In the morning, the sun shines on the basketball court through the cracks of the buildings in the community, and the fresh air is diffused. At this time, the community basketball court near Baiziwan, Chaoyang District, Beijing has welcomed several early risers, including Mr. Xu, a frequent visitor here.

"The community basketball court is like a 'private gym' for residents in the community. Every day, several friends and I come here to exercise," Mr. Xu told reporters.

Community basketball court near Baiziwan, Chaoyang District, Beijing. Photographed by Hao Shuai, a reporter of People's Daily Online

"15 minute fitness circle" acceleration coverage

Fitness venues like Baiziwan are now everywhere, and have become a vivid epitome of the convenient fitness network of accelerating the construction of a "15 minute fitness circle".

According to the data released by the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China, by the end of 2023, China has 4.5927 million sports venues, with an area of 4.071 billion square meters, and a per capita sports area of 2.89 square meters, which has achieved the goal of 2.6 square meters per capita sports area proposed in the 14th Five Year Plan for Sports Development in advance.

With the continuous improvement of sports facilities, the needs of the masses for fitness venues are increasingly met. In the past, "where to get fit" has always been a hot topic of public concern, and it is also the first problem to be solved to promote the national fitness campaign. Now, this question is gradually being answered.

In order to promote the development of fitness for all, in 2023, the General Administration of Sport of China and other five departments jointly issued the Work Plan for the Promotion of Fitness for All Sites and Facilities (2023-2025) (hereinafter referred to as the Work Plan), proposing that "by 2025, counties (cities, districts), towns (streets) that meet the needs of urban and rural people and match the population elements The three-level public fitness facilities in the administrative village (community) and the 15 minute fitness circle in the community achieve full coverage ".

The 2024 government work report also clearly stated that "build and make good use of the sports facilities around the people, and promote the extensive development of fitness activities for all", which fully reflects the government's firm determination to improve the level of public sports services and meet the growing demand of the people for sports and fitness.

"Whether it is Olympic stadiums and gymnasiums, outdoor fitness facilities, or small and delicate 'mini playground', it will become a hot spot for citizens to sweat." Guo Peng, head of the Mass Sports Section of Beijing Chaoyang District Sports Bureau, told reporters: "We are committed to creating a fitness environment for all people to participate in by building a diversified layout of fitness venues and facilities covering all time periods and all ages, so that every resident can find their own fitness venues within the '15 minute fitness circle'."

Comprehensive improvement from "have" to "excellent"

In spring, Beijing Guanzhuang Park is full of green. On the fitness trail in the park, people come to exercise in an endless stream. Mr. Chen, who had just finished his morning run, said to the reporter, "You can cross the street from the community to the park. The air is fresh and the environment is good. It's very comfortable to exercise here."

The fitness trail is located in Guanzhuang Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing, providing high-quality fitness places for the surrounding residents. Photographed by Hao Shuai, a reporter of People's Daily Online

The Work Plan emphasizes that we should "focus on carrying out the four major actions of strengthening the foundation of fitness facilities, improving quality, optimizing service, and increasing efficiency", "promote the transformation of urban and rural fitness facilities from" have "to" excellent ", and achieve quality improvement, service improvement, and efficiency improvement".

We will promote the equalization of basic public services around the in-depth implementation of the "Action to Improve Fitness Facilities for All". In February this year, the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China issued the "Key Points of Mass Sports Work in 2024", which requires that "we should make overall use of funds, build small fitness centers, small sports parks, small fitness facilities, mass skating rinks, county-level multi-function sports fields, etc., and continue to carry out activities such as" national sports community "and" national sports park ". We will focus on the construction of old urban areas, densely populated areas, rural areas, and sites and facilities suitable for aging and children. "

Now, in response to the national call, not only Beijing, but also all parts of the country are actively building a diversified and more high-quality fitness network for people.

——More comfortable environment. In Henan Province, this year, we will actively build a green model of "sports+parks" for national fitness, build more than 200 township (street) multi-function stadiums to meet the needs of all age groups, and orderly promote 22 sports park projects under construction.

——Fitness is more intelligent. In Qingshen County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, the existing and newly built sports venues and facilities are all included in the national fitness map management platform, and the public sports service information platform for smart fitness trails and smart fitness stations is established to provide query, navigation, appointment, payment and other services for convenient and quick participation in activities.

——More forms. Qitaihe City of Heilongjiang Province actively responded to the call of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", implemented the "ice and snow benefit plan", increased the number of public welfare ice rinks every year, and better met the fitness needs of the masses of the people.

All regions actively promote the "15 minute fitness circle", making it a powerful engine to promote the national fitness campaign. On the basis of solving the problem of "where to get fit", the "15 minute fitness circle" is constantly transforming to the goal of "having" to "excellent".

As Gao Zhidan, Director of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China, said in his reply to the netizens on People's Daily Online this year, "We will make every effort to promote the high-quality development of sports. We will continue to expand the coverage of public sports services and further meet the growing sports needs of the people."

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