The sports industry adds momentum to economic development. Citizens | Activities | Sports industry
Watching the sunrise on Longquan Mountain, the natural scenery is breathtaking; Cycling along the greenway around the city, enjoying a healthy lifestyle to the fullest
The 31st Summer Universiade was held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and the "Land of Abundance" once again attracted global attention. Chengdu is embracing the world with enthusiasm, presenting an international sports event with Chinese characteristics, contemporary atmosphere, and youthful charm.
Adhering to the combination of "organizing competitions" and "operating cities", Chengdu has promoted resonance across the region, promoting the revitalization of cities and benefiting the people, and stimulating the vitality of the city.
Newly constructed and renovated sports venues and transportation facilities will drive the surrounding areas to transform from old to new; The first level greenway of the 100 kilometer circular ecological park is fully connected, with illegal construction demolition, road improvement, and community beautification, making the image of a modern international metropolis increasingly beautiful; Top tier events bring vitality, sports consumption is becoming increasingly strong, the sports industry is embracing opportunities, and economic development is adding momentum.
Young athletes from all over the world have achieved their dreams in Chengdu. With a history of more than 2300 years, Chengdu has entered the world with a new look and is surging forward to the development of a modern Chinese path to modernization city.
Highlighting the benefits of organizing competitions for the people, and revitalizing the urban landscape
55 year old Liu Yan is an old Chengdu who loves swimming. Whenever she has time, she would dive into the pool of the Mengzhuiwan Swimming Pool. The water polo event of the Chengdu Universiade was trained here, and the Mengzhuiwan Swimming Pool underwent an 18 month upgrade and renovation. The upgraded venue has advanced equipment, intelligent management, clean and high-quality swimming pools, and reasonable fees. This has been praised by the knowledgeable Liu Yan and has also attracted more people to come for summer vacation and exercise.
In July 2021, Chengdu launched the "Action Plan for Universiade Venues to Benefit the People". The 49 Universiade venues not only undertake various Universiade events, but also serve the daily fitness life of citizens.
National fitness is becoming popular in Chengdu, and it is also the essence of "Love Chengdu and Welcome the Universiade". Data shows that there are currently 64100 sports venues and facilities in Chengdu, with over 6500 kilometers of Tianfu Greenway built and over 1700 sports facilities implanted; In 2022, more than 6000 national fitness activities were held, and the physical fitness qualification rate of Chengdu citizens reached 94.61%, achieving an improvement for 7 consecutive years.
With the continuous release of the "Universiade effect", the urban landscape of Chengdu has also been revitalized.
The Dong'an Lake Sports Park, located in Longquanyi District, is the main venue area for this year's Universiade. Traveling from the Universiade Village, everything is green. The lakeside trail has distinct landscape features throughout the four seasons, like a pearl chain dotted around the city, complementing the running and resting people.
One after another, the Universiade venues have sprung up or been renovated, and the remaining urban spaces such as under bridges, by the streets, and on rooftops have also transformed into "golden corners and silver edges" to meet people's different needs for sports, leisure, entertainment, and social experiences. "Doing a good job in a small space reflects Chengdu's adherence to the development concept of putting the people at the center. The combination of sports camps and events benefiting the people is organic here," said Xiong Yan, Deputy Secretary General of the Chengdu Municipal Government and Director of the Municipal Sports Bureau.
The face of the city has become more beautiful, and the interior should also shine equally.
Chengdu is accelerating the renovation of old residential areas, improving community supporting services, adding convenient facilities, making it more convenient for citizens to handle affairs and providing a more comfortable life. In the past two years, Chengdu has promoted the renewal of 91 districts, implemented the renovation of 1202 old residential areas, and benefited 107000 households.
Various infrastructure and public service facilities are also constantly improving. Thirteen transportation infrastructure construction and renovation projects, including the Chengdu East West Urban Axis and the direct connection channel from Dayun Village to the main venue, have been completed and opened to traffic, greatly enhancing the rapid accessibility of urban transportation. This not only ensures the rapid distribution of motor vehicles and public transportation during the Universiade, but also brings more convenience and choices for citizens to travel.
More than 3000 communities, over 1300 schools, over 10000 offline activities, over 30000 new media products, and over 7 million people participated in the "Welcoming the Civilized Image of the Yunsheng Exhibition" theme activity. Chengdu adheres to the concept of "organizing competitions, running cities, promoting business, and benefiting the people", and regards the Universiade as an opportunity to improve both the urban landscape and quality characteristics, as well as the happy and beautiful life of citizens. Based on grassroots cells such as urban and rural communities, primary and secondary schools, and park greenways, various civilized practice theme activities are organized every week to ensure that there are activities every week and highlights every week at the doorstep of citizens. It mobilizes the vast number of citizens to participate, experience, and share the Universiade in a way that is within reach and within their capabilities. Every citizen of Chengdu takes on the role of a master, joining hands to welcome the Universiade, promote civilization, and create a new atmosphere, showcasing the urban style and spiritual outlook of the new era to the world.
Skilled in knitting skills, women and mother-in-law make "Da Yun Tuan Fan" to convey the beautiful meaning of "reunion" and "never seeing or leaving" to guests from all walks of life. 1000 volunteer service stations for the Universiade cities have made their debut on the streets of Chengdu, delivering friendly and warm "little joys" to visitors from all directions with smiles. At the Panda Base, a popular tourist attraction in the animal kingdom with millions of fans, the top internet celebrity panda "Hua Hua" serves as a civilized ambassador and advocates for civilized tourism... The unique "fancy" activities are staged one after another, and the warmth, hospitality, friendliness, and tolerance engraved in the cultural genes of Chengdu are constantly stimulated and amplified. Through the Universiade, Chengdu, a "city that comes but doesn't want to leave", constantly showcases the beauty of happiness in the city's fireworks, blooming with the flower of spiritual prosperity and civilization everywhere.
Technology supports the Universiade and stimulates urban innovation vitality
In the office of Chengdu Guheyun Technology Co., Ltd., a group of R&D personnel are carefully analyzing the operating status and energy consumption records of building equipment on the 3D simulation model. This set of devices, with "digital twins" as the core technology, combines "end+cloud+big data" and is a three-dimensional visualization management platform specially built for the venues of Chengdu Fenghuangshan Sports Park.
"With such a smart 'brain', the management of building equipment in the gymnasium can achieve real-time, dynamic, and visualization, greatly improving the efficiency of operation and maintenance." Wang Kuang, Deputy General Manager of Chengdu Chengtou Wanguan Sports Culture Development Co., Ltd., said that as a modern international standard venue, Fenghuangshan Sports Park truly implements the concept of simplicity, safety, and excitement in organizing competitions.
The Chengdu Universiade is not only a sports event, but also a cutting-edge technological competition. From the torch "Ronghuo", which has collected more than 20 patents, to the world's first "Rongbao" robot with emergency service functions, and to the Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Center, which incorporates the concept of "sponge city"... more than 170 technological achievements have provided support for digital observation, smart services, and venue construction in various aspects of the Universiade.
The grand "technology feast" presented at the Universiade stems from Chengdu's long-standing commitment to technological innovation. Chengdu bravely undertakes the important task of technological self-reliance and self-improvement in the era, deeply implements the innovation driven development strategy, and the pace of high-quality economic and social development is steady and powerful.
In 2022, the total number of high-tech enterprises in Chengdu reached 11500, a year-on-year increase of 45.5%; The Global Urban Innovation Index ranks 29th, up 27 places in 5 years.
"By leveraging the application scenarios of the Universiade, various innovative resources are gathered in Chengdu, and the achievements of independent innovation are fully applied, adding color to the smart Universiade, empowering industrial development, and contributing scientific and technological strength to the benefit of the city and the people." said Zhang Yi, Deputy Director of the Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau.
Li Mengshen, Secretary of the Party Branch of Chengdu Fit Future Technology Co., Ltd., has an understanding of this. The team was officially established in March 2019 and joined the ranks of unicorn enterprises in April 2021, fitting the future development process and resonating with the development of Chengdu's technological innovation. The support of a series of policies, the continuous talent resources of numerous local universities and research institutions, and the free and open research atmosphere have all laid a fertile ground for the growth of enterprises.
During the Universiade, many smart sports products developed and manufactured by local enterprises have been widely applied and have the opportunity to reach users from all over the world. "This is crucial for Chengdu's science and technology innovation enterprises to explore a broader market," Li Meng is full of confidence in the future.
Sports consumption is soaring, promoting industrial integration and development
This summer, football is a topic that Chengdu people cannot avoid. 66%! In the first nine rounds of the Chinese Super League, Chengdu Rongcheng's home stadium, Fenghuangshan Sports Park Professional Football Stadium, became the stadium with the highest average attendance rate. The cheers of the fans, rising one by one, swept across the entire city, surpassing the heatwave of summer.
Sports ignite passion and bring new consumption and business formats. On the greenway, the crowds of cyclists flow endlessly, exercising and reducing carbon emissions; In the park, frisbee players are enjoying themselves, exuding fashionable and sporty charm; In Sanhe Village, village level football matches are held year after year, and new consumption scenes such as homestays, camping, and cafes are gradually being spread out, attracting a constant stream of tourists
Everyone loves sports, and the city is full of fireworks - this is a natural atmosphere for Chengdu to cultivate influential independent brand sports events, and then build a world-renowned city for sports events, promoting the high-quality development of the sports industry. Famous competitions are coming one after another, and sports consumption enthusiasm is surging.
In recent years, Chengdu has hosted nearly 70 international high-level sports events with high quality, including the World Table Tennis Championships team competition, the World Police and Firefighters Games, and the International Table Tennis Federation Men's and Women's World Cup. It has also cultivated independent brand events such as the "Tianfu Greenway" and "Panda Cup". Chengdu has gained international recognition and reputation through its competitive city.
Preparing to host the Universiade, Chengdu will once again stand under the spotlight of the world stage and have the opportunity to stand out in sports. Chen Zhi, Deputy Director of the Chengdu Sports Bureau, believes that large-scale international sports events not only have comprehensive benefits such as "organizing competitions, hosting cities, promoting industry, and benefiting the people", but also have a "multiplier" effect on economic and social development.
Driven by the huge traffic of popular sports events and the enthusiasm for sports consumption, Chengdu's sports industry and enterprise development have ushered in more development space. The construction of sports venues and infrastructure also drives the transformation and upgrading of related industries, stimulates employment growth, and enhances the overall economic vitality of the city.
In 2020, the Xindu Jianfeng Dry Snow Four Seasons Ski Resort built the most standard dry snow training platform in the country to assist the national team in preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics. The "Golden Needle Mushroom" dry snow blanket independently developed by the dry snow resort has been exported to more than 10 countries.
Universiade prospers the city, and sports events prosper the industry. Data shows that in 2022, the total scale of sports consumption in Chengdu reached 57.86 billion yuan, with per capita sports consumption expenditure exceeding 2700 yuan, an increase of 8.4% compared to the same period in 2021; The total output value of Chengdu's sports industry reached 100.5 billion yuan, which is about 6.3 times that of 10 years ago.
At the new starting point of the new journey, Chengdu has put forward new goals: by 2025, the total scale of the city's sports industry will exceed 150 billion yuan, the proportion of added value to local GDP will exceed 2%, and the total scale of sports consumption in the city will exceed 80 billion yuan, becoming a new driving force for economic development.
