Original title: To promote rural revitalization, we must make up for the shortcomings of sports facilities
Recently, a netizen suggested on the leadership message board of the media platform, Ni Hong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: “I hope that more funds can be allocated to underdeveloped places such as rural areas or suburbs, and more sports facilities will be built. Such as basketball courts, football fields, table tennis courts, etc., because these sports are very important to the health of the next generation of young people, I hope the country can pay attention to them.” This simple suggestion has resonated with many netizens.
If the nation is to rejuvenate, the village must be rejuvenated. The realization of rural revitalization is a systematic project with multi-dimensional goals and tasks. Among them, the completeness of public service facilities such as rural sports and fitness is also an important yardstick for measuring the quality of rural revitalization. The number of farmers in our country is huge, and the rural population has reached 509.79 million. Especially some rural children, because of the lack of sports facilities such as basketball courts, they have fewer opportunities to exercise during their growth. Over time, they lose the ability to develop exercise habits. Optimal age window.
To promote rural revitalization, sports cannot be absent, and the shortcomings of rural sports and fitness facilities must be made up. Statistics show that the per capita sports field area in my country is 2.41 square meters, but according to estimates, the per capita sports field area in my country’s rural areas is only 1.15 square meters, which is less than half of the national average. Because of this, the just-concluded 2022 Central Rural Work Conference clearly stated that it is necessary to aim at the goal of “basically having modern living conditions in the countryside”, organize and implement rural construction actions, and improve the completeness of rural infrastructure, the convenience of public services, and the quality of human settlements. Environmental comfort allows farmers to live a modern and civilized life on the spot.
Making up for the shortcomings of rural sports facilities is an inevitable requirement for promoting the integration of urban and rural basic public services. From cities to villages, from citizens to villagers, physical exercise and leisure fitness should not be a luxury. In fact, as early as June this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the General Administration of Sports, and the National Rural Revitalization Bureau issued the “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Farmers’ Sports During the 14th Five-Year Plan”, which pointed out that the construction of rural public fitness facilities should be included in the The five-year action plan for making up for shortcomings in the construction of fitness facilities in various places, the improvement project of basic public services in rural areas, and the improvement project of village-level comprehensive service facilities will speed up the completion of more than 5,000 township (street) national fitness venues and equipment.
Objectively speaking, there are historical debts in rural sports facilities, which is determined by my country’s national conditions. It is impossible to make up for this shortcoming overnight, and it is also impossible to use even force to avoid the waste of resources caused by the “sprinkling pepper noodles” type of sports construction. In the final analysis, the construction of sports facilities is to allow the masses to strengthen their exercise and keep fit. Therefore, it is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions and make up for shortcomings in a targeted manner in combination with population structure, mass preferences, and weather conditions. For example, in view of the long winter and cold temperature in the north, more indoor sports venues can be considered in areas where conditions permit; while the “Village BA” in Guizhou is very popular, and the rural basketball games in Guangdong and Guangxi are also very popular, so you may wish to focus on supporting the construction of a The first batch of basketball courts can better meet the public’s demand for venues for this sport.
In addition, to make up for the shortcomings of rural sports facilities, “building” is one aspect, and “management” is another aspect. It is necessary to avoid falling into the misunderstanding of only “building” but not “managing”, and only using but not maintaining. Some places have explored the establishment of sports facilities in rural schools and farmers’ fitness resources to build and share and compensation mechanisms for operation and maintenance, which has greatly improved the utilization rate and management level of rural sports facilities. Some places combine sports facilities with local characteristic cultural and sports activities to develop leisure sports and cultural tourism industries, which are also welcomed by the masses. Only by combining “construction” and “management” and adapting measures to local conditions can rural sports facilities play a better role and make rural physical exercise a common practice.(Guangming.com commentator)
