Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 14 (Reporter Ma Bangjie) On the 14th, the "Notice of the General Office of the General Administration of Sports on the announcement of the second batch of key cities for national football development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period was announced.
Beijing, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Meizhou and Xi'an were awarded the second batch of national football development key cities during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
The notice stated that the State Sports General Administration and the Chinese Football Association jointly organized the second batch of material review and field inspections of key cities for national football development. The list of the second batch of key cities for national football development during the "Five" period.
The notice requires all key cities to follow the requirements of the "Guiding Opinions of the General Administration of Sports on Carrying out the Construction of Key Cities for National Football Development", attach great importance, establish and improve the working mechanism, strengthen the guarantee of funds, land use and other elements, ensure that various construction tasks are effective, and actively explore. Useful experience for reference and promotion, and give full play to the typical demonstration role.
In January this year, the State Sports General Administration announced the list of the first batch of key cities for national football development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
Nine cities including Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Changchun, Chongqing, Dalian and Qingdao are on the list.
In May 2021, in order to further promote the implementation of the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of China's Football" and seek to implement the special football plan in the "14th Five-Year" sports development plan, the State Sports General Administration and the Chinese Football Association jointly launched the "National Football Development Key Cities". "Construction work, select a group of cities with good football foundation, good development conditions and high work enthusiasm, strengthen support and guidance, build my country's football reform and development model cities, summarize typical experience in promoting football reform and development, and promote the exploration of football development paths with Chinese characteristics. .
The construction of key cities for national football development takes five years as a cycle.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, it is planned to build 16-18 key cities nationwide.
The person in charge of the National Football Development Key Cities Office stated that they will establish a supervision and evaluation mechanism, and organize an expert group to evaluate the construction effect of the national football development key cities every year. Those who fail to pass the two-year evaluation will be revoked the title of key city.