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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: +86-21-5792-1325 Fax: +86-21-5792-1100 Email: jsqzhk@sohu.com SOURCE General Office of the People's Government of Jinshan
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