The China Rally Championship 2006 Launched in Jinshan District, Shanghai

The China Rally Championship 2006 Launched in Jinshan District, Shanghai

March 30, 2006

    SHANGHAI, China, March 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Shanghai Jinshan District Government announces that the
"Volkswagen Cup" Shanghai Jinshan Rally
Championship, as part of the China Rally Championship
(CRC), was held between March 24-26 in Jinshan District,
with a grand opening ceremony on the afternoon of March 24.


    The opening ceremony was held at the beautiful Jinshan
seashore, adjacent to Hangzhou Bay.  Officials from the
Motorcycle Center of the General Administration of Sports,
the Shanghai Sports Bureau and Jinshan District waved flags
as a signal for drivers to start their engines.  With the
roaring sound of the engines, 75 racing cars drove out of
the starting platform and the drivers waved at and greeted
spectators.   

    The China Rally Championship (CRC) is the highest level
of domestic car rally racing to be organized by the
Federation of Automobile Sports of China since 2000.  The
entire length of the race is 436.01 kilometers.  

    The event was organized by the Federation of Automobile
Sports of China, the Shanghai Sports Bureau and the Jinshan
District Government of Shanghai.  It was Jinshan's first
time to host a CRC sub-race.  Delivery of such a grand
sports event is of great significance to showcase Jinshan's
image, advance its reputation, promote its economic
development and for accumulating more experience in hosting
large sporting events. 

    About Jinshan District

    Jinshan, one of the 19 districts (counties) of
Shanghai, is located in the southwest of the city, north of
the Hangzhou Bay and west of Zhejiang Province.  It is
situated at the hub of the economic region linking
Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo, and is inside the geographic
ring of the Yangtze River Delta that is only a two hours
drive away.  

    Jinshan District has a total land area of 586 square
kilometers (about 226 square miles), equivalent to that of
Singapore, and a population of 550,000.  It has rich
natural and cultural heritages, including beautiful beach
lines, famous traditional peasant paintings, black ceramic
arts and crafts, and a world-renowned petrochemical base.

    For more information, please contact:

     Wang Ren of Shanghai Jinshan District Government
     Tel:   [phone]
     Fax:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  General Office of the People's Government of
Jinshan