On June 12th, the ZJU Boston Alumni, which was sponsored by Hengtian, won the gold medal of Group G at the 37th Annual Boston Hong Kong Dragon- Boat Racing alongside the Charles River, Boston. It was the third time that the ZJU Boston Alumni attended the race and the best records hit by ZJU Boston Alumni before was the third place in Group C and the silver medal of Chinese University Alumni Group.
The Boston Dragon Boat Festival takes place annually on the banks of the Charles River in Boston and Cambridge. Starting in 1979, Boston Dragon Boat Festival, the first and oldest such festival in North America, has grown from a small neighborhood event commemorating the death in 200 B.C. of the beloved Chinese poet-patriot Qu Yuan to the largest Asian-American cultural event in New England, drawing more than 20,000 participants and spectators.
