China Open 2024 unveils slogan, mascot, features top tennis stars

The China Open 2024 tennis tournament, scheduled for September 23 to October 6 in Beijing, has seen its slogan and mascot unveiled, with some of the world's top-notch tennis stars having confirmed their participation in the event.

At the press conference on Friday, the organizing committee unveiled the slogan "All for Passion," the mascots "A Zhong," two anthropomorphic tennis figures, and ticketing information.

The China Open 2024 is classified as an ATP 500 event on the ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 event on the WTA Tour, making it the largest tennis event in Asia. The annual tournament, which covers the country's National Day holiday, attracted 184,000 spectators when it resumed after the pandemic in 2023.

The event will still feature dual finals. The WTA final will be held on October 6, and the ATP final on October 2.

Zhang Junhui, director of the tournament, told China Central Television that many of the world's top players, including Chinese players who made breakthroughs in the Olympics, have confirmed to compete for the title.

"World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, No. 4 Daniil Medvedev and No. 5 Alexander Zvere have all confirmed their participation in the China Open and of course Grigor Dimitrov, once one of the most anticipated players in the world of tennis, will also participate. On the women's side, Zheng Qinwen, who finished second at the Australian Open earlier this year and just reached the final of the women's singles at the Olympic Games, will also be playing. Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu are also strong contenders, either in their mixed doubles or men's and women's singles at the upcoming China Open," he said.

The organizing committee also confirmed sponsorship by the People's Insurance Company of China (PICC) in the field of risk protection services, saying it expects to have more cooperation with the state-owned insurance company in promoting youth tennis, public welfare for the disabled and other areas.

China's foreign exchange market recorded transactions totaling 239.43 trillion yuan (about 33.68 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first 10 months of 2024, official data showed on Friday.

The transaction volume in October alone reached 24.26 trillion yuan (approximately 3.41 trillion U.S. dollars), according to the data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

Specifically, the transaction volume of the client market totaled 3.57 trillion yuan last month, and that of the interbank market came in at 20.69 trillion yuan.

In terms of products, the cumulative transaction volume of the spot market was 8.57 trillion yuan in October, while that of the derivatives market was 15.69 trillion yuan.