The popular Village Super League tournament made its comeback in Rongjiang County of southwest China's Guizhou Province on Friday, after the county made a full recovery from a severe flooding in late June.
The iconic grassroots football tournament, also known as Cun Chao, was suspended for a month in the county after the main pitch was severely damaged by the floods.
Local authorities quickly rolled out reconstruction efforts once the floodwaters receded, completing the pitch's renovation in just over half a month.
On Friday, the League unveiled its comeback match at the newly restored venue, with passionate fans packing the stands to cheer for their teams.
With tourist arrivals also rebounding, local authorities have arranged free shuttle buses at railway and long-haul bus stations to offer convenient transportation for visitors attending the tournament.
Village Super League makes comeback in southwest China county after month-long flood recovery
China will enhance its equipment upgrading and trade-in programs in 2026 to boost domestic demand, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced on Tuesday.
Regarding promoting large-scale equipment upgrades and replacing old consumer goods with new ones, significant progress was reported in 2025. In the past year, ultra-long-term special government bond funds were arranged to support approximately 8,400 equipment-upgrading projects, stimulating total investments exceeding 1 trillion yuan (about 143.5 billion U.S. dollars). Over 360 million people applied for subsidies under the consumer goods trade-in scheme, leading to sales of related goods surpassing 2.6 trillion yuan.
Wang Shancheng, director of the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection at the NDRC, said at a press conference that the Implementation of these measures will continue to be optimized in 2026.
"We will further lower the investment threshold for application projects, increase support for small and medium-sized enterprises, expand policy coverage, implement the requirements for building a unified national market, and implement unified subsidy standards nationwide for the scrapping and replacement of vehicles, trade-in of six categories of home appliances, and four categories of digital and smart product purchases," said Wang.
The NDRC representative also highlighted that in 2026, efforts will focus on comprehensively expanding domestic demand. An implementation plan to expand domestic demand for the 2026-2030 period will be formulated. Furthermore, the NDRC will promote upgrades in key industries, explore establishing a national-level mergers and acquisitions fund, and cultivate and bolster emerging and future industries.
China to enhance equipment upgrades and trade-in programs in 2026
