China News Service, May 29, 29th, the General Administration of Sport issued on its official website the guidance of the General Administration of Sport to coordinate the promotion of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic prevention and control and sports work leading group on orderly recovery of sports events. It stipulates that professional sports events such as the Chinese Super League, CBA, etc., should separately formulate a work recovery plan for the event and implement it after review and evaluation.

Image source: Screenshot from the official website of the General Administration of Sports

  The announcement reads as follows:

  Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, municipalities with separate plans, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Sports Bureau, departments, divisions, bureaus, directly affiliated units, China Football Association, China Basketball Association, China Athletics Association, various reform pilot project associations:

  In order to adapt to the requirements of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the overall prevention and control strategy of "foreign defense import, internal defense rebound" was fully implemented, and the relevant requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the resumption of work and production were carefully implemented. Activities, the relevant matters are now notified as follows:

  1. General principles

  (1) Persist in putting the safety and health of the people first, and strictly implement the requirements for epidemic prevention and control.

  (2) Adhere to the principle of territorial management. According to the requirements of the epidemic prevention and control work in various places, combined with the characteristics of specific events, scientifically judge and judge the risk of epidemic prevention and control, and proceed prudently and in an orderly manner.

  (3) Adhere to the principle of "who sponsors and who is responsible". Formulate prevention and control work plans and emergency plans in accordance with the requirements of "one event, one plan".

  2. Specific requirements

  (1) Open various sports venues in an orderly manner by making reservations and limiting current. Under the premise of implementing prevention and control measures, local mass sports activities can be carried out. The national marathon and other mass gatherings, and mass sports events and activities held across regions will not resume temporarily.

  (2) On the premise of fully considering the situation and requirements of epidemic prevention and control in the host area, comprehensively judging the necessity and risks of the event, and formulating a strict epidemic prevention and control work plan and emergency plan, the non-physical contact nationwide individual events shall be organized in a prudent and orderly manner. Sports events.

  (3) For professional sports events such as the Chinese Football Association Super League and the Chinese Men ’s Basketball Professional League, separate work plans for the recovery of the event shall be formulated and implemented after review and evaluation.

  (4) International and national comprehensive sports events will not resume temporarily.

  The recovery of sports events and activities will be dynamically adjusted in time according to changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation. All units should continue to organize and carry out colorful sports events and activities through various means such as Internet and video to enrich the people's sports and cultural life.

  General Administration of Sports to promote new coronary pneumonia

  Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control and Sports Work

  May 29, 2020 (End)