The 7th "Chunlan Cup" International Professional I-go Tournament which is organized and finaced by Chunlan Group alone, will be held in beautiful Hangzhou Qiyuan during March 13 to 18.

It is understood that there are a total of 24 foreign players participating in Chunlan Cup. They are the first three of the 6th Chunlan Cup, 8 players from China mainland, 2 from China Taipei, 6 from Japan, 4 from Korea and 2 from Europe and America. The first three of the 6th Chunlan Cup and China mainland players are Gu Li(9 dan),Chang Hao(9 dan), Xie He(6 dan),Zhou Heyang(9 dan),Chen Yaoye(9 dan),Wang Xi(9 dan),Ding Wei(9 dan),Kong Jie(7 dan),Huang Yizhong(6 dan),Wang Yao(6 dan) and Zhang Li(4 dan). China Taipei players are Chou Chun Hsun(9 dan) and Chenv Shin Iuan(7 dan).Korea players are LEE CHANGHO(9 dan), LEE SAEDOL(9 dan), MOK JINSEUK(9 dan) and  WON SUNGJIN (9 dan). Japan players are TAKAO SHINJI(9 dan), KONO RIN(9 dan), YODA NORIMOTO(9 dan),KOBAYASHI SATORU(9 dan) and IMAMURA TOSHIYA(9 dan).  Europe player is Cristian Gabriel Pop(7 dan) and America player is CHA JIMMY MINSOO(4 dan).

According to the schedule, the first round will start to play at 9 am ,March 15 and seeds will be bye. 16 players will participate in the first round and 8 winners will enter the second round to play with the seeds. And besides, quarter-finals draw will be conducted after the first round.
　　
According to reports, the first two games will be played from 4 pm to 6 pm and commented in Hangzhou Qiyuan. And the Sina.com will  dedicate Real-time website to broadcast live Qipu.

Director of the National Administration Center of Sport Card, Liu Siming said that
in support of Chunlan Group and cummunity, China I-go has entered the overall rise into the history of a rare and golden opportunity period. This year is the Olympic year, Chunlan Cup undoubtedly provides China's players with impetus and add to the confidence of the chinese people. He hopes the players to guard against arrogance and impetuosity so as to play their best level to bring more aspect for Chunlan Cup.
　
Chunlan (Group) Corp.'s CEO assistant Liu Yafu stressed that After nearly ten years of development, Chunlan Cup has grown to be a considerable Chinese brand in the international I-go tournament and to establish its rightful place in I-go profession and more, the total sports. Not influenced by the game result,Chunlan Group held 7th Chunlan Cup for two reasons. One is to provide platform for China and the world's I-go sport, as well as sporting and cultural exchanges, integration and development.
The other is to show the determination of being an enterprise not only with large-scale but also with culture and resiponsibility by surporting China's sports and social welfare undertakings.

In addition, the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 7th Chunlan Cup will be held
in Beijing in the end of the year. The finals will start in spring of next year, and the location has not been determined.