Chinese table tennis has also always been a leading position in the international arena, giving birth to a very large number of outstanding athletes.

So how did table tennis develop so strongly in China?

Table tennis did not actually originate in China.

It was first invented in Europe. But it was in China that it was developed.

As the audience for table tennis grew in China, coupled with its requirements for a venue, its affordable price, and its novel and healthy workout.

This has allowed the sport to spread and develop rapidly in China. It gradually became the national sport of China.

When it comes to the development of Chinese table tennis, we have to take the most representative of the main figures.

In the decades after the introduction of table tennis to China, it was the 25th World Table Tennis Championship in 1959 in which the Chinese National Table Tennis Team participated that really brought Chinese table tennis into the world.

This tournament was a milestone for Chinese table tennis!

At this World Table Tennis Championship, the Chinese team managed to take down the first world championship of the new China.

It broke China's embarrassment of having no champion in three consecutive world tournaments.

It was this championship that once again opened up the table tennis table to the Chinese influence!

At that time, China was facing the situation of having no champion in sports.

China, therefore, put forward the call for a campaign to develop sports and enhance the physical fitness of the people.

It was the launch of this campaign that made the development of table tennis even better.

And then came 1971, when China's relations with the United States were unusually tense.

Faced with this situation, China invited the U.S. national table tennis team to China.

The friendly exchanges between the table tennis teams of China and the United States have contributed to the normalization of relations between the two countries.

Nowadays, after decades of development, Chinese table tennis has won hundreds of world titles in large and small table tennis tournaments at home and abroad.

At one time, they swept the international table tennis scene, making many table tennis players not want to face Chinese table tennis players.

Each of the following is of great importance to table tennis in China.

1. Rong Guotuan

In 1959, at the 25th World Table Tennis Championship.

He won the first men's singles world championship in table tennis for China by defeating famous players from various countries and became the first world champion winner of new China.

2. Liu Guoliang

As the main player, he won the men's team world championship several times with his teammates and was the first table tennis player to adopt the straight cross-court technique in an official match and achieve success.

He is the first "Grand Slam" winner in the history of Chinese men's table tennis, combining the Olympic Games, World Championships, and World Cup singles titles.

He has a very illustrious resume, having won all kinds of world championships.

After retiring, he became the head coach of the Chinese team and trained many strong players for the Chinese table tennis team.

There are also a lot of famous table tennis players with wonderful results.

It is no coincidence that table tennis has become the national game of China, but it has gone through a long process.