On this day, 36 years ago, on April 17, 1989 (March 12, 1989, the China Taipei sports team came to the mainland to compete for the first time. On April 17, 1989, a 27-member China Taipei gymnastics team participating in the Asian Youth Gymnastics Championships, led by its leader and deputy secretary-general of the Taipei Olympic Committee of China, arrived in Beijing on the afternoon of April 17, 1989. This was the first time since 1949 that a team was sent to the mainland to participate in sports competitions, marking that cross-strait sports exchanges have entered a new stage.