China News Service, Beijing, March 3rd. On the 3rd, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the release of the white paper on the "Development of Sports and Rights Protection for the Disabled in China".
Liu Guoyong, deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, said at the meeting that to ensure that disabled people participate in national fitness activities, it is very important to improve the public service system for national fitness.
Liu Guoyong pointed out that from the perspective of sports, to improve the public service system for national fitness related to the disabled, the key is to do well in three aspects: first, to provide the disabled with convenient and accessible sports and fitness facilities; second, as much as possible Organize more disabled people to participate in physical fitness activities; thirdly, strengthen the guidance for disabled people to participate in physical fitness activities.
In this regard, the State Sports General Administration has started work from many aspects.
"Using the central funds to guide and support the local implementation of the 'National Fitness and Disabled Project'. As you can see, many communities are equipped with fitness equipment and fitness paths, and now the needs of the disabled should also be considered in the gradual improvement of these fitness equipment and fitness paths. Guidance Promote all kinds of public fitness venues to improve the physical fitness equipment and facilities for disabled people in accordance with the requirements of the "Code for Design of Barrier-Free Facilities"." Liu Guoyong said.
In addition, the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China encourages enterprises to develop sports and fitness equipment and facilities suitable for the disabled, mobilize the power of the whole society, including enterprises, to provide public services for the disabled.
"We, together with relevant departments, have issued and implemented the "Basic Public Service Standards for National Fitness" and "Basic Public Service Standards for Public Stadiums". We hope that through these measures, we can provide convenience for disabled people to participate in sports and fitness activities."
Liu Guoyong said that the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China supports and guides local sports departments and disabled sports organizations, provides convenience for disabled people to participate in sports activities, and organizes them to participate in more activities, so as to integrate into the society and better play the role of sports and fitness.
Not only on the "National Fitness Day", but also at other important time points in sports for the disabled, don't forget that disabled friends also have the right to participate.
Liu Guoyong introduced that the State Sports General Administration has also played an active role in international sports events in cooperation with the China Disabled Persons' Federation in recent years.
The development of comprehensive sports such as the Paralympic Games, the Asian Paralympic Games, and the National Paralympic Games has provided convenience for disabled friends to participate in physical fitness activities.
Liu Guoyong pointed out that it is also an important aspect to have someone guide the disabled to participate in sports activities.
"We have a team of more than 2 million social sports instructors. In the process of cultivating the social sports instructor team in recent years, especially in the content of textbook training, the relevant content of the training for the disabled has been improved, so that the social sports instructors can grasp the disability. Some characteristics and rules of people's participation in physical fitness activities can effectively guide disabled people to participate in physical fitness activities, so that they can better keep fit and integrate into society through participating in physical fitness activities." (End)