and Vice

President of Jiangsu Sports Federation, expressed the hope that through the

Exchange Week, the broad masses of young friends will feel the modernization of

Jiangsu and the charm of Chinese traditional culture, deepen the understanding

of China and the economic and social development of Jiangsu and become "Belt

and Road Initiative" youth friendship messengers to convey to the world the

spirit of the Silk Road with "peace and cooperation, openness and

inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit" as the core.

"Belt and Road Initiative" Youth Sports Exchange Week is guided by the Office

of the Leading Group for Promoting the Construction of "Belt and Road

Initiative" in Jiangsu Province, jointly sponsored by Jiangsu Provincial Sports

Bureau, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, and Foreign Affairs Office

of Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, hosted by Jiangsu International

Sports Exchange Center, and supported by China Sports Lottery.

Source: Nanjing Creative Center