Bringing the world to the table

As China reaffirms dominance of elite ranks, CTTA boss Liu Guoliang focuses on sport's global development

Bagging four out of the five gold medals on offer at the World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Houston, Texas, over the past week, Team China again reaffirmed its dominance of the sport at elite level.

However, rather than focusing on the national team's feats, Liu Guoliang, president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA), is more encouraged by the bigger picture－the sport's global development and growth.

"Table tennis does not just belong to China, it belongs to the whole world. Chinese table tennis can only grow if table tennis develops globally," said Liu, who was last week elected executive vice-president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).