The 2018 China Telecom E-surfing 4G Cup Jinji Lake Dragon Boat Race themed "Happy Time in Jiangsu" kicked off at SIP's Moonlight Dock on the day of Dragon Boat Festival, which, reckoned on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, fell on June 18 this year. As an annual event initiated in SIP in 2010, the race has become a brand event in Suzhou.

A total of 66 teams, including 10 teams composed of 220 expatriates from over 20 countries, competed in the 12-men, 12-women and 22-people 300-meter straightaway races. Particularly, this year's event saw more teams joining in the 12-women and 22-people races. After fierce preliminaries and finals, the winners emerged and received trophies and medals.

Moreover, the event incorporated performances of dragon lantern dance, pingtan (storytelling and ballad singing in Suzhou dialect) and Kunqu opera (one of the oldest forms of Chinese opera), which are all intangible cultural heritages, and shows of motorboats, seaplanes, small dragon boats and canoes and kayaks. The participants also had the luck to experience traditional handicrafts and advanced technical products.