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First Chinese global sponsor for FIFA

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited will be the first Chinese company to become a global sponsor of FIFA under a deal to be signed tomorrow in Beijing.

Asia Sponsorship News reports that Yingli Solar, a division of Yingli Green Energy, will be signing the deal. Yingli is one of China’s biggest solar panel and solar energy product manufacturers, with a large share of its business being done in the US.

Asia Sponsorship News learned of the identity of the company from invitations sent to local media. FIFA had not revealed the name of the new sponsor, but had confirmed its officials were on the way to Beijing to sign the organisation’s first deal with a Chinese company.