The 2025 Jinji Lake Dragon Boat Race kicked off at Moon Harbor amidst inspiring drums and cheers. After rounds of rivalries, the champions emerged.
The Shazhou Youhuang Team won the 12-men Open Division; the New Era Women’s Dragon Boat Team won the 12-women Open Division; the AUO Kunshan Dragon Boat Team won the 12-men Enterprise Division; and the Kunshan Linggui Xianxing Team won the 22-member Open Division. In the youngsters’ races, the Xincheng Garden Primary School’s Sunflower Dragon Boat Team won the 22-member Primary Division, the Jinji Lake School’s Kunpeng Team won the Junior Division, and XJTLU-AS Team won the Senior Division. The Shanghai Dragons Thrusters won the 12-member International Invitational Division.
About 30,000 people watched the races on site, and the live streams of the event on 18 platforms recorded more than 10 million views.
Dragon boat racing, one of the most typical traditions of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, is being revitalized in the modern and inclusive SIP. Since its initiation in 2010, the annual Jinji Lake Dragon Boat Race has continuously infused new connotations and momentum into local urban development.
