China News Service, Beijing, February 19th: Behind the participation of 300 million people in ice and snow sports: "Joyful Music" on the road to a sports power

　　Author Bian Liqun

　　"At that time, the ice rink was empty and empty, and now I can't move my legs, it's like 'loading dumplings'."

　　The "at that time" that Zhou Yi said was 2015.

That year, China successfully bid for the Winter Olympics; it was also that year, when she first came into contact with skating in the third year of junior high school.

　　From the bid to host the Winter Olympics to now presenting a simple, safe and exciting event to the world, with the realization of the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", more and more people like Zhou Yi are involved in ice and snow sports.

　　If the achievements of competitive sports are compared to the "independent music" on the field, the development of national fitness and the improvement of the public's physical fitness in the past ten years will outline a "pleasure" on the road to building a strong sports country and a healthy China. picture.

Ski lovers enjoy ice and snow sports at Chongli Fulong Ski Resort.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia

From "ice and snow fever" to "fitness tide"

　　On February 11, an ordinary working day after the Spring Festival, the reporter came to an ice rink in Shijingshan District, Beijing.

Among the skating crowd, there are parents with children, groups of students, young couples, and adults.

A small ice rink has become the epitome of the national fitness boom.

　　According to official data released a few days ago, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports across the country has reached 346 million, of which 186 million in the northern region and 161 million in the southern region.

Ice and snow sports are in full bloom in China.

Citizens run and exercise in the gym.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

　　Not only winter sports, but also from traditional popular sports such as running, table tennis and basketball, to cutting-edge surfing, sailing, hip-hop... The depth and breadth of public participation in national fitness has grown by leaps and bounds in the past ten years.

　　The "2020 National Fitness Activity Survey Bulletin" shows that the participation rate of people over 7 years old in physical exercise has increased from 49% in 2014 to 67.5%.

92.7% of adults and the elderly pay attention to sports information, an increase of 10.6 percentage points over 2014. In the past ten years, the Chinese people's attention to sports has increased day by day.

In the short track speed skating mixed team relay final, the Chinese team composed of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu took the lead in winning the first gold medal for the Chinese sports delegation.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

From

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audience

" to "protagonist"

　　With the successful start of the Chinese curling mixed doubles Winter Olympics, a "national curling carnival" swept across the country; after Gu Ailing won the championship, the search volume of "ski-themed homestays" on a certain platform soared by 3 times... While focusing on the achievements of competitive sports, Chinese people also More than just being a "spectator".

　　According to incomplete statistics, since November 2021, nearly 3,000 online and offline mass events related to the Winter Olympics have been held in various regions, with more than 100 million people participating.

China's first skiing world champion Guo Dandan once told Chinanews.com, "After the Beijing Winter Olympics, the public will have a new understanding of ice and snow sports." This judgment has been initially fulfilled.

The physical education teacher is explaining the "land curling" project to the students.

Photo by Qu Honglun

　　In fact, "new cognition" has been formed in a subtle way.

Su Bingtian broke the Asian record for the men's 100m in the Tokyo Olympics, and Xiao Ran, who was standing in front of the TV, jumped up excitedly.

Because of his busy life, he once gave up his fitness habit, and now his desire to exercise has been ignited again.

　　"Competitive sports have the role of leading, demonstrating, motivating and popularizing national fitness. National fitness also promotes competitive sports and helps to create a good atmosphere for sports activities, which lays a solid foundation for competitive sports and provides opportunities for the selection of reserve talents. The two are interactive." Zheng Jiakun, a sports scholar and professor at the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, told Chinanews.com.

Aerial photography of Nanchang National Sports Football Park, the opening of the night football field, has become a good place for citizens to exercise at night.

Photo by Liu Zhankun

From "Sports Power" to "Healthy China"

　　The "Fifth National Physical Fitness Monitoring Bulletin" shows that in 2020, the proportion of the number of people who reached the "qualified" level of the "National Physical Fitness Measurement Standard" was 90.4%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over 2014; urban and rural residents' physical shape, physical function and The difference in strength and quality has further narrowed compared with 2014.

The positive changes in the physical fitness of Chinese people in the past ten years can be seen from this.

　　The "14th Five-Year Plan" and the 2035 Vision Outline outlines the goal of building a sports power and a healthy China.

In Zheng Jiakun's view, social sports, community fitness, the development of grassroots clubs and associations, community events, and the construction of fitness venues and facilities are the future directions of development.

　　In the "14th Five-Year Plan" Sports Development Plan, these are further put on the agenda.

By 2030, China will basically build a network of public sports facilities at the county and village levels at three levels, with a per capita sports area of ​​no less than 2.3 square meters, and full coverage of 15-minute fitness circles in urban communities.

In order to achieve the goal of a sports power and a healthy China, Chinese sports are racing against time.

　　On the roof of the office building of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, located on Beijing Stadium Road, 12 vigorous and powerful characters are eye-catching - "Develop sports and enhance people's physique".

This is the original intention of China to develop sports, and it is also the goal that generations of sports people strive for.

Children in the ice rink.

　　21 kilometers away from this building, the ice rink in Shijingshan District is still lively on and off the field.

A 6-year-old girl is demonstrating to reporters how to do a twist in figure skating.

She said that she often comes here to play.

　　Another ice rink in the arena is the ice hockey field, where a group of children are playing attentively.

At the same time, the Beijing Winter Olympics competition is still fierce.

　　"The future depends on their generation," said a parent who watched the game on the sidelines.

(End) (Some of the interviewees in the article are pseudonyms, and interns Guo Ziyi and Chu Yue also contributed)