By Xiao Wu, EDITOR

Chongqing Administration of Sports released Improvement Action Plan for Public Fitness Service System recently. It draws a blueprint for Chongqing's public fitness development in the near future.

The plan indicates that by 2022, the per capita sports area of ​​Chongqing will reach 1.8 square meters. Sports Federation will operate in full coverage of downtown, districts and counties. The number of trained social sports instructors will be 22,500, which means every 10,000 people will be accessible to more than 26 social sports instructors. The proportion of people who regularly participate in physical exercise will be 50%. The qualified rate of national physique monitoring sampling will reach 93%.

According to the Plan, more than 60 municipal-level sports associations have been established. Over 50 municipal sports clubs have been cultivated. Sports organizations are available to 100% of districts and counties, 85% of townships (streets)  and 90% of urban communities. Each year, 4,500 new social sports instructors are trained. By 2022, the city's fitness volunteer service will benefit no less than 1 million people.

In the coming 3 years, 92 community sports cultural parks will be built in the downtown’s surrounding land of over 1,800 acres. New smart fitness corridors will be built by the 4 banks along the two rivers, with a 109-kilometer by water slow lane (bike route). 50 mountain trails will be constructed to connect and improve the hiking trail of the 4 mountains in downtown. The 4 mountains are Jinyun Mountain, Tongluo Mountain, Zhongliang Mountain and Mingyue Mountain.

The plan encourages districts, counties and relevant departments to build fitness trails (hiking trails, walkways and bike routes) through parks, green spaces, squares, tourist attractions, forest mountains, rivers and lakes,etc. By 2022, the city will have built a fitness trail of 10,000 kilometers. By 2022, 80% of towns and villages will have sports squares.

A citizen is jogging along the Jialing River.

The plan proposes to strictly implement the standard of “building a fitness facility in accordance with the configuration of 1.5m² per household in the new residential community”. By 2020, each year will witness the increase of 300 community fitness points  and 30 football venues and fitness centers.

Source: Chongqing Daily