Chen Lichtenstein, CEO of Adama Ltd. was invitedto participate in Jingzhou International Marathon which took place on October20. The 52-year-old foreigner who likes sports very much previously participatedin several marathons.

This time he finished his first marathon runin China on a 6.8-kilometer mini marathon course. He was impressed by thewarmth of Jingzhou people, the good order of event organization and theagreeable climate, and put on a happy face after passing the finish line.

"I previously ran marathons in othercities, but this one is meaningful to me, because Mayor Cui Yonghui invited meand finished it with me, which makes me feel warm," said Lichtenstein. Itis the 3rd edition of the marathon this year with a total of over 20,000participants, if the number continues to increase, there will be over 30,000participants next year, he added.

"Whenever I visited Jingzhou, itsurprised me a lot, this is a modern city with a long history, as well as afast-growing city." said Lichtenstein. Jingzhou has created first-classbusiness environment for enterprises, it is another hometown of Adama, as wellas Adama's most important manufacturing base in China, hopefully Adama will workwith the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government in more fields, to build AdamaJingzhou Base into an industrially leading enterprise, a pride of Jingzhou andAdama's most important base in the world."

"Next time I will bring my family here toJingzhou Garden Expo Park and they look forward to the visit," said Lichtensteinwho highly anticipated his next visit to Jingzhou.