Young players heading to Germany

BEIJING - Ten youngsters will get the chance to represent China at the international FC Bayern Youth Cup in Munich, which will be held in May 2012.

China's World Cup sponsor, Yingli - a leading solar energy company - has teamed with top German soccer club Bayern Munich and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) to take underprivileged Chinese soccer players to the international youth tournament in Germany.

The event is a scouting initiative for the world's best Under-16 players and an international charity youth competition with sponsors from around the world. Xue Li, vice-chairman of the CFA, Werner Kern, head of the youth department of FC Bayern Munich, and Judy Tzeng Lee, director of global marketing and development at Yingli, were at the press conference on Tuesday to outline details of the Bayern Youth Cup 2012 at the CFA's headquarters in Beijing.