Chinese Weiqi Association (Chinese: 中国围棋协会; pinyin: Zhōngguó Wéiqí Xiéhuì), or Chinese Go Association, founded in Hefei, Anhui in 1962,[1] is the major go organization in China. As a branch of the Zhongguo Qiyuan, it oversees professional players as well as strong amateurs, functioning in the same way as the Nihon Kiin and other such groups.
Chinese Weiqi Association became a member of the International Go Federation in 1982.[2]
List of chairmen
- Li Menghua (李梦华): 1962–1988
- Chen Zude (陈祖德): 1988–2006
- Wang Runan (王汝南): 2006–2017
- Lin Jianchao (林建超): 29 December 2017[3]–present