The press conference on “Winter of Qinhuangdao·Happy Snow and Ice Season” series of activities and the 2nd National Fitness Snow and Ice Games. Photo by Zu Di/The Great Wall Network
At 9:40 on the morning of December 23, the press conference on “Dynamic Port City” 2020-2021 Snow Season “Winter of Qinhuangdao · Happy Snow and Ice Season” series of activities and the 2nd National Fitness Snow and Ice Games, the third session of series of press conferences themed “enjoying snow and ice, supporting the Winter Olympics”, was held by the Information Office of Qinhuangdao Municipal People’s Government, it is recorded as follows.
Zhang Jianjun, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Qinhuangdao Municipal Party Committee and director of the Information Office of Municipal Government:
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, welcome to the third session of series press conferences themed “enjoying snow and ice, supporting the Winter Olympics”. Zhang Jiangyan, deputy county leader of Qinhuangdao Sports Bureau, Zhang Ai, deputy county mayor of Qinglong County Government, Su Wensheng, deputy district mayor of Haigang District Government, Gao Yinshan, member of the Standing Committee of Beidaihe District Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, and Zhao Shiguo, member of Working Committee and investigator of Managing Committee of Beidaihe New District will give introduction to the “Dynamic Port City” 2020-2021 Snow Season “Winter of Qinhuangdao · Happy Snow and Ice Season” series of activities and the 2nd National Fitness Snow and Ice Games, and answer your questions.
First of all, welcome Zhang Jiangyan, deputy county leader of Qinhuangdao Sports Bureau.
Zhang Jiangyan, deputy county leader of Qinhuangdao Sports Bureau:
Good morning, distinguished guests and friends!
In order to promote the development of snow and ice sports in Qinhuangdao city, achieve the goal of 1 million people participating in snow and ice sports, make snow and ice sports a new engine for the development of winter tourism industry, and promote the integrated development of all-for-one and all-season tourism in the whole region, the “Dynamic Port City” 2020-2021 Snow Season “Winter of Qinhuangdao · Happy Snow and Ice Season” series of activities and the 2nd National Fitness Snow and Ice Games will be held from the end of December 2020 to February 28, 2021 in Qinhuangdao City.
The Winter of Qinhuangdao · Happy Snow and Ice Season has been held for 4 sessions so far, and this is the 5th one. On the basis of inheriting the achievements and experiences of previous sessions, we will further fully integrate more than 30 snow and ice sports venues across the city, and launch snow and ice sports experience products of various forms and categories, providing snow and ice sports enthusiasts and citizens as well as tourists with an impressive snow and ice feast.
During this season, the large-scale activities such as the National Fitness Games and Snow and Ice Wonderland will be held at the municipal level. The Beidaihe Winter Festival, the Qinhuangdao Ski Challenge, and the Qinhuangdao Youth Fun Games will be held jointly by the Beidaihe District Government, the Changli County Government, and the Qinglong County Government. Special public snow and ice events will be launched in each county and district, to ensure that every county or district will hold at least 3 snow and ice events, and create at least 1 snow and ice brand event.
During this season, the national fitness games with multiple groups will be held jointly by the municipal government working committees, the Municipal Education Bureau, the Municipal Trade Unions, the Municipal Women’s Federation, the Municipal Communist Youth League, and the Municipal Disabled Federation, covering double-board slalom, single-board slalom, short track speed skating, short track speed skating relay, ice hockey, snow football, snow tug of war, snow tyres tournaments, snow zorb, running with ball, ice sled relay, fun curling, fun ice gyro relay, fun ice football and bowling, taking multiple measures to promote snow and ice sports into the government departments, schools, enterprises, communities, and rural areas, and attracting citizens and tourists to participate in various forms of snow and ice sports.
In the near future, the launching ceremony of the happy snow and ice season and national fitness games will be held and real ice and snow events officially kick off in the 2020-2021 snow season. We are looking forward to your support and participation as you always do.
And I would like to remind you to keep warm and avoid sports injuries, and enjoy this happy snow and ice season while doing a good job in the epidemic prevention and control.
Thank you!
Zhang Jianjun, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Qinhuangdao Municipal Party Committee and director of the Information Office of Municipal Government:
Now it is time for asking questions, please.
1. Reporter: Please tell us about the public snow and ice events that will be held in Haigang District this year.
Su Wensheng, deputy district mayor of Haigang District Government:
The “Dynamic Port City · Happy Snow and Ice Season” Snow and Ice Carnival and the Mass Snow and Ice Games will be held in Haigang District on December 26, 2020, which will continue until the end of February, 2021, including the 12th Snow and Ice Fun Games of Haigang District, The Qinhuangdao Laojunding Snow and Ice Carnival, and the training of third-level social sports instructors for skiing in Haigang District.
It has been the 11th Snow and Ice Fun Games of Haigang Distric, which has become a characteristic snow and ice event brand in our district, covering fun items for all ages such as ski relays, snow tyres, snow tug of war, creative snowmen, and ice sled relays, attracting more than 1,000 athletes from towns, sub-districts and district departments.
At the same time, in order to further strengthen the construction of the snow and ice sports social instructor team, we will conduct the snow and ice public welfare three-level social sports instructor training for the physical education teachers of all primary and secondary schools in the region, covering more than 100 people.
2. Reporter: Beidaihe is a “famous roller skating city in China”, and the development of roller skating is a leading domestic level. Please tell us something about it and the achievement of promoting skating with roller skating.
Gao Yinshan, member of the Standing Committee of Beidaihe District Party Committee and minister of the United Front Work Department:
It has been the 16th International Roller Skating Festival since it was held in 2005, attracting more than 20,000 roller skaters and enthusiasts from all over the world each year, which is one of the brand festivals in China with the longest duration, the largest scale, and the biggest number of participants in the world.
Roller skating events at the level of international, national, provincial, municipal and district run throughout the year, and many of them have become brand events held at fixed times. For example, the National Youth Speed Skating Championships have been held for 12 consecutive sessions. Beidaihe was rated as the permanent site of the event by the Social Sports Center of the State Sports General Administration and the China Roller Skating Association, and entitled “Advanced Public Sports Unit” “International Roller Skating Capital” and “China’s Roller Skating City”.
We have actively promoted the youth roller skating while doing a good job in festival events, ensuring every school has its own characteristic roller skating team, and 4 schools were rated as the “China’s Roller Skating Model School” by the China Roller Skating Association. The youth roller skating performance has continued to improve, winning 12 team championships in competitions above the provincial level (2 team championships of national youth speed skating championship), and more than 100 individual gold medals (35 gold medals of national championship). One athlete won the world championship and Asian championship, and 13 athletes won national championship. Zhang Chi, a roller skater from Beidaihe District, won the first men’s world championship for our country at the 2016 World Roller Skating Championship, and nominated for a non-Olympic sports figure in the sports world in 2016; Wang Haoyu became the only international roller skating referee in our province in 2019, and he is also the youngest speed roller skating international referee in the world.
Beidaihe District has continuously enriched the connotation of snow and ice sports, and vigorously built the roller skating brand. It has become the leading city of domestic roller skating, the main base of promoting skating with roller skating, and training space for the skating athletes in China.
There is a roller skating and skating team in Beidaihe District that insists on training all the year round. The players come from primary and middle schools in the district, taking skating training in winter, and roller skating training in other seasons. We have invited well-known domestic experts to serve as coaches. About 40 players of different ages insisted on training all the year round, practicing roller skating and skating as well, and achieved good results. Two outstanding athletes, Chen Aoyu and Feng Jingyang, have been sent to the provincial speed skating team, and they have won the national championships in their competitions. Chen Aoyu, in particular, was the first national champion after the skating was resumed in Hebei province.
Athletes from Beidaihe district won 17 gold medals at the 15th Hebei Provincial Games in 2018 where 30 gold medals were set in speed skating and roller skating, and 5 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes of the roller skating competitions at the 2nd Snow and Ice Games of Hebei Province in 2020. We have made initial achievement in promoting skating with roller skating. In the next step, we are striving to win the gold medal at the National Winter Games, and participate in international competitions.
3. Reporter: Please tell us about the development of the second Snow and Ice Games of Qinglong County.
Zhang Ai, deputy county mayor of Qinglong County Government:
The 2nd Snow and Ice Games of Qinglong County has 6 competitions including roller skating, skating, land curling, snow football and snow marathon, and the 2nd Snow and Ice Carnival.
In order to promote the snow and ice sports, especially in schools, the county government has invested 530,000 yuan in 2019 to purchase 53 sets of land curling equipment for middle schools and central primary schools across the county.
At present, land curling equipment has been fully covered in schools. The land curling trials of the 2nd Snow and Ice Games were held by the Bureau of Education and Sports from October 17 to 30, 2020, in the form of leagues of classes and schools.
Up to now, all the schools have held the land curling competitions, with all students participating, including 18,500 direct participants, 46,700 indirect participants, and 69,500 parents. On October 29, more than 70 physical education teachers and sports enthusiasts were trained on the theory of land curling, and awarded the public welfare three-level social sports instructors.
The opening ceremony of the 2nd Snow and Ice Games of Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County and the Land Curling Competition were held at the National Fitness Center from October 31 to November 2. After the preliminary selection, a total of 6 A groups for men and women, 40 B groups for men and women, and 58 C groups for men and women entered the finals in the youth group; 20 mixed doubles groups in the social group participated in the competition.
The Snow and Ice Sports Association of Qinlong County was established at the end of November, which will hold the 2nd Snow and Ice Carnival of Qinlong Manchu Autonomous County based on the Qicai Qinglong and Abuka Town, covering competitions of skating, ice sled, ice gyro, ice tug-of-war, ice dragon boat, ice bicycle, skiing, snowmobiles, snow tanks, snow spinning, and snow bumpballs, involving primary and secondary school students, government departments and social organizations.
The Qinglong Indoor Skating Rink was completed and put into use at the end of November, the skating competition and roller skating competition of the 2nd Snow and Ice Games will be concluded at the end of December, and the snow football and snow marathon competitions will be completed in this snow season.
4. Reporter: What events will be held in Beidaihe New District during the 2020-2021 snow season Winter of Qinhuangdao·Happy Snow and Ice Season?
Zhao Shiguo, member of the Working Committee and investigator of Managing Committee of Beidaihe New District:
In accordance with the requirements of the provinces and municipalities to promote the public snow and ice sports, Beidaihe New District strives to achieve the goal of 26,300 people participating in snow and ice sports in the 2020-2021 snow seasons. We plan to hold the second Snow and Ice Games of Beidaihe New District at the beginning of January.
The Games are hosted by the Beidaihe New District Management Committee, and undertaken by the Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Television, the Social Development Bureau and four sub-district offices, covering land curling, skiing, snow tug of war, snow football and a skating experience event.
In accordance with the requirements of the “Implementation Plan of Promoting and Training Snow and Ice Sports in Qinhuangdao City”, the problem of “who will teach” snow and ice sports will be solved. The public welfare three-level social sports instructor training will be held on snow and ice sports theory and skiing skills on December 30, more than 50 physical education teachers from primary and middle schools, social sports workers, and staff members from sports systems will participate in the training.
At the same time, in order to further implement the “National Fitness Regulations” and welcome the arrival of 2021, we will hold the long-distance running race with the theme of “passionate sports lead the future”, further boost the national fitness, and show the optimism and courage of the people of Beidaihe New District.
In addition, in order to speed up the popularization and promotion of snow and ice sports, and create a strong atmosphere of mobilization, participation and sharing of snow and ice sports by all people, we have promoted the knowledge of snow and ice sports through multiple channels, carrying out the “Six Entries” activity of snow and ice sports knowledge, publicizing the Winter Olympic knowledge online, and attracting the people to focus on and participate in snow and ice sports through internet new media.
Zhang Jianjun, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Qinhuangdao Municipal Party Committee and director of the Information Office of Municipal Government:
So much for the press conference, thank you!
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