Baseball is a team sport requiring physical strength, sharp thinking, persistence, quick response, cooperation, confidence and responsibility. There is a solid foundation, comprehensive operating mechanism and strong development opportunity.
Dazhen Sport Development Co., Ltd. is planning to invest capital, technology and experience to develop baseball in China together with domestic and foreign resources to expand the baseball market.
1. Overseas Development Background
In the developed countries in Europe and America, baseball is an evergreen sport.
In the USA, baseball is the leading competition among the top 4 professional competitions and it is started by the US President every year. Each competition of the professional baseball game receives USD 1 million revenue on average and each team takes part in 140 competitions each year. The league received a total revenue of more than USD 10 billion. According to the statistics, each of the 200 million people of the USA possess two baseball caps.
In Cuba, the Country's top leader, Castro has selected the team members in person for the National Delegation on every international championship trip. The delegation has won the world championship more than 30 times.
In Japan, baseball is the most beloved sport for all Japanese. Among the 34 pages of the top three newspapers in Japan, the first 8 - 10 pages are almost all about baseball competitions on the previous day. Taking primary schools as an example, there are more than 3000 baseball teams in Japan. Almost everyone plays baseball. There are 12 professional baseball teams and the most famous is the Yomiuri Giants. It is reported that if the Yomiuri Giants win the league champion, it will bring more than 150 billion yen in economic benefits to Japanese society.
In Korea, almost every famous Korean brand in China, e.g., multinational corporations such as Samsung, LG, Hyundai and SK, have their own professional team. Baseball stars such as Chan Ho-park and Kim Byung-hyun are all national heroes earning more than USD 10 million per year.
In Taiwan, baseball is the top sport and the baseball team won the silver medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 and the second runner-up in the 34th Baseball World Championship in November 2001.
Baseball is growing rapidly in Asia, and it is seen as the top sport in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
1. Development in China
Baseball was very popular in China in the 1950s to 1960s and it was once the “army ball” of the China People’s Liberation Army with baseball teams in each camp and division.
In recent years, baseball has been advancing at full speed along with the China economy. The National University Student Baseball League was held in 2000 and professional baseball sport promotion was started in 2002.
According to unofficial statistics, there are more than 130 baseball teams in secondary schools and they are mainly located in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Beijing is the most developed baseball district in China. With more than 80 teams at each level and a total of 2,000 to 3,000 players, the potential is huge.
3. Strong Bat Project
The "Strong Bat Project" includes building school team, training high quality players, promoting safe baseball, organizing baseball winter camps, summer camps and baseball competitions for secondary students in Beijing City. At least 100 competitions at various levels are planned to be held each year.
Talks with related media for TV broadcasts are in process, aiming to get live and recorded broadcasts of around 30 competitions annually in Beijing and other parts of the country.
