[Beijing Winter Olympics] State Sports General Administration: China has achieved the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports"
On February 17, the 2022 Beijing News Center held a press conference. At the press conference, Tu Xiaodong, director of the Publicity Department of the State Sports General Administration, introduced that China has achieved the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", and the number of national ice and snow sports participants has reached 3.46. There are 654 standard ice rinks and 803 indoor and outdoor ski resorts across the country.
Tu Xiaodong said that with the increasing popularity of ice and snow sports and the widespread dissemination of ice and snow sports culture, the public's love for ice and snow sports has gradually increased, and the spontaneous participation rate of ice and snow sports has also gradually increased.
Relevant survey data show that 92.64% of the public participate in ice and snow sports through personal and spontaneous means.
Driven by the development concept of "Ice and snow are also invaluable assets", ice and snow tourism with ice and snow sports as its main content has developed rapidly in recent years. According to the relevant survey data of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the number of ice and snow leisure tourists in the 2020-2021 snow season has reached 230 million. , the income of ice and snow leisure tourism exceeded 390 billion yuan.
In short, ice and snow sports are playing an increasingly important role in promoting rural revitalization, local economic transformation, and achieving sustainable and high-quality economic development.
(Reporter Liu Chao produced Liu Peng)
Responsible editor: [Wang Shanshan]