Enhancing National Fitness Initiatives in Hubei: A Look at Sports Venues and Cultural Activities for the Masses

2023 Wuhan Jiangxialu Lake Ecological Hiking Conference Photography: Chutian Metropolis Daily Jimu News reporter Huang Shifeng

The sports venues are open to the public for free. Citizens can enjoy sports. Photography: Li Hui, Jimu News reporter of Chutian Metropolis Daily

□ Chutian Metropolis Daily reporter Huang Zhong, Wang Liran and Chen Qian

Not long ago, Hubei girl Zheng Qinwen won the runner-up at the Australian Open, which surprised Chinese fans and inspired people’s enthusiasm for tennis.

At present, national fitness activities and sports such as basketball, badminton, and square dancing are being carried out in major public stadiums in Hubei. In park scenic spots, rural grand stages, and urban theaters, various cultural performances for the benefit of the people were performed, and the masses enjoyed the cultural feast at their doorsteps.

The Hubei Provincial Government Work Report proposed that in 2024, the cultural and sports life of the people will be enriched and the level of cultural services will continue to be improved. Carry out actions to build new public cultural spaces and mass entrepreneurship and innovation projects for national fitness, and optimize the 15-minute cultural and sports circle to better meet the multi-level needs of the masses.

How can cultural and sports resources better serve the masses? During this year’s Hubei Province Two Sessions, many representatives offered suggestions and suggestions in an effort to help the masses gain more tangible, palpable happiness.

【Visit】

Public sports venues open to the public

The national fitness atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger

The 2024 Hubei Provincial Government Work Report and the list of Hubei Province’s top ten livelihood projects proposed that 100 new public sports venues will be open to the public for free or at low fees, and 200 rural fitness plazas will be built.

On February 1, a Jimu News reporter saw clearly posted on the wall the regulations for free and low-charge open management at the Hongshan Sports Center in Wuhan. Hongshan Sports Center is used for free and low-charge venues, including Hongshan Gymnasium, Yingdong Swimming and Diving Hall and outdoor fitness venues. Among them, May 1st, October 1st, and National Fitness Day on August 8th every year are free and open to fitness people all day long. There are also corresponding discounts for specific groups of people. For the basketball and badminton events in the gymnasium, venue fees are halved for seniors aged 65 and above, students aged 18 and below, as well as people with disabilities, active military personnel, and active fire rescue personnel. The swimming project in the swimming pool is for the elderly over 65 years old, women, disabled people, active military personnel, active fire rescue personnel and children 14 years old and below. The annual card can be discounted by 100 yuan. At the same time, children can enjoy a 100 yuan discount from 12:00 to 21:00 every day. Enjoy swimming services at the price of RMB/time.

On-site staff told reporters that the badminton court on the first floor of the gymnasium training hall is free from 21:00 to 22:00 from Monday to Sunday. The outdoor basketball court on the south side of the gymnasium is open for free from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 14:30 to 21:30 on weekdays, and from 6 a.m. to 21:30 on Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays. In addition, the smart fitness center outside the Hongshan Gymnasium has a variety of smart fitness facilities for national sports and is open 24 hours a day for free.

Mr. Wang, a citizen, is a fitness expert and is good at swimming, long-distance running and football. Years of exercise have allowed him to witness the improvement of the national fitness environment in Wuhan. He told reporters that in recent years, more and more sports venues and fitness facilities have been built in Wuhan, and places such as city parks and East Lake Greenway are also very suitable for leisure exercise. “You must have a good body no matter what you do. In the past few years, I have obviously felt that there are more people around me who like sports and fitness. I hope that more public sports venues will be open to the public for free or at low fees, so that everyone can start from national fitness. Toward universal health,” Mr. Wang said.

How to meet the growing needs of the people for national fitness and create a new trend of pursuing fitness and health in the whole society? Wan Xiaohong, deputy to the Hubei Provincial People’s Congress, deputy chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Peasants’ and Workers’ Party, and president of the Journal of Wuhan Institute of Physical Education, believes that the key to promoting the development of national fitness is to achieve efficient allocation and widespread popularization of cultural and sports resources, “needs A combination of resource integration, infrastructure construction, event planning and promotion, policy support and incentive mechanisms, community participation and other measures.”

She suggested that first of all, a digital resource sharing platform can be established to comprehensively sort out existing cultural and sports resources to achieve efficient allocation and convenient utilization of resources. Secondly, it is necessary to increase investment in the construction of public sports facilities and cultural facilities to ensure that key areas such as residential areas, schools and parks are equipped with at least a certain scale of cultural and sports facilities. In addition, a variety of cultural and sports activities can be held regularly and promoted through various media to increase participation in the activities. Community participation and regular feedback mechanisms can also be used to collect residents’ opinions and continuously optimize services to ensure that the multi-level needs of the people are better met. “Working together, a series of measures can promote the popularization of cultural and sports resources, improve residents’ physical fitness and cultural literacy, and thereby enhance residents’ sense of happiness and gain,” Wan Xiaohong said.

Huimin performances and activities are exciting

Enjoy a cultural feast at your doorstep

On January 30, the eve of the Spring Festival, the people’s stage of Xinjian Village, Wulongquan Street, Jiangxia District, Wuhan City was lined with colorful flags, loud gongs and drums, and crowded with people. There was a cheerful atmosphere everywhere – the first Spring Festival Gala directed and performed by the villagers was held in This is held.

Calligraphy enthusiasts wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets with blessings, and rural chefs used their spoons to cook local delicacies. While everyone was feasting, there were also exciting programs to enjoy, which created a beautiful rural scene.

The person in charge of Jiangxia District Culture and Tourism Bureau introduced that in 2023, Jiangxia District will have rich and colorful characteristic cultural activities and various wonderful performances to benefit the people. Throughout the year, more than 360 performances of “Sending Operas to the Countryside” and 50 cultural and artistic performances in scenic spots will be carried out. The remaining games have achieved full coverage of villages and communities, with a total audience of more than 100,000; the 24th Amateur Literary and Art Creation Program “Hundred Flowers Award” Competition, the 10th Jiangxia District Mass Square Dance Open and other brands have been well-known and A series of mass cultural and artistic activities with high public participation provided citizens with a rich and colorful cultural feast.

Time goes back to the evening of July 28, 2023. The sun has not yet set and there is a cool breeze. At the Tanghu Community Square in Tanghu Town, Tongcheng County, Xianning City, the audience was crowded with people, waving cattail fans and sitting on benches in their homes. The costume drama “Moon Love” on stage was touching and moved people to tears, winning rounds of applause from time to time.

In Jiangxia, Xianning, and throughout Jingchu, there are more and more such “sending operas to the countryside” and cultural performances. Statistics show that in 2023, Hubei continued to enrich cultural and sports activities for the masses, and carried out more than 20,000 performances to benefit the people such as “Culture Enters Ten Thousand Households”, allowing citizens to enjoy cultural feasts at their doorsteps.

How to further promote culture to benefit the people and enhance the people’s sense of cultural gain and happiness?

“To enjoy cultural life, the masses must have both sufficient convenience and rich and meaningful content.” Jin Ni, deputy to the Hubei Provincial People’s Congress and manager of the production management department of Jianmin Group Yekai Thai Medicine (Suizhou) Co., Ltd., said that she hopes that “ “15-minute cultural and sports circle” can become an indispensable part of people’s lives.

Jinni suggested that communities, enterprises and schools should organize more cultural activities, and while enriching the content of activities, increase the proportion of traditional culture so that the public can understand the charm of traditional culture. In addition, government agencies, communities and other units provide certain publicity resources to provide more publicity positions for the promotion of cultural activities, such as community bulletin boards, elevator slogans, etc. During holidays, people are more willing to travel. Jinni suggested that various scenic spots in Hubei can organize more activities related to traditional culture, using intangible cultural heritage displays, cultural performances, and event promotions as carriers to deliver high-quality cultural feasts to the masses.

【Advice】

Built-in additional fitness facilities

Create a new space for national fitness

At present, the demand for national fitness is increasing day by day. How to meet the diverse needs of the masses and allow them to carry out leisure exercises and various cultural and sports activities nearby?

On February 1, Chen Yuanxin, a member of the Hubei Provincial Political Consultative Conference and a professor at the School of Physical Education of Central China Normal University, suggested that we should adhere to the needs of the masses and increase the supply of outdoor sports facilities such as sports parks, fitness trails, and camping venues to create a new space and carrier for national fitness. .

Chen Yuanxin said that in cities, standards for the construction of fitness facilities in new communities should be implemented, and fitness facilities should be promoted into communities, buildings and shopping malls. “For old communities, urban renewal actions can be combined to use existing space under viaducts, building rooftops, urban business districts, community service centers and other places near residential areas to build embedded fitness facilities through new construction, renovation and expansion, and composite utilization.”

In rural areas, existing sports fitness projects and new national fitness demonstration projects can be repaired, renovated and updated in conjunction with the construction of beautiful countryside to improve the quantity and quality of fitness facilities in rural areas.

In addition, Chen Yuanxin suggested encouraging social capital investment and broadening the sources of investment in fitness facilities. For example, we can study and formulate incentives for social forces to invest in the construction of fitness facilities, promote the successful experience of transforming old factories into national fitness centers such as Suizhou Qixing Fitness Village and Shishou Xipu Sports and Art Center, attract more social forces to invest, and promote Diversified supply of fitness facilities.

“It is also very important to strengthen the comprehensive and efficient use of fitness facilities.” Chen Yuanxin said that we can actively promote the reform of the operation and management of public sports venues and introduce social forces, sports social organizations and other institutions to participate in the operation of public sports venues. Give full play to the carrier and main position functions of fitness facilities, rely on sports facilities, build national fitness service stations, station social sports instructors, carry out fitness activities around the masses, build fitness organizations around the masses, and provide fitness guidance around the masses. At the same time, according to the needs of the masses, we actively provide fitness guidance, sports public welfare courses, physical fitness tests, sports events and other services to expand the supply of public sports services.

[Editor in charge: Xu Xuan]

2024-02-01 23:56:57
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