From February to December 2006, a group of China Team members led by Pierre Mas, team skipper, was testing a number of existing sport boats, sail regattas and match racing.
The aim was to get a fleet of boats for its operations, part of them being to attract, train and recruit new sailors from China.
When Luc Gellusseau came back from a sail test in Germany of the new T680, designed by Steve Thompson, he decided it was the right boat for their purposes.
[1] Production of a model branded "Longtze Premier" was started in February 2008[2] at Zou Intermarine in the Northern coastal city of Qingdao, China which hosted the 2008 Olympic sailing venue.
[3] Longtze yachts have competed in the Grand-Prix de l’École Navale regatta since 2008,[4] and took part in Cowes Week in 2010[3] and in the Alps Cup on Lake Garda in September 2017.