On the evening of July 15, the Linhai Gymnasium was alive with cheers and passion. The opening ceremony of the Taizhou Division Preliminaries for the Zhejiang Urban Basketball League ("ZheBA") and the inaugural Taizhou City Basketball League was held in full swing. Shen Mingquan, Secretary of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, officially announced the event open. Jin Zhi, Director of the Sport Bureau of Zhejiang Province; Wang Jian, Deputy Secretary of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor; Zhao Ke, Chairman of the Zhejiang Basketball Association; and city leaders including Chen Tingchen and Cheng Weibo attended the ceremony.