More citizens will enter the "heart" of cultivating Olympic champions, allowing the spirit of sports to permeate the blood of Shanghai youth. Government | Sports training | Citizens

On June 10th, Liu Mengyi, with her tall figure, accompanied by her father Liu Hao, walked into the top sports training hall in Shanghai - Chongming Sports Training Base. At the 2022 Shanghai Municipal Games, Liu Mengyi represented the Huangpu District women's gymnastics team in the Shanghai Youth Women's Group D competition, winning first place in the team and fifth place in the individual vault.

The nearly two-hour visiting experience has strengthened Liu Mengyi's determination to become an athlete: "The gymnastics facilities here are very modern and professional. I have been practicing gymnastics for ten years, and I hope to have the opportunity to stay here, study and live independently. Practicing gymnastics makes me happy, and my future goal is to become a gymnastics champion!"

As one of the "Government Open Day" series of activities organized by the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau in 2023, nearly 30 citizen representatives walked into the Chongming Sports Training Base, which was opened to the public for the first time after entering Class B management, many of whom were also young athletes from the Municipal Games. They went camping with their parents at the professional training ground for world champions, immersing themselves in the spirit of "faster, higher, stronger, and more united" sports.

Watch+experience, immerse yourself in the spirit of sports

The headquarters of Shanghai Sports Training Management Center is located at Chongming Sports Training Base. As a cradle for cultivating high-level athletes in Shanghai, the Sports Center has trained and delivered 17 Olympic champions and more than 200 world champions.

During summer training, athletes sweat and work hard on the training ground. Representatives of the citizens came to the gym to immerse themselves in the charm of the sports team, and the athletes specially prepared exciting gymnastics performances for the visiting citizens. The first time I watched a gymnastics event up close, it was far more shocking than what I had seen on the screen before, and cheers kept coming from the scene.

Citizens also have the opportunity to face "celebrities" face-to-face. Mao Yi, who is 24 years old this year, is a Chinese gymnast trained in Shanghai. She won the runner up in the women's team event at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships and the third place in the women's team event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. After retiring, Mao Yi is now a coach for the Shanghai gymnastics team. She introduced to a citizen representative who came to visit and experience, "Excellent athletes need to have the quality of resilience. When you pull up or press the ligaments, you can persist, which is also a kind of sportsmanship."

The gymnastics gym at Chongming Sports Training Base was once a special training camp for the Chinese gymnastics team to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and has also hosted several gymnastics competitions in Shanghai. Zhou Mengji, the head of the second line coaching group at the Shanghai Gymnastics Center, said, "Thank you to parents for bringing their children here to visit. This is a process of getting closer to sports and experiencing the spirit of sports, and also an opportunity to generate more people's interest in sports."

Roaming+Overlooking, comprehensively experiencing the style of the base

During the car parade around the Chongming Sports Training Base, the experiential activities of that day officially kicked off. Citizen representatives listened to the overview of the base while watching the professional venues and pleasant scenery, and intuitively felt the overall appearance of the base. Under the blue sky and white clouds of Chongming, citizens also climbed onto the rooftop terrace of Building 1 to overlook the entire site.

The first phase of the Chongming Sports Training Base project covers a total area of nearly 560000 square meters, with a total construction area of nearly 200000 square meters. It includes 16 sports venues and venues, as well as supporting facilities such as badminton, table tennis, basketball, handball, baseball, softball, gymnastics, fencing, cycling, modern pentathlon, boxing, martial arts, etc.

A friend named "Yizhan" participated in this experience through Shanghai Sports WeChat. He left a message saying, "Open the door and welcome in. Let the exploration of the top sports training hall in this city not only stay on the screen.". The new measures in the post epidemic era of Shanghai sports hope that the open day can be normalized and immersed. Let the enterprising spirit of perseverance and perseverance penetrate into the temperament genes of more Chinese youth through close displays behind the scenes in competitive sports.

Visit+surprise, fully immerse yourself in the power of technology

The improvement of competitive level cannot be achieved without the support of medical support. How does technology support sports? Citizen representatives came to the underwater rehabilitation laboratory of the Sports Rehabilitation and Recovery Research Center at the Shanghai Institute of Sports Science to find answers. In the rehabilitation laboratory, sports rehabilitation therapists are conducting comprehensive evaluations and rehabilitation hydrotherapy for athletes. This is a professional venue that provides rehabilitation hydrotherapy and comprehensive motor ability assessment for athletes.

Accompanied by the relevant person in charge throughout the entire process, citizen representatives carefully visited the physiological and biochemical laboratory, sports nutrition laboratory, intelligent laboratory, special environment laboratory, and sleep laboratory within the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, experiencing firsthand the convenience and powerful power brought by technology in sports.

Open+Service, Allowing More Citizens to Enter Training Bases

Shen Jiani, who is 7 years old this year, is studying in the first grade of Hetian Road Primary School in Jing'an District. With the company of her father Shen Chunhua, she entered the "heart" of competitive sports in Shanghai for the first time. Dad Shen Chunhua introduced, "My daughter has loved sports since childhood, and has experienced sports such as swimming and Taihe skateboarding. We are from Jing'an District, and we learned that Coach Mao is also a talent cultivated by Jing'an, so we came specifically to have face-to-face communication with Coach Mao. She recommended us to go to Jing'an Amateur Sports School for trial training, and I also look forward to planting the seeds of sportsmanship in my child's heart, overcoming difficulties, and one day bringing glory to our country."

The child of netizen "Orange Xiaojie" is also practicing gymnastics at the Chongming base. As a mother, she said: In the past two years, the child's immune system and focus have significantly improved, especially learning the two words of perseverance, and the meaning of these two words is difficult for parents to make him understand and appreciate. But exercise is possible, that's the meaning of persistence.

The "Government Open Day" event aims to practice the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, and actively promote open administrative governance through the form of government civilian interaction and the principle of openness and transparency. The Shanghai sports system closely connects with citizens and invites more citizen representatives to visit Chongming Sports Training Base, which not only improves the transparency and openness of government work, but also allows citizens to understand the effectiveness of the Municipal Sports Bureau in promoting competitive sports, further enhancing the government's credibility, cohesion, and execution.

In order to better listen to public opinions, the Municipal Sports Bureau has also designed a questionnaire survey to better understand the satisfaction of citizens with this event and their opinions and suggestions for future activities. In the next stage, the Shanghai Sports Bureau will also invite more batches of citizens to visit and experience professional training bases, making it a normalized task.