National Games co-hosts sign 4-party pact to build on sports cooperation, progress
The deal, which has potential to bid to stage Asian Games or Olympics, aims at boosting cooperation between the three Greater Bay Area regions
Intent on building on the National Games, the three co-hosts have signed a joint agreement with the General Administration of Sport of China to help ensure the success of what comes next.
The leaders of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau signed the agreement on Friday, the day the Games closed under the stars at the new Happy Theatre in Shenzhen.
With the potential for a bid to stage an Olympics, Asian Games or other large-scale sporting event in the future, the deal is aimed at boosting cooperation between the three regions that make up the Greater Bay Area.
“The four-party agreement inherits and carries forward the spirit of unity fostered through our co-hosting of the 15th National Games, and signifies a new stage of cooperation among the three places,” Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said.
“We will deepen the cooperation in areas such as consolidation of sports resources, joint hosting of sports events, integration of sports industries and nurturing of talents, thereby contributing to the building of China as a leading sporting nation.”
According to state media, the agreement also aims to “make full use of the unique role and diverse value of sports, better serve the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, and further implement the ‘one country, two systems’ principle”.