Christa Harmotto (4) of the Guangdong Evergrande team blocks a spike from Cheryl Weaver (2) of American national team during their exhibition match yesterday in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. The local club won 25-20, 25-14, 25-19.

Inset: Lang Ping (left), head coach of Guangdong Evergrande, receives the trophy from Xu Jiayin, chairman of the Evergrande Real Estate Group after their successful promotion to China's first division league on Monday. The team was also awarded 1.5 million yuan ($219,683) prizemoney from the Evergrande group.

China Daily