Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) signed a four-year sponsorship contract with ANTA Sports Tuesday, appointing ANTA Sports as the unique provider of the COC and the Chinese delegations at 11 international multi-sport competitions during the span of 2009-2012, including the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games and 2012 London Olympic Games.

The amount of the contract was not released, which would be "more than double the best previous contract", said Wang Jun, Vice President of the COC. It could be no less than half a billion RMB, according to some resources.

The 11 international competitions include Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Summer and Winter Youth Olympic Games, Asian Games and Asian Winter Games, East Asian Games, twice Asian Indoor Games and Asian Beach Games.

(Xinhua News Agency June 24, 2009)