Forge ahead and strive to cultivate youth sports soul and dream of strengthening the country——Interview with Xing Luguo, the winner of the National May 1st Labor Medal and the head coach of the men’s basketball team of the No. 2 Middle School of Shijiazhuang_Shijiazhuang News

“General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech during his inspection tour in Hebei, made important instructions, and gave us full of affectionate guidance and entrustment, which greatly encouraged us.” Xing Luguo, the winner of the National May 1st Labor Medal and the head coach of the men’s basketball team of the No. 2 Middle School of the city, said that he I am an educator and a sports worker, with dual identities and dual responsibilities. In the future, I must shoulder the responsibility and implement it in action. I will devote myself to education, cultivate talents for the country, and firmly establish the dream of strengthening the country with sports spirit among young people. .

Prioritizing the development of youth sports is an important measure to promote the construction of a sports power and a healthy China. As a middle school basketball coach, Xing Luguo has been rooted in the grassroots for 28 years, inheriting and practicing his love for sports and education with the spirit of pragmatism, dedication and innovation. While doing a good job in physical education teaching, it has also cultivated batches of outstanding sports reserve talents for colleges and universities. Under his leadership, the men’s basketball team of the No. 2 Middle School has gradually grown into a top-ranking basketball team in the country. It has won the championship of the Hebei Provincial Middle School Basketball Championship for 20 consecutive years and the Hebei Division of the Chinese High School Men’s Basketball League for 18 consecutive years. Won the runner-up of the National High School Basketball League twice. Win the National High School Basketball League Championship in 2021-2022.

“The 28-year sports teaching career has made me a participant and witness of the development of national sports, and I deeply feel the powerful Chinese power behind it.” Xing Luguo said. When General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Hebei and Shijiazhuang, he emphasized that it is necessary to promote the sharing of high-quality primary and secondary education resources in Beijing and Tianjin with Hebei, and to deepen cooperation in the areas of teaching staff, discipline construction, and achievement transformation in colleges and universities in the region. “This will inject new impetus into the development of sports and education in Hebei and Shijiazhuang. Opportunities are ahead, and missions are on our shoulders.” Xing Luguo said that he must keep in mind the goal of “cultivating socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical education, art and labor”. The original mission is to establish the educational concept of health first, continue to forge ahead, fight hard, and contribute to accelerating the construction of a modern, international and beautiful provincial capital city. (Reporter Dai Lili)