The ongoing 20th Provincial Games ignited the enthusiasm of the citizens for sports, and everyone enjoyed the joy brought by sports in their sweat. Let’s take a close look.
Every afternoon, the Donghuan Elevated Sports Park in downtown Taizhou is packed with the sports enthusiasts.
“Stimualted by the the Provincial Games, local people have boosted their enthusiasm for sports and fitness. In just one year, the number of adult basketball and badminton members has increased by 150% year-on-year compared with 2021." Zhang Li, Person in Charge of a Sports Training Center in Hailing District, Taizhou City said.
Every weekend, the badminton and basketball courts of the Jiangsu Provincial Wutaishan Sports Center in Nanjing saw throngs of sports fans while many children who love sports receive professional guidance here.
Taking advantage of the cool weather, Yangzhou recently launched the Water Sports Fitness Month in a bid to organize a series of professional events and encourage more citizens to participate in water sports.
The fashionable frisbee sport attracted young people in Suqian to run hard on the green field, which became a good way for them to socialize.
The 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu have basically built sports centers and mass fitness centers. Statistics show that in this decade, the per capita sports area in Jiangsu has increased from 2 square meters to 3.48 square meters, and 40.3% of people often participate in physical exercise, a significant increase from 35% 10 years ago.
