from the China Daily,
It won't be long before China cultivates more homegrown talents like National Hockey League (NHL) prospect Song Andong.
The country has launched an integrated winter sports development plan aiming at nursing talents from a grassroots level to the elite echelon.
The upbringing of Beijing native Song, who became the first Chinese drafted to the NHL when the New York Islanders selected him last year, highlighted amateur organization's role in developing elite talents for winter sports. Song spent years playing in Beijing's junior hockey program.
President Xi Jinping called for development in winter sports as the country gets set to host 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. China's sports governing body announced on Thursday to include social-funded organizations into a four-tier national winter sports system to better discover and develop promising talents.
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