Tokyo Olympics & Made in China

At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese manufacturing industry is using another way to help athletes create good results. It is understood that about half of the competition equipment used in this Olympic Games comes from Chinese sports manufacturers. These companies come from many provinces and municipalities across the country, and their products and services cover table tennis, badminton, weightlifting, taekwondo, archery, 3X3 basketball and other competitions.

Taishan Sports from Shandong has contracted multiple heavy sports equipment such as taekwondo, judo, boxing and wrestling for the Tokyo Olympics in one go, and has also stationed service teams in various competition venues to provide technical support and service guarantees for the Olympic venues.

Judo was born in Japan and is a national sport in Japan. After being certified by the International Judo Federation (IJF) two years ago, the Tokyo Olympics decided to use judo equipment made in China. When this news spread on the Internet, fierce opposition broke out in Japan. Many Japanese netizens questioned "Why not use Japanese judo brands?" Some netizens worry that "the quality of the judo tatami made in China is problematic, and the players will be injured, which is frightening."

However, it was on the tatami mats made in China that the Japanese Abe brothers and sisters and Masahira Ohno won three judo gold medals for the host, providing Japanese netizens with a vivid and convincing "Made in China" quality assurance.

It is worth noting that the craftsmanship of the podium for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games is also from China. The Olympic rings logo, the Paralympic Games logo and the internal frame on the podium are all made by cutting equipment from the Shandong Jinan company "Bodor Laser".

The Shanghai "Double Happiness" is the official ball used in the table tennis competition of the Tokyo Olympics. Attentive audiences can find from the live broadcast that Double Happiness not only provides equipment for table tennis players, but also supplies equipment for referees. Products such as the automatic bowler and the equipment frame for athletes in the Tokyo Olympic badminton competition are also from the Red Double Happiness.

The flooring under the feet of table tennis players comes from Hebei. Tinsue, headquartered in Shijiazhuang, has been the supplier of table tennis for the Olympic Games for three consecutive years. This time, Tinsue specially customized the red ground and baffle for the Tokyo stadium. This is to match the red double happiness white game ball, making it easier for players to see the trajectory of the ball. It is understood that the ITTF has very strict requirements on the quality of the competition flooring, and it needs to have the functions of non-slip, abrasion resistance, and light absorption.

In the weightlifting arena, the striking "ZKC" logo on the barbell sheet is the brand abbreviation of Hebei Zhangkong Barbell. Zhang Kong's barbell defeated five companies from Japan, the United States and other countries and became the only designated pre-weightlifting training and competition equipment for the Tokyo Olympics. With the barbell axis camber value within 0.2 mm, the weight error of the barbell plate is controlled within 5 grams, and the Olympic-level Chinese-made Zhang Kong barbell is also shown to the world through a championship-level demonstration.

Another Hebei company, "Enlio", undertook the floor supply of 3×3 basketballs for the Tokyo Olympics and helped China 3×3 basketballs hit the Olympic podium.

The 5,000-seat prefabricated metal stand system for the Tokyo Olympics archery arena-Dream Island Park Archery Field is from Shenzhen Leading Sports, which is the largest single building in the venue.

The prefabricated metal grandstand project of the Dream Island Park Archery Range is the most complex and highest-row grandstand project in the Tokyo Olympic outdoor stadium. In response to this situation, Avant Sports has developed wind-proof, earthquake-resistant, UV-proof, and fire-proof stand facilities based on the actual situation. The whole system was designed for trial installation at the Shenzhen headquarters and shipped to Dream Island Park in Tokyo for assembly after the production was completed at the Shandong production base. In June of this year, the leading sports team guided the construction of a prefabricated metal stand system in Tokyo.

At this Olympic Games, the virtualization of physical manufacturing is also worthy of attention. Alibaba designed the world's first cloud badge Cloud PIN for the Tokyo Olympics. As part of the Olympic tradition, the exchange of physical badges during the epidemic has caused great obstacles. The technological innovation of cloud badges is characterized by "touching and making friends", which allows people to add friends without physical contact, and has both name customization and "remembering". "Step" and other functions provide new inspiration for the manufacturing industry.

In summary, China's sports manufacturing industry undertook the production and supporting installation of venue facilities and competition equipment for the Tokyo Olympics, which is just a microcosm of the rise of Chinese manufacturing. It is believed that in the future, more Chinese national sports companies will be recognized by the International Sports Federation and competitions to show China's power on the world stage.