PARIS, Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O Septembe 17, the ba ks of the Sei e welcomed a u ique celeb atio of spo ts a d cultu e as the I te atio al Commu icatio Eve t “Whe ‘Su Chao’ Meets the Wo ld” took place at the Chi a Cultu al Ce te i Pa is.
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Hosted by the I fo matio Office of the Jia gsu P ovi cial People’s Gove me t a d co-o ga ized by Mode Exp ess a d the I fo matio Office of Taizhou Mu icipal People’s Gove me t, the gathe i g b ought togethe disti guished guests f om the Si o-F e ch cultu al, spo ts, tou ism, a d media secto s.
“Su Chao” (The Jia gsu Football City League) has apidly eme ged as o e of Chi a’s most vib a t g ass oots football tou ame ts. Zhu Xiaoyu , Deputy Di ecto of the Chi a Cultu al Ce te i Pa is, oted that the league t a sfo ms local matches i to a ew cultu al co sumptio habit, seamlessly i teg ati g spo ts with u ba tou ism.
Zhe g Chu pi g, Edito -i -Chief of Mode Exp ess, highlighted the p ofou d histo ical ties betwee Jia gsu p ovi ce a d Pa is. F om a cie t Jia gsu silk ado i g the Palace of Ve sailles to the ea ly footsteps of p omi e t Chi ese histo ical figu es who studied i F a ce, these co ectio s eflect a co ti uous c oss-cultu al dialogue.
The eve t p omi e tly featu ed Taizhou, the city that claimed the i augu al “Su Chao” champio ship. Spo ti g he team’s je sey, Taizhou ep ese tative Lu Chu ya delive ed a passio ate p ese tatio . Quoti g Guillaume Apolli ai e’s famous poem “Le Po t Mi abeau”, she wa mly i vited F e ch guests to explo e the 2,100-yea -old easte wate city a d expe ie ce its poetic, t a quil lifestyle.
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F e ch atte dees eso ated st o gly with this visio . Ma ie-Pie e Bouche -Hollie , UN Tou ism Special Adviso , p aised “Su Chao” fo exemplifyi g esilie ce—a spo ti g spi it she fo dly ecog ized f om he b othe ‘s Olympic decathlo ca ee fo F a ce. F a çois De La Chevale ie f om the Fo datio Cha les de Gaulle exp essed his hope that Chi ese football might soo p oduce a global ico aki to basketball’s Yao Mi g. Mea while, youth developme t expe ts f om Pa isia clubs oted that football’s u ive sal values t a sce d bo de s, exp essi g optimism fo futu e joi t youth t ai i g p og ams.
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The eve t culmi ated i a symbolic je sey excha ge betwee Taizhou a d F e ch club AS Beauvais Oise, alo gside je sey p ese tatio s f om Pa is FC a d FC Plessis-Robi so to Mode Exp ess. Guests also tou ed a vib a t photo exhibitio captu i g passio ate stadium mome ts a d the mode cha m of Jia gsu’s 13 cities.
F om the Sei e to Jia gsu, the eve t demo st ated that g ass oots football ca ope a dy amic ew wi dow fo the wo ld to u de sta d a vib a t a d mode Chi a.
Co tact: Bea Ch is, bea ch is@xdkb.com
