Embarking on a New Journey, the Construction of the Venues for the World University Games Kicked into High Gear

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CHENGDU, China, Feb. 26, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

The 31st Summer World University Games Chengdu 2021 is the first world-level

multi-sport event to be held in Chengdu, as well as in the whole region of Western China.

To get to know about Chengdu, please visit https://www.gochengdu.cn.

After the national holiday of the Spring Festival, the construction of the venues for

the Chengdu World University Games has been resumed orderly as scheduled.

According to the Organizing Committee of the 31st FISU Summer World University

Games Chengdu, there are altogether 49 stadiums and gymnasiums to be built or

renovated by April 2021. The 12 newly-built ones include Dong'an Lake Sports Park,

Fenghuang Mountain Sports Park, Gaoxin Sports Park, Xiangcheng Sports Center,

Jianyang Cultural and Sports Center, Wenjiang CBA Competition Center and stadiums

in Longquan High school and Polus International College and so on. The 37 renovated

ones include Chengbei Gymnasium, Chengdu Shooting and Archery Management Center,

China Modern Pentathlon Center, Shuangliu Sports Center, and Pidu Sports Center, etc.

These brilliant construction projects can add glamour to the World University Games as

well as to Chengdu, a future "World Competition City". After the short break of the Spring

Festival, the construction work re-started, shifting to the "fast-lane" and kicking into high gear.

Aiming at building Chengdu as "the World Famous Competition City", the Chengdu

Administration of Sports, as well as exploring the development path through

in-depth discussion, also commissioned a specialized agency to draft the Plan for

Building Chengdu as the World Famous Competition City based on the comparative

studies of world-renowned competition cities and improved the Layout Plan of Public

Sports Facilities of Chengdu (2016-2035) together with Chengdu Municipal Bureau of

Planning and Natural Resources.

The planning principles of the building projects of city sports facilities and

other public sports facilities are set according to the new development path of

Chengdu. In building sports facilities, "Three Administrative Levels and Three

Categories" are involved, which refer to facilities of "municipal, district and

community levels", belonging to the categories of "competition facilities,

public exercises facilities and training facilities". With the detailed planning,

a whole comprehensive sports facilities system will be built that caters both

to the needs of holding massive sports events and serving for public exercises.

As a result, the overall level of sports service of Chengdu will be increased,

and the professional training sites can provide better training for competition.

SOURCE: The Organizing Committee of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games Chengdu