Shanghai Land (Group) Co., Ltd, Shanghai Elite Sports Training and Management Center and Shanghai Longteng Table Tennis Club have reached a strategic partnership on January 8, with Shanghai Land (Group) Co., Ltd becoming the title sponsors of Shanghai Longteng Table Tennis Club for 2019-2021. 

This is the second consecutive three-year deal that Shanghai Land (Group) Co., Ltd have sponsored Shanghai Longteng Table Tennis Club. From 2016 to 2018, Shanghai Zhongxing Group which is a subsidiary of Shanghai Land (Group) Co., Ltd title sponsored the club. 

Shanghai Longteng Table Tennis Club has been rebranded as Shanghai Land (Group) Table Tennis Club and will play in the Chinese Table Tennis Super League for three years. 

The three parties will also collaborate to support the club’s players who compete at Tokyo 2020 and the National Games. 

Shanghai Land (Group) Co., Ltd is wholly owned by the Shanghai government and was founded in 2002. Its business scope includes construction of city infrastructures, real estate development and operation, investment, reform of old city districts and others. 

Reference: Shanghai (Land) Group website 

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