Recently, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Wuhan University and many other domestic colleges and universities announced to open their campuses to alumni and some members of the public. Some colleges and universities also issued documents to allow parents and outsiders to enter the campus.
At the same time, the education departments of Chengdu in Sichuan and Ningbo in Zhejiang have also successively stated that they will gradually promote colleges and universities to resume the opening of sports venues and facilities to the society.
With the continuous optimization of domestic epidemic prevention and control policies, "are university gates and university stadiums open?" has become a topic of concern.
However, shortcomings such as insufficient management mechanisms, lack of corresponding security measures, and inadequate professional services have always made the opening of university sports venues face many difficulties.
In this regard, some industry experts believe that in order to promote the opening and sharing of college sports venues, it is urgent to face up to the current difficulties. It is necessary to strengthen the internal management of colleges and universities, and it is also necessary to introduce social forces to participate in the operation.
Many parties call for "fitness into the campus"
Recently, the commentary article "University Gates, It's Time to Open" published by CCTV network caused heated discussions.
During the interview, a reporter from the Worker's Daily learned that although domestic epidemic prevention and control policies continue to be optimized, most colleges and universities are still not open to non-campus personnel, or they still adopt conditional opening measures.
Last weekend, the reporter came to Beijing Normal University and said that he wanted to enter the school for fitness. The staff at the school gate said: "Unless you go in for business, you can ask the teacher to take you in. Now you can't enter without a certificate, and people outside the school are generally not allowed to go in to visit or exercise. "At Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, the staff told reporters that only teachers and students from the school come to contact, and those outside the school can enter, and other cases need to be approved in advance.
At the Capital Institute of Physical Education, the reporter learned that social personnel who have applied for a fitness card in the school can enter, and other off-campus personnel cannot enter the campus for the time being.
"I used to apply for an annual fitness card here, including yoga, swimming and other items, and now I can go in and exercise." A woman who lives near the school told reporters at the school gate.
In this regard, many citizens and experts have called for colleges and universities to reopen their campuses, especially sports facilities, to citizens as soon as possible.
Wang Yuxiong, director of the Sports Economics Research Center of the Central University of Finance and Economics, believes that college sports venues have relatively complete facilities and high-quality resources, which can meet the citizens' multiple fitness needs. The effective use of these venues can alleviate the pain point of the lack of fitness venues for the whole people.
"Openness is the normal state of universities. With the continuous optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies, we should gradually promote the opening of stadiums and related facilities."
The Dilemma of the Opening of College Sites
According to the "National Sports Venue Statistical Survey Data in 2021", by the end of 2021, the national sports venue area will be 3.411 billion square meters, and the per capita sports venue area will be 2.41 square meters.
In the entire field area, the sports field area of public institutions, including colleges and universities, accounts for the largest proportion, exceeding 40%.
However, most domestic schools, especially the gymnasiums of colleges and universities, are not open to the outside world.
Studies have shown that in recent years, the opening rate of school sports venues in my country is only about 30%, which is significantly different from the needs of the masses.
Since the resources of sports venues in colleges and universities are relatively abundant, why is the overall degree of openness not high?
Zheng Zinan, a teacher at the Academic Affairs Office of China University of Political Science and Law, told reporters that the contradiction between the opening and management time of gymnasiums in the school is relatively serious. "Many colleges and universities often have conflicts between teaching and opening time in the process of implementing external management, which makes it difficult for physical education to be carried out smoothly."
Many college teachers believed in interviews that with the opening of school gymnasiums and various facilities, more social personnel will enter the school to participate in physical exercise, which may bring certain safety hazards.
At the same time, the increase of social personnel will reduce the sports opportunities of the school students accordingly.
This is also an important reason why many colleges and universities do not easily fully open fitness venues.
"The area of our school is not large, the fitness venues are limited, and the resources of some venues are relatively tight. If all the venues are completely open to the public, we may have no place to exercise ourselves." Wang Jianhan, a graduate student at Renmin University of China, told reporters.
The fee management of sports venues is often a headache for colleges and universities.
Zheng Zinan believes that the price of venues is too high, and it may be difficult to attract fitness crowds; but the fees are too low, which is not only not conducive to venue maintenance, but also difficult to guarantee economic benefits.
In addition, some colleges and universities are not in place in terms of professional services, which is also one of the reasons why the current campus sports venues are not open enough.
Xing Guibin, a citizen of Beijing, believes that in fact, everyone does not know whether the stadiums in colleges and universities are open, and "there is no specific way to understand and grasp the open items, charging standards, and actual opening hours."
Optimization means are essential
Last year, the "Opinions on Building a Higher-Level National Fitness Public Service System" issued by the Central Committee and the State Council clearly stated that it is necessary to optimize the distribution of resources, expand service supply, and effectively alleviate the people's growing demand for physical fitness and stadium resources. The contradiction between insufficient supply.
People in the industry believe that in order to improve the openness of college sports venues, internal management must be strengthened, and professional teams can also be introduced to operate.
Wang Yuxiong believes that colleges and universities should reasonably formulate safety plans, management rules and specific charging standards for social personnel entering the school for fitness. Contradictions."
From the perspective of industry insiders, it is more important to introduce social professional teams to participate in operation and management to improve the openness of university venues.
Chen Zhongyun, a professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, said that schools can choose professional operating companies through public bidding and other methods, and entrust them to manage college sports venues.
"Universities and colleges hire third-party teams to provide paid services during non-teaching hours, and the government regulates the service charging standards. In this process, colleges and universities must have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the third-party team's fund supervision, market pricing, and operating standards, and reasonably manage risks. Control."
"Worker's Daily" February 22, 2023, Page 08