At 7:30 p.m. on September 23, the 2016 China · Hengqin WDC Standard Dance/Latin Dance International Invitational Tournament held a grand opening ceremony at the Hengqin International Tennis Center. Hengqin that night, romance and passion danced together!

The event is another major international event introduced by the Hengqin Pilot Free Trade Zone after the China International Circus Festival and the WTA Super Elite Competition. The contestants came from 36 countries and regions around the world, including United Kingdom, United States, Italy, Spain, Russia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, with more than 3,000 teams. In addition to setting up the highest level of international professional modern dance, international professional Latin dance, international amateur modern dance, international amateur Latin dance 4 groups, in order to further promote and improve the level of international standard dance among the public, the competition also set up about 139 groups of competition, such as Asian professional and amateur group, international youth group, amateur youth group, international teacher and student group, and international prime group.

In order to enhance the spectacle and attractiveness of the event, the organizing committee invited a group of international top professional dancers, including Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova, who are the No. 1 United States dancers in the professional modern dance industry today.

Hengqin is the largest island in Zhuhai, connected to the Latin American Macao Bridge, and has a long history of cooperation and exchanges with Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, especially in the fields of tourism and leisure, trade and logistics, education and training, scientific and technological services, cultural exchanges, etc., with extensive contacts and development. According to the introduction of the organizing committee of the competition, as the "main force" of Hengqin's construction and development, the organizer of the event, Zhuhai Dahengqin Investment Co., Ltd., stands at the forefront of the tide and strives to build a platform and carrier for all-round exchanges and cooperation between Hengqin and the Spanish and Portuguese languages. This competition is not only an unprecedented event of the collision of world dance arts, but also an intimate contact of cultural exchanges between China and Latin America, using dance as a medium to shorten the distance between Hengqin and the world, and will further promote the cultural exchanges and development between Hengqin and Latin America and the world.

The person in charge of Zhuhai Dahengqin Investment Co., Ltd. introduced, "Dance has no borders, and thousands of miles come to communicate." "Zhuhai Hengqin advocates innovation, vitality and inclusiveness. Zhuhai Dahengqin Investment Co., Ltd. strives to create a miracle that makes the world dance bloom, with first-class facilities, first-class service and first-class guarantee, to send an incomparable and wonderful visual feast to the audience, and at the same time add a new highlight to the city brand of Zhuhai and Hengqin.

During the day on September 23, the International Open Professional Group, International Open Amateur Group, Asia-Pacific Professional Group/Professional Rising Star Group, Asia-Pacific Amateur Group/Business Rising Star Group, and International Open 12-21 Years Old Group (Professional College Group) and other groups will be the first to start. The contestants unleashed their dancing passions with beautiful body language, bringing waltzes, Viennese waltzes, tango, foxtrot and quickstep dances to the audience, as well as Latin dances such as rumba, chacha, samba, cowboy and bullfighting. Among them, the champions of Asian amateur Latin and standard dance have been produced, and the champions are all from China.

That night, in the crisp and beautiful music field, the final of the highest category of the competition was passionately staged. 36 pairs of teams and 24 pairs of contestants in seven international categories, including 21-year-old group, 18-year-old group, 12-year-old group, 14-year-old group, amateur group Latin dance, amateur group standard dance, professional group standard dance and Latin dance cross, appeared on the stage to start the peak showdown.

From September 24th, all international open youth groups, international open teachers and students group, international open middle-aged group, ordinary high school, and Asia-Pacific amateur rookies will be in the finals.