Recently, the General Office of the State General Administration of Sport issued the “Key Points for Mass Sports Work in 2025” (hereinafter referred to as the “Key Points”), which clarifies the focus on improving the quality of people’s lives, promoting the high-quality development of the national fitness industry, further improving the public service system for national fitness, and taking new steps in promoting the construction of a sports power and a healthy China in 2025.
The “Key Points” propose to take improving the well-being of the people as the starting point and foothold, promote the balance and accessibility of basic public services for national fitness, guide various resources and funds to extend to the grassroots, mobilize various forces, mobilize the enthusiasm of grassroots parties, cultivate and forge a group of grassroots mass sports workers, and form a hot situation of vigorous development of the national fitness cause. Cooperate with the satisfaction evaluation of public sports services, establish and make good use of the National Fitness Public Service Information Platform, promote the development and pilot work of relevant standards for “sports codes”, and use information and digitalization to assist the integrated development of various elements of public services for national fitness.
In the past two years, people’s livelihood projects and highlight actions such as “national football into the community” and “national football into the park” activities have been continuously strengthened to improve the supply of facilities for national fitness venues. The Key Points put forward that the “national fitness venues and facilities improvement action” should be deeply implemented, with the promotion of “national football into the community” and “national football into the park” activities as the traction, and with the construction of community embedded venues and facilities as the focus, to promote the construction of venues and facilities around the masses, such as national fitness centers, sports parks, multi-function stadiums, etc., to complement and improve the shortcomings of urban communities, rural villages and towns’ venues and facilities. Develop the National Trail System Construction Plan, continuously promote the free or low-cost opening of public sports venues, and provide convenient and diverse venue facilities for the general public through multiple channels.
Sports events are an important lever for national fitness work. The “Key Points” propose to adhere to the principle of “National Games for All, National Games for the People”, organize the mass events of the 15th National Games well, encourage and support local and sports projects to carry out the “I Want to Participate in the National Games” series of activities, fully leverage the comprehensive benefits of the mass events of the 15th National Games, and promote the widespread development of mass events. On the basis of summarizing the first National Fitness Competition, study the plan for holding the second National Fitness Competition. Widely carry out community sports events, leverage the demonstration and driving role of national fitness themed activities, carry out activities such as New Year’s climbing, National Fitness Big Worship, “Walking on the Grand Canal” National Fitness Series, commemorate the inscription “Developing Sports, Enhancing People’s Physical Fitness”, National Health Day, Farmers’ Harvest Festival, “Double Ninth Festival” Elderly Sports Fitness, and the mass ice and snow season.
The “Key Points” propose to strengthen the guidance of industry-specific and crowd based sports events, support the development of sports events targeting key groups such as the elderly, youth, disabled, farmers, workers, and women, support innovative sports events for migrant workers and emerging industry personnel, and continue to hold brand events such as the National Women’s Square Dance (Fitness Exercise Dance) Competition and the Yellow River Basin Nine Provinces (Regions) Farmers’ Basketball Invitation Competition. Organize a national fitness online sports meet. Support and encourage various mass sports events to enter scenic spots, neighborhoods, and commercial districts, further stimulating and driving sports consumption.
Widely promoting the “Three Major Balls” and ice and snow sports among the masses is an important part of the national fitness work. The “Key Points” propose to encourage various regions to carry out provincial-level leagues, city leagues, rural leagues, and employee leagues of the “Three Major Balls”, create brand competitions, and gradually form a system of mass “Three Major Balls” competitions. We will deepen the implementation of the “South Expansion, West Expansion, and East Expansion” strategy for ice and snow sports, and continuously strengthen the brand building of national events such as the “National Popular Ice and Snow Season” and “National Popular Happy Ice and Snow Week”.
The “Key Points” propose to promote the extension of scientific fitness guidance to the grassroots level, continue to carry out the “Scientific Fitness Guidance Goes to the Grassroots to Deliver Health” activity, give full play to the professional advantages of the General Administration of Sport’s scientific and educational units, various sports centers, and national sports associations, promote various forms of scientific fitness guidance activities in various places, and bring scientific fitness guidance to the people. Promote the concept of “exercise promotes health”, launch measures to integrate physical and health, and continuously promote the deep integration of national fitness and national health. Widely carry out national sports exercise standard compliance competitions, and promote the active participation of sports level events in various sports projects.
The “Key Points” propose to further improve the work of social sports instructors and national fitness volunteer services. Deepen the implementation of the “Ten Thousand Village Women’s Social Sports Instructor Training Program” to assist in rural revitalization and the construction of new urbanization. Strengthen the exchange and exhibition of social sports instructors, and enhance the influence of social sports instructors. Continuously building the national fitness volunteer service brand of “Advancing on a New Journey, Promoting Health through Sports”. Carry out the collection of the most beautiful social sports instructors and dynamic sports organizations, as well as the collection of national fitness volunteer service cases, to strengthen the publicity and incentives for grassroots work.
The “Key Points” propose to further promote the development of grassroots sports social organizations. Establish and improve the network construction of various levels of sports associations, elderly sports associations, and social sports instructor associations, encourage localities to explore and establish new models for the development of grassroots sports social organizations according to local conditions, and strengthen the strength of grassroots national fitness organizations. Attach importance to the guidance of network fitness organizations in the Internet platform.
Safety is both the bottom line and the red line. In this regard, the “Key Points” propose to focus on ensuring the safety of sports events, venue facilities, and improving the application level of industry standards and national standards for mass sports. Strengthen the implementation of responsibilities, establish and improve a responsibility system that focuses on each level and layer by layer, establish a long-term mechanism, and integrate safety work into the entire process and all aspects of mass sports work. Regularly conduct safety production inspections of mass sports at all levels during major events and important time points, resolve risks, and plug loopholes. Promote the strengthening of standardized management in various sports events, and promote the healthy development of sports events through standardized and orderly competition activities. (Translated from February 5th, China Sports Daily, page 01)
