China News Service, April 19th. The National Development and Reform Commission today held a regular press conference in April. Spokesperson Meng Wei revealed at the meeting that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of 26,957 new social football venues have been built throughout the country. The number has increased by four times compared with the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, and the target tasks have been exceeded.

Data map: football field.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Hengwei

　　Meng Wei said that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, in order to promote the construction of social football venues, the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Administration of Sports, together with relevant departments, carried out the construction of national social football venues and facilities on the basis of guiding local governments to determine the goals and tasks of stadium construction. Special action.

In accordance with the method of "central funding, local policies, and enterprises providing services", two batches of 41 key cities have been identified successively to solve the bottleneck problems of stadium construction planning, land, and financing.

In 2020, the central government will invest 3.5 billion yuan in the budget, an increase of 233% over 2019. It will focus on supporting the construction of social football venues and successfully drive local financial funds and social capital investment of about 8.5 billion yuan.

　　Through special actions, a total of 26,957 new social football venues were built during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. The number of social football venues across the country increased by four times compared with the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, which exceeded the target task.

The goal for the construction of social football venues in the "13th Five-Year Plan" period in 31 provinces across the country has been overfulfilled.

From a regional perspective, the number of newly-built stadiums in 12 provinces including Henan, Guangdong, Yunnan and Shandong all reached more than 1,000, and the number of social football stadiums in 10 provinces including Hunan, Guizhou, Tibet, and Qinghai all increased by more than 7 times.

In terms of stadium types, 11-a-side stadiums accounted for 16%, 7- or 8-a-side stadiums accounted for 14%, 5-a-side stadiums accounted for 67%, and other standard stadiums accounted for 3%, meeting the needs of the masses for different football events.

From the perspective of construction and operation methods, among the newly added social football stadiums, publicly-built public stadiums accounted for 71.7%, privately-built private stadiums accounted for 19.3%, and publicly-built private stadiums accounted for 9%. The construction and operation of social football stadiums with the participation of social capital is more. During the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period, it has been increased by nearly three times, and a football stadium construction and operation pattern has been formed in which the role of the government is fully exerted and the social forces actively participate.

　　Meng Wei pointed out that there are still problems in the construction of social football venues such as poor quality and efficiency, low utilization efficiency, and insufficient opening to the outside world.

In this regard, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with the General Administration of Sports to guide all regions to continuously improve their operational and service capabilities.

　　One is to "build a mechanism" to ensure the operation of the stadium.

Establish and improve the opening mechanism of social football venues, in which the social football venues invested by the government and enjoying government subsidies should be guaranteed to be open to the society for free or low fees throughout the year.

Establish emergency plans and handling systems for emergency prevention and epidemic prevention and control.

Develop a new stadium protection system based on local conditions to prevent "demolition" and "occupation" from happening.

　　The second is to deepen stadium operations with "excellent service".

Establish a stadium "Internet +" management platform to provide the masses with services such as online appointments.

Regular inspections of venue facilities.

Encourage qualified stadiums to improve supporting facilities and improve service quality.

　　The third is to "expand business" to promote stadium operations.

Organize multi-level and multi-category football matches.

Encourage stadium operating organizations to cooperate with football youth training organizations, and use social football stadiums as a useful supplement to campus football stadiums.