 There are about three million people in China who play chess, of which 300,000 are in the federation.In 1974 a seminal meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur that was attended by Malaysian Chess Association President Dato Tan Chin Nam, a prominent businessman; Lim Kok Ann, then President of the Singapore Chess Association; President of the Japanese Chess Association Yasuji Matsumoto; FIDE and Philippine Chess Federation President, Florencio Campomanes and two observers from the Chinese Embassy.The aim of this important meeting was to figure out how to raise the technical level of chess in Asia in order to reach the highest levels.