Original title: The 14th National Student Games opened in Qingdao. 33 teams participated in the competition, with about 7,200 athletes and a total of more than 14,000 participants
Xinhua News Agency, Qingdao, July 12th (Reporter Ma Bangjie and Wang Kai) The 14th National Student Games opened in Qingdao on the 12th. Wang Dengfeng, Director of the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education, and Secretary-General of the Games Organizing Committee, said that the current National Student Games has “showing the function of sports education”, “comprehensively displaying the results of the Chinese people’s strategy for fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic” and “school sports reform Three characteristics of a new starting point for development.
Wang Dengfeng said that there were 33 teams participating in the National Student Games, with a total of about 7,200 athletes, 1,200 referees, about 1,000 local staff, 3,000 volunteers serving the conference, and 1,600 staff. There are also more than 14,000 experts and scholars participating in the scientific paper report meeting.
He believes that this Games is an opportunity to fully demonstrate the strategic achievements the Chinese people have made in fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic. He said: “The success of this event with more than 14,000 people is something that in itself is the envy of the whole world, and it is something that every Chinese son and daughter are proud of.”
Wang Dengfeng said that this will be the last National Student Games. It will be replaced by the first National Student (Youth) Games to be held in Guangxi in 2023. He said: “The next National Student Games will be merged with the National Youth Games. From the separation of universities and middle schools to hold the games, to the integration of universities and middle schools, and then to the merger of universities, middle schools and the Youth Games, this is the history of my country’s sports games reform. The background further shows that the reform and development of school physical education is constantly deepening.”
According to the Organizing Committee of the event, the National Student Games is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the State Sports General Administration, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. It is jointly hosted by the Shandong Provincial Department of Education and the Qingdao Municipal People’s Government. It is the highest-level student sports event in the country. Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, preparations for the current student sports meeting lasted more than three years and many difficulties were overcome.
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