The 3rd Suzhou Industrial Park Culture & Sports Festival and the fun sports game kicked off on May 9 at Dushu Lake Sports Development Center.

As an important part of the festival, the sports meet covers 10-plus competition events, including basketball, football, badminton, table tennis, snooker, squash, tennis, swimming, the game of go, Chinese chess, climbing and fun sports game. An attendance of as many as 100,000 people/times is expected in this sports meet, with students from more than 20 institutions of higher learning and 15,000 residents from 118 residential communities.

In the fun sports game, 35 teams composed of nearly 600 players competed in 5 games like tug-of-war, interesting football and super steeplechase and showed enterprising spirits in this joyful event.

This 3rd festival will last from April to September with 11 theme events, including the fun sports game and culture & sports festival opening ceremony, sports meet, classical opera performed in neighborhood, happy reading season, the 2nd square dance contest, dragon boat race, iSING! Suzhou International Young Artists Festival, instrumental music & singing contest, public-welfare music teaching & music appreciation activities, and children's painting contest.