April 10, 1971 (March 15), Xinhai, the U.S. table tennis team to visit China, and open the door to Sino-US relations. Zhou Enlai met after the founding of



first American sports delegation visiting
from 10 to 17 April 1971, to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Nagoya, Japan, the thirty-first U.S. table tennis delegation, the invitation of the Chinese table tennis delegation's visit to our country, and open the door of the isolation of 22 years of Sino-US exchanges, international public opinion as "ping-pong diplomacy".
U.S. table tennis delegation told the Chinese table tennis delegation expressed hope to visit China after the end of the game, during the thirty-first Tennis held. On April 6, the game has been drawing to a close, Chairman Mao Zedong categorically changed the original intent of making a decision, and invited the U.S. table tennis delegation to visit my country.
4 May 10, 2009, the President of the United States Table Tennis Association, the Head and athletes Cohen, Rezek and others arrived in Beijing. Premier Zhou Enlai made specific arrangements for the visit, this visit is a very good time to open the situation of Sino-US relations. This had an impact on the breakthrough of the Sino-US relations the (the l $ dj��.��r��) known as "small ball to promote big ball April 14,
, Premier Zhou met at the Great Hall of the United States, table tennis delegation of Canada, Colombia and other countries, and a long conversation with the U.S. delegation. China and the United States table tennis team held a friendly competition. American friends also visited the Great Wall, visited Tsinghua University and other places. On the same day, U.S. President Richard Nixon issued a statement on the improvement of loosening of relations between the two countries adopted a series of measures.
China and the United States table tennis team of friendly exchanges, and promote the process of the normalization of Sino-US relations.
U.S. table tennis delegation to visit the Great Wall