China News Agency, Chengdu, October 10th (Wang Peng, Yue Yitong, Wang Liwen) On the evening of the 9th, at the final scene of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, the Chinese men's table tennis team defeated the German men's team 3:0 and achieved ten consecutive championships.

This also marks the official conclusion of the world's highest level and largest table tennis event in 2022.

　　"Chengdu is fully prepared for the World Table Tennis Championships. Perhaps only China can do it so well." After the event, foreign teams left Chengdu one after another. Luxembourg coach Danielsen summed up the experience of the competition before leaving.

　　From September 29th to October 9th, 60 sports teams from 36 countries and regions participated in the "Table Tennis World Brand Chengdu".

As Danielson said, in the past ten days, Chengdu has shown a good ability to host games.

　　It is understood that as another international high-profile event held in China after the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships draws on the closed-loop management policy of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and contestants enter and leave Chengdu by special plane. without special isolation.

　　In the official restaurant in the closed loop, Sichuan cuisine is dazzling.

Italian table tennis player Zogia Picolin, after tasting traditional Sichuan dishes such as Kung Pao Chicken, Twice-cooked Pork, and Mapo Tofu, confessed that she likes cowpea mixed sauce noodles the most, "I like to eat pasta and pizza in my hometown. The noodles taste different and are very tasty.”

In the "City Cultural Exchange Activities" area within the closed-loop management, experience programs such as Shu embroidery, paper-cutting, face changing, calligraphy, and Gaiwan tea are all available. The French table tennis player Alex who came to "check in" was amazed by the unique Tianfu tea culture.

　　After the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships started, the whole city quickly entered the "ping pong time".

Coinciding with the National Day holiday, the ping pong fever is rapidly heating up in the streets and alleys of Chengdu.

People playing table tennis can be seen everywhere in roadside parks, community sports spaces, gymnasiums, and communities, and the sound of hitting the ball reverberates everywhere.

　　In the Chengdu Staff Table Tennis Training Center, 7-year-old "table tennis player" Tang Zixuan will come to train whenever she has time. As the champion of the 13 and 14 age groups in the Sichuan Youth Table Tennis Open in 2022, her dream is very clear, "Growing up After that, I want to be an Olympic champion."

　　According to Wang Biao, the coach of the center, the growing awareness of sports has led to the popularity of various sports. Table tennis, as a national game, has an even more obvious upward trend in the number of participants.

"More than 20 tables here are often full, and the level of public table tennis is constantly improving."

　　The reason why the World Table Tennis Championships settled in this western city is not only due to the reputation and international reputation created by Chengdu, but also a vivid reflection of the city's sports background.

　　As Deng Yaping, the world table tennis legend and grand slam winner of table tennis, said in an interview with the media a few days ago: "Chengdu has a strong sports atmosphere, and the sports background displayed by this park city has infected me."

　　A data released by the Chengdu Municipal Sports Bureau can directly reflect the national fitness boom. In 2021, the population of Chengdu who regularly participates in physical exercise will exceed 9 million, and the qualified rate of citizens' physical fitness will increase to 93.15%, a steady increase for six consecutive years.

　　With the popularization of the national fitness concept and the continuous improvement of urban sports soft and hard facilities, Chengdu's sports atmosphere has become increasingly strong, and it has also promoted the development of the sports industry into the "fast lane".

　　Data show that in 2020, the total scale of Chengdu's sports industry will reach 80.502 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 9.89% over 2019.

The "Outline for the Construction of Chengdu World Famous Event City" issued in 2021 clearly stated that by 2025, the total scale of the sports industry will exceed 150 billion yuan, and the added value of the sports industry will account for more than 2% of the local GDP.

　　"Chengdu's sports industry has huge growth potential in the future." According to Liu Wei, President of Tianfu International Sports Events Research Institute and President of Sichuan Sports Industry-University-Research Promotion Association, the sports industry itself has a long industrial chain, a wide range of radiation, and strong integration functions. It has an integrated role in promoting the transformation of traditional business formats to emerging composite business formats. "Sports + education, sports + tourism, sports + culture and other integrated formats are thriving in Chengdu." (End)