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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  _The Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center’s role as a tourist destination has expanded significantly, receiving over 130,000 sailing tourists each year. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY_ By XING WEN Few cities in China allow you to sail straight from the heart of downtown. From the docks of the Olympic Sailing Center in Qingdao, Shandong province, you can cast off and ride the wind across Fushan Bay, with the Central Business District’s (CBD) high-rises looming behind you — a geographical quirk that sets it apart from nearly all other coastal destinations. The center, built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics sailing competition, is a source of pride for Zheng Yi, a Qingdao native whose dream also set sail there. In April 2006 the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet made its first-ever stop in China, docking in Qingdao. A grand send-off ceremony packed with crowds and the beat of drums and gongs was held near the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center. It was there that Zheng, then 10 and on a family spring outing, happened to witness the scene, watching the big boat bearing the name Qingdao, the first Clipper yacht ever named after a Chinese city, sail out of the harbor. Among the crew was Guo Chuan, the first Qingdao native to compete in the Clipper race. “That moment planted a seed in my heart,” Zheng said. “I wanted to become a sailor too, representing my hometown and sailing across the oceans.” Fortunately, the following year, Zheng, while in the fifth grade, was selected, simply because he could swim, to take part in a 10-day summer camp organized by the city’s “Sailing into Schools” initiative. During the camp he lived and trained with other elementary school students from across the city, learning to sail OP dinghies every day. “Qingdao’s sailing atmosphere at the time gave ordinary kids like us the chance to get involved in this sport.” When the 2008 Olympics torch relay reached the sailing center, Zheng joined other young sailors in a flotilla of small dinghies, serving as a backdrop fleet as they witnessed the torch being passed through the harbor. “That was the first time I realized how big the stage for sailing really is, that it can take you far,” Zheng said. And he went far. In the 2017-18 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Zheng was selected as an ambassador crew member aboard the Qingdao, competing in the first leg of the season — a journey from Liverpool, the United Kingdom, to Punta del Este, Uruguay. In 2019, as the youngest Chinese sailor in the fleet, he took part in the 2019-20 Clipper Race, racing all eight legs of the global circuit for the first time. “Circumnavigating the globe taught me little by little how to communicate, collaborate and connect with sailors from different countries. It not only improved my language skills but also helped me stay emotionally steady in the face of uncertainty.” Now racing for the team China One Ningbo, Zheng has come a long way — from a wide-eyed 10-year-old staring up at sailboats from the dock to a professional sailor competing regularly on the international stage. Since the “Sailing into Schools” program was established in 2006 the city has trained about 45,000 young sailors, the Qingdao Sports Development Center said. For the most part, children in Qingdao have no fear of the sea, Zheng said. “When I was young we didn’t have air conditioning at home. My father taking me to the beach to swim and play in the water was the highlight of every summer. Growing up alongside the sea, eating seafood and spending days by the shore gives Qingdao kids a natural bond with the ocean. There’s no barrier, no fear. It’s in our bones: we love the water, and we’re not afraid to take risks.” Today, while preparing for various M32 sailing competitions, Zheng continues to manage his social media accounts, hoping more people will see his sailing exploits. Xin Kejiang, deputy director of the marine sports development and promotion department of the Qingdao Sports Development Center, said the public sailing experience events hosted at the center are always well received. Five hundred recently opened spots were fully booked overnight. While the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center continues to serve as a training ground for primary and secondary school students as well as local university sailing clubs, its tourism potential has grown significantly in recent years, offering catamaran and monohull sailing for both adults and children, he said. Eighteen years after the Olympic flame left Qingdao, the sailing center remains a place of beginnings. For Zheng it was where a childhood dream took wing. Today it offers the same wind to anyone who steps aboard, whether chasing a trophy, a sunset or a future they have yet to imagine. [](https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/) ## China Daily Website - Connecting China Connecting the World Since its launch in 1981, China Daily has grown to become the nation’s leading English-language newspaper. 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