On August 1, the launching ceremony of the first Asian Electronic Sports Championship of the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) and the launching ceremony of the first Yangtze River Delta University Electronic Sports Championship were held at the 2020 ChinaJoy Shunwang Technology booth. The event content and logo briefs of the two major events were officially announced on the spot, and the AESF Director General Liu Zhao awarded the plaque to Shanghai Jinshan, the host site, marking the official settlement of the first Asian University Electronic Sports Championship in Jinshan

(Asian University Student Electronic Sports Championship event conference site).

(Liu Zhao, Director-General of the Asian Electronic Sports Federation, made a live speech for the Asian University Electronic Sports Championship event press conference).

(Director General of the Asian Electronic Sports Federation Liu Zhao awarded the card to Jinshan District, Shanghai, and took a group photo with the witness representatives of the organizing committee of the event).

The reporter understands that the AESF Asian University Student Electronic Sports Championship is the world’s first “official” international college e-sports event, covering 45 countries and regions in Asia. It is planned that 1,000 colleges and universities will participate. The competition includes multiple types of e-sports events such as simulated sports, MOBA, card battle chess, and real-time strategy to meet the needs of different players in Asia. The preliminaries will start in September, and the finals will be held next year

Coincidentally, along with the logo of YES, which represents youth and fighting spirit, slowly lighted up on the launching stage. The first Yangtze River Delta University Electronic Sports Championship was officially launched on the same day. It is understood that the first Yangtze River Delta University Electronic Sports Championship not only shoulders the important task of selecting teams for the AESF Asian University Electronic Sports Championship, but also a test match for next year’s finals. The competition also covers simulated sports, MOBA, card warfare, real-time strategy and other types of events. It is expected that more than 20,000 college players from more than 100 colleges and universities in the Yangtze River Delta will sign up

(Wu Bin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Jinshan Cultural Tourism Group, delivered a speech as the representative of the host of the Yangtze River Delta University Electronic Sports Championship).

(Zhejiang E-Sports Association Vice President Chen Yanlin spoke as a representative of the Three Provinces and One City E-sports Association).

(The representatives of the organizing committee of the Yangtze River Delta University Electronic Sports Championship and the guests started the event together).

The reporter learned from the press conference that the competition is divided into college online trials, three provinces and one city four major regional finals, and the finals. The final stage event will be held in Jinshan District from December 11th to December 13th (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). The main stadium will be located at the Jinshan Roller Skating Hall, and the supporting activities’ area will be located at Jinshan City Beach Scenic spot. This event will take Shanghai Jinshan as the core, through the Yangtze River Delta E-sports Association Alliance, and unite the four major competition areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui to create the first Yangtze River Delta college student electronic sports event system, aiming to become the country’s first regional benchmarking college event. The main content includes e-sports competitions, game experience, e-sports job fairs, animation exhibitions, etc., further highlighting the charm of Shanghai’s “global e-sports capital”

It is reported that the first Yangtze River Delta University Student E-Sports Championship will begin to accept registration in early September and will officially kick off in late September. Each of the four major competition areas will conduct internal audits and regional finals. The winners will advance to the finals in December. The competition will continue. 4 months

In fact, Jinshan District can become the venue for the two major e-sports events, behind which is a rich industrial development foundation

In recent years, the e-sports industry, as a new combination of sports and game entertainment, has continued its sports development process, gradually expanding from a single e-sports to include e-sports, drones, artificial intelligence robots and other competitions In the field of “electronic sports”. It is not only a hot industry, but also a sunrise industry, attracting a large amount of funds and personnel to participate, and has developed into a global sports event

The industrial ecology of Jinshan agglomeration development and innovative development is becoming more and more complete. At present, Jinshan District focuses on the four major industrial clusters of new generation information technology, high-end intelligent equipment, life and health, and new materials, and uses key parks and characteristic fields as carriers to actively create a “golden” sign for industrial development. Among them, the East China UAV base and the new display industry cluster have become two beautiful industry business cards. Confrontation in the field of drones, robots and artificial intelligence is included in the category of “electronic sports”, making Jinshan rich in resources for the development of “electronic sports”, and also accelerating Shanghai’s creation of the “global e-sports capital”

At the same time, as a “bridgehead” for high-quality integrated development in the Yangtze River Delta, Jinshan regards itself as a large interface for the Yangtze River Delta’s resource elements and a large platform for linked development, and strives to exert the agglomeration, radiation and magnetic effects of the bridgehead. The Science and Technology City basically defined the “five unification” operation mode, the Yangtze River Delta Roadshow Center was completed and operated, the Yangtze River Delta old brand revitalization base was successfully settled in Jinshan, and the Shanghai Bay District Science and Technology Innovation Center formed an operating system of “one center, one base, and eight platforms”… …All these provide a steady stream of assistance to promote the development of “electronic sports” in the Yangtze River Delta region and the further integration of the Yangtze River Delta region

Next, with the first landing and gradual development of the event, Jinshan District also plans to build a “university-youth-intercity” three-level event system to further promote the agglomeration of the digital sports industry and related industries such as entertainment, tourism, education, etc. Innovative development