Rong Guotuan (1937— 1968) was born in Nanping Town (now Nanping Town, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City). Born in a worker's family in Hong Kong. At the end of the 30th year of the Republic of China (194 1), due to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the whole family was allowed to detour to their hometown Nanping. In 32 years of the Republic of China (1943), he studied in Xian Zhen School. During school, Rong Guotuan indulged in playing table tennis after school.
1959 won the men's singles championship in the 25th World Table Tennis Championships, which was the first world champion in the history of China.
Rong Guotuan is a landmark figure & the first world champion in sports in China.
"Victory can only be a ladder we keep climbing, not a backward slide", which is the famous saying of Rong Guotuan, the first world champion in China history. This sentence is similar to the famous saying of China table tennis team "starting from scratch", which is a sense of urgency of "winning without arrogance and losing with grace", and it is also one of the important reasons why Rong Guotuan can surprise people again and again. Rong Guotuan's famous saying and his breakthrough contribution have added a king's essential temperament to the China table tennis team, enabling it to be prepared for danger in times of peace and prosper in the world table tennis world!