The fourth China-Germany Table Tennis Invitational Tournament is set to take place in Taicang, Jiangsu province on May 18, and will be free to the public.
The competition is welcoming 11 German teams and 11 teams from Chinese table tennis associations and clubs, including the Taicang Table Tennis Association, the Shanghai German Center, and the Taiwan Jinmen Table Tennis Committee.
Renowned German table tennis player Jorg Rosskopf is expected to play the role of coach at the competition.
The city has hosted the “China Germany Friendship Cup” International Table Tennis Invitational Tournament for each of the three years since 2016, with the exception of 2018 when at the invitation of the German Center and Bavaria Table Tennis Association of Germany the event was moved to the city of Ingolstadt in Germany.