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On Saturday, November 18th, 2023, China General Chamber of Commerce-USA (CGCC) and China Construction America (CCA) successfully hosted the 12th “CCA Cup” Table Tennis Invitational at the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey. This year’s competition gathered a record number of participants for an exciting day of ping pong.
The 2023 “CCA Cup“ saw the participation of 14 teams and more than 60 participants. Participating teams included: the Chinese Consulate General in New York, Bank of China U.S.A., Agricultural Bank of China New York Branch, China Construction Bank New York Branch, ICBC US Region Management Committee, China Merchants Bank New York Branch, China Telecom (America) Corporation, HNA Trust Management, COSCO SHIPPING (North America), BAOSTEEL Americas Inc, Dorsey & Whitney, Galaxy3 LLC, EY, and Hylant.
In the team competition, the reigning champions, the Chinese Consulate General in New York, retained their championship while COSCO SHIPPING (North America) was the runner-up. ICBC US Region Management Committee and China Construction America tied for third place.
The individual competition was organized by age group. In the “Above 40” competition, Xiaoming Wu from the Chinese Consulate in New York clenched the winning title.
Wu was followed by his colleague Wenliang Yao, and third-place winners Gan Shen and Richard Ma from COSCO.
In the “Below 40” competition, Ruixiang Ma from EY clenched the title while Qilun Qin from the Chinese Consulate in New York was the runner-up, and Yuzhao Liu from China Merchants Bank New York Branch and Qiheng Chen from China Telecom (Americas) tied for third place.
In the women's competition, Zhengyang Xu from China Telecom (Americas) clinched the title while Jing Zhao from HNA Trust Management was the runner-up, Chang Liu from the Chinese Consulate in New York, and April Wang from Agricultural Bank of China New York Branch tied for third place.
CGCC was honored to have Ambassador Huang Ping, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in New York join the event and give brief remarks as well as present the awards to the competition winners.
Ning Yuan, Chairman of CCA and Vice-Chair of CGCC, gave remarks after the tournament and presented awards to the winners.
CGCC congratulates all of the competition winners on their wonderful performances and sincerely thanks event co-host China Construction America, all participating teams, and individuals who helped make this year’s tournament a great success.
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