The Chinese government
has just given massive support to Esports in China. Dota 2 was given a special
mention last week by Xinwen Lianbo and may be the focus of the upcoming
tournaments hosted by the Administration of Sports.
The Chinese government
has announced a nation-wide Esports tournament that will be run by Zhejiang
Daily Newspaper in conjuction with G-League and Dota 2 Super League organizers,
Gamefy.
According to SGamer,
the online qualifier of the nation-wide tournament will begin by the end of
June and end with an offline finals. Apart from that, an all-new league is also
scheduled to begin next year. No further details of the tournaments have been
announced.
Most exciting of all,
the Chinese government also stated that the tournament will be simultaneously
broadcasted across all digital platforms including live broadcast on
television. Besides that, details of negotiation with the official Chinese
Administration of Sports to select China's national team will also be released
later.
The Administration of
Sports will be creating the format of the league in an effort to build a
foundation for the games.
In Xinwen Lianbo's,
television channel in China, live feature on Esports last week, Dota 2 was
specifically mentioned and they even went on to play the Chinese version of
Dota 2.
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