Green Energy unveiled as World Cup sponsor

Also the first renewable energy company to back football's showpiece event, Yingli becomes the seventh event-specific sponsor of South Africa 2010, which takes place from June 11 to July 11 this year.

"The announcement of Yingli Green Energy as the first Chinese company to be a global sponsor of the World Cup marks a historical moment," FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in a video message to a news conference in Beijing.

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