Advanced, colorful table tennis tables to debut at Paris Olympics

Preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, as Chinese-manufactured table tennis tables and associated facilities have arrived and are being set up at the venue.

The tables, designed by a renowned Chinese sports equipment maker, feature a sleek black hue with pink accents and rainbow-shaped curved bases, enhanced by a variable lighting system controlled by embedded chips.

Design elements include three-dimensionally crafted features such as the "Paris 2024" logo and Olympic rings, strategically angled to avoid interference during competition.

Craftsmanship of the table's surface has been optimized to enhance friction and bounce effects through advanced technological processes.

"The table surface is treated with a special polymer, so players feel it's as smooth as ice when they touch it. This should be the latest technology in the entire industry," said Lou Shihe, general manager of the table tennis table manufacturer.

These tables have garnered acclaim from the Paris Olympics organizing committee and received special approval for their innovative color scheme from the International Table Tennis Federation.

The table tennis events at the Paris Olympics are scheduled to commence on July 27.

Advanced, colorful table tennis tables to debut at Paris Olympics

Advanced, colorful table tennis tables to debut at Paris Olympics

China is promoting high-level opening-up in the financial sector and welcomes foreign-invested enterprises to deepen mutually-beneficial cooperation, Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Tuesday.

He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with Andrew Schlossberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Invesco.

Noting that China is continuing to deepen the reform of the capital market, steadily expanding the institutional opening up of the financial sector, and striving to provide high-quality financial services for economic and social development, He said that companies from all countries are welcome to continue deepening investment cooperation with China for mutual benefit and win-win results.

Schlossberg expressed his optimism about the development prospects of China's financial market, saying his company is willing to take China's further comprehensive deepening of reform as an opportunity to continue expanding cooperation with China

China welcomes foreign-invested firms deepening mutually-beneficial cooperation: vice premier