Create a vibrant "golden corner and silver edge", Xuelin's essay | This urban renewal that "seeks every opportunity"

"Hold a good meeting and improve a city." The Hangzhou Asian Games is in full swing. In recent years, all parts of the country have focused on building a healthy China, constantly improving sports facilities that meet the needs of the people, and making every effort to build a higher-level national fitness public service system.

In Shanghai, a wide variety of sports facilities are embedded in citizens' lives through "every opportunity". The "leftovers" of urban space have transformed into the "golden corner and silver edge" of physical exercise, and the increasingly complete "15-minute sports life circle" has been outlined. Create a “happy radius” for national fitness.

Facing the future, Shanghai relies on practical projects for the people to solve the problem of "where to go for fitness" and help build a vibrant city where "everyone exercises and everyone is healthy".

Currently, 45 kilometers of public space on both sides of the Huangpu River from Yangpu Bridge to Xupu Bridge are connected, with an area of ​​550,000 square meters of new sports facilities; 42 kilometers of public space on the Suzhou River's central urban area are connected, allowing citizens to enjoy high-quality The fitness activity space has been further expanded.

In particular, the Huangpu Riverside Fitness Trail, known as "the most beautiful fitness trail in Shanghai", has become a must-see for the Shanghai Marathon. Walking trails, jogging trails, cycling trails, riverside green belts and theme parks together form the spatial pattern of “one belt, three lanes and seven gardens”. Various public supporting facilities set up along the way provide convenience for citizens to exercise.

Deepening the "integration of sports and greening" and creating a new carrier for national fitness is an important attempt to innovate the supply method of sports facilities.

Sports parks do not simply build sports venues in the park, but organically embed sports facilities into them without destroying the ecological environment, and fully rely on the natural environment to create sports scenes. Minhang Sports Park, one of Shanghai's five-star parks, integrates sports and leisure into a unique environmental landscape. The park's sports venues area, Tropical Storm Water Park, youth activity center, and sports facilities such as hillside slides, mini golf courses, yachts, and fishing provide places for citizens' daily leisure, sports activities, and closeness to nature.

By fully activating idle resources, "leftovers" can also become "golden corners and silver rims." Shanghai's urbanization process started early and is in the period of urban renewal. The Sanlinqiao Sports Culture Park in Baoshan is Shanghai's first urban renewal project with the theme of "sports culture".

This was once the Shanghai Nippon Thermos Bottle Bile Factory with a history of more than 20 years. As surrounding communities increase and population density increases, relevant departments realize that they can build a complex with sports service functions while preserving the memory of the city. By transforming old factories into spaces with different functions such as sports, leisure, catering, and entertainment, and carrying out professional sports and project training such as basketball, swimming, rock climbing, and parkour, the old factories have been transformed into sports cultural industry gathering places and sports services. Complex.

Although Shanghai has made certain achievements in the construction of sports facilities, the contradiction between citizens' growing demand for physical exercise and insufficient sports facilities is still prominent. The investigation found that there are problems in the construction and management of Shanghai sports facilities in the following aspects:

One is insufficient quantity. 65.47% of citizens believe that the number of sports facilities in Shanghai is insufficient and there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Second, the types are not rich enough. At present, most sports facilities are mainly outdoor venues and large stadiums, and the overall type is relatively single. 48.1% of citizens believe that there are few types of sports facilities in this city, and the types of sports facilities do not match the diverse fitness needs of citizens.

The third is insufficient utilization. On the one hand, idle space resources such as rooftops, under bridges and riversides have not been fully utilized; on the other hand, resources such as sports venues in schools and other enterprises and institutions have not been fully utilized.

Fourth, the layout is inconvenient. The radiation range and functional settings of sports facilities are not well integrated with population factors and citizen needs. In particular, the "15-minute sports life circle" has not yet been fully covered. The survey found that 35.2% of Shanghai residents still spend more than 15 minutes walking to a fitness venue near their residence.

Fifth, the strength is not condensed. Various units and departments lack in-depth cooperation in the construction of sports facilities. The institutional transaction costs for social forces to participate in the construction and operation of sports facilities are high, and relevant subsidy policies, approval processes, and acceptance procedures are still incomplete.

In the context of building a healthy China, to better meet the multi-level and diversified fitness needs, the principles and requirements of “releasing stock, expanding increment, functional compounding, three-dimensional development, green and low carbon, and shared by all” should be further implemented.

First, it is necessary to guide the supply of precision and establish the "three complete" concept of sports facilities that are "all-age friendly, available throughout the cycle, and accessible for all sports"; second, it is necessary to use digital empowerment as a means to reshape the people's smart physical exercise experience; third, we must use scene transformation as a lever to break the traditional sports venue expansion ideas and create a stronger sports-themed atmosphere.

Complete sports facilities are not only the "foundation stone" for national fitness, but also the "catalyst" for urban development and the "booster" for the realization of a better life. Aristotle once said: "People come to the city for life, and stay in the city for a better life." Cities make life better, and sports make cities more dynamic.