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china news service, harbin, september 1 (reporter wang nina) on september 1, the first stop of the chinese women's ice hockey professional league kicked off in the "ice hockey city" qiqihar. this is the second time that qiqihar has hosted the first stop of the event.

qiqihar, as one of the birthplaces of ice hockey in china, has a long ice hockey tradition and profound cultural heritage.

this season, 7 women's ice hockey teams and 212 athletes from beijing, hebei, shanghai, sichuan, harbin, shenzhen kunlun red star ice hockey club, and qiqihar landi women's ice hockey club gathered in hecheng. the 8-day schedule will adopt a single round-robin system to carry out 21 exciting games.

as an annual event for chinese women's ice hockey, this competition not only makes full preparations for the upcoming important events such as the asian championships, milan winter olympics qualifiers and asian winter games, but also carries the hopes and dreams of chinese ice hockey.

the holding of the chinese women's ice hockey league has laid a solid foundation for the chinese women's ice hockey team's multi-line preparations. this league continues to introduce the foreign aid mechanism. currently, four teams have hired a total of 15 foreign players, which will be conducive to improving the league's competitive level and game quality.

this season, players who have participated in the winter olympics and world championships with the chinese women's ice hockey team, such as yu baiwei, zhang mengying, kong minghui, fang xin, and new generation players born between 2005 and 2009, such as yang jinglei, qu le, and wu sijia, will all appear in the league.

the regular season of this league will have four stops, one more than the previous one. the first two stops will be held in qiqihar and harbin in september, and the next two stops will be held in chengde and xi'an from november to early december. the final will be held in shenzhen. (end)