For the past ten years, the "Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation" has promoted the football education and exchange between Chinese and British schools. The following is a summary:

2002-2003:

The main members of the Foundation were sponsored by Deutsche Bank in London and held a London press conference to promote campus football. On the 25th of October the following year, the Foundation held the "Deutsche Bank Cup" event at Tiananmen Square (the picture shows the person in charge at Tiananmen Square), as a promotion of English-based football culture and enlightenment education in England The beginning of the idea.

6 September, 2005:

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to China, playing football with Chinese teenagers in Beijing, inspired the Chinese and British campus football culture exchange has a new beginning.

In early January 2006:

Foundation organization of the English School Football Association (ESFA) officials, senior coaches began to study the possibility of Sino-UK School football education concept of cooperation. At the end of January, the Foundation organized four officials and delegates from the State Sports General Administration of China to attend the 102nd anniversary of the establishment of the England Campus Football Association at the National Sports Center in England. During the celebration, with 26 English School football member representatives gathered together.

19 August to 29 August, 2006:

Organized by the Foundation and sponsored by the Chinese State Sports General Administration of a total of 25 U18 campus football delegation to visit the British. In London successfully held the first "Sino-British campus football cooperation" and a friendship game. Activities by the Chinese Embassy Cultural Counselor Ke Yasha and the British cultural media sports minister Chingbang affirmation and praise.

year 2010:

Director of the Foundation Mr Nelson Cheng and members of the British royal family, the Sino-UK youth School football cooperation in the prospects for communication, through the influence of the royal family to promote cooperation. In the same year on 2nd August, the Queen's office replied that the Queen appreciated the Foundation's proposal, and to the British Parliament, Culture and Sport Minister Hunter direct expression of the main members of the royal family to support the meaning and hope that the cultural and sports authorities with young people School football project implementation work.

29 April, 2011:

By the Chinese Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Sports jointly set up the "National Youth Sunshine Sports Leadership Office" and the Foundation signed a 15-year "Sunshine Sports ─ Sino-UK School Football Project agreement, and the Chinese government approved Introducing the Concept of Football Enlightenment Education in England.

13 May, 2012:

The FA Learning and the Foundation announced a 15-year "Sunshine Sports - Sino-UK School Football Project."

Source： Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao - 10 years of rough road step a footprint