On December 22, the 2023 Chinese Tennis Association Small Tennis Project Promotion Activity and Tennis Demonstration Zone Awarding Ceremony was held in Beijing Middle School. The event was co-sponsored by the Tennis Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, the Chinese Tennis Association, the Joint Secretariat of the Student Sports Association of the Ministry of Education, and the People's ** of Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Bai Xilin, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tennis Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, Ji Qiang, Director of the Comprehensive Department of the Joint Secretariat of the Student Sports Association of the Ministry of Education, Meng Qianghua, Deputy Director of the Municipal Sports Bureau, Secretary of the Chaoyang District Committee of the Communist Party of China, Meng Rui, Member of the Standing Committee of the Chaoyang District Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, and Yang Beibei, Deputy Mayor of Chaoyang District, attended the event.
At this event, the Tennis Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China officially recognized Chaoyang District as a "Tennis Demonstration Zone" and awarded a plaque to encourage and affirm the achievements of Chaoyang District in the development of tennis projects in the past three years.
The Tennis Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China awarded the plaque of the Tennis Demonstration Zone of Chaoyang District.
Since the signing of the "Strategic Agreement on Jointly Building a Tennis Characteristic Zone" between the People** of Chaoyang District and the Network Management Center of the General Administration of Sports in 2021, the two sides have carried out in-depth cooperation in various aspects such as the cultivation of professional talents, the organization of tennis events, the construction of tennis court facilities, tennis cultural exchanges and the promotion of related emerging projects. Over the years, Chaoyang District has focused on the goal of creating a national tennis demonstration zone, taking the China Open Tennis Championship as the leader, increasing the popularity of tennis, improving tennis court facilities, cultivating and building brand events, deepening the cultivation of youth tennis talents with the "integration of sports and education", and promoting the diversified development of the tennis industry, making "tennis" a sports label and business card of Chaoyang. At present, Chaoyang tennis has a population of 1530,000, 331 tennis courts, tennis series events covering the whole year, 2 traditional tennis schools, 4 campus tennis training points, 16 tennis pilot schools, more than 40 tennis-related fitness institutions and clubs, tennis has become one of the fitness projects loved by the people in the jurisdiction.
At the same time, the event also awarded the honorary title of "Outstanding Contribution Unit for the Creation of Tennis Demonstration Zone" to 19 units in Chaoyang District Sports Bureau, District Justice Bureau, District Education Commission, Chaoyang District Cultural Tourism Group, Olympic Village Sub-district Office, Sanlitun Sub-district Office and other streets and townships, and awarded the honorary title of "Outstanding Contribution Unit for the Creation of Tennis Demonstration Zone" to 10 schools, including Beijing Middle School, Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Chinese School, Chaoyang School of the High School Affiliated to Chinese University, Chaoyang School of Jingshan School, Beijing No. 80 Middle School (South Campus), and Jiaming Branch of Chen Jinglun Middle School. Tennis Demonstration Zone Creation Demonstration School" honorary title.
Some tennis demonstration areas in Chaoyang District have created outstanding contribution units.
Some tennis demonstration areas in Chaoyang District have established model schools.
At the launching ceremony, the "Little Tennis Project" officially landed in Chaoyang District, Beijing, which will show the growth space of small tennis and big future in Chaoyang District.
The launching ceremony of the small tennis project.
The "Little Tennis Project" is jointly launched by the Chinese Tennis Association and the Sports Association of Middle School Students of the Ministry of Education, with reference to the relevant rules of the International Tennis Federation Mini Tennis, through the development of new rackets with smaller size and lighter weight, softer balls, equivalent courts, and simpler rules, the rackets and balls become children's toys, so that children aged 1 to 3 years old can touch tennis, like tennis, and realize the convenience, gamification and scene diversification of playing tennis. At present, the "Little Tennis Project" is forming a new trend of synergy between sports education and tennis reserve talent training through the "five advances" work of entering families, kindergartens, schools, communities and villages, creating a new situation of high-quality development of youth sports, and making new contributions to the construction of a sports power.
Bai Xilin, secretary of the Tennis Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, said that the Chaoyang District Party Committee and the District Committee of the People's Republic of China conscientiously implemented the requirements of the sports work put forward in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "extensively carry out national fitness activities, strengthen youth sports work, and promote the all-round development of sports and competitive sports", and earnestly take the people as the center, attach importance to the physical and mental health of the masses, cadres, employees and children, and constantly explore new paths for the development of national tennis, believing in the "small tennis project" Chaoyang District will surely become a new engine for the high-quality development of tennis, a new energy for the healthy growth of children, a new way for a better life for families, a new link for the integration of sports and education, a new space for the sports industry, and a new link for international exchanges.
In addition, the promotional video of Chaoyang Tennis Demonstration Zone was also held at the event site, and the school tennis drill performance, small tennis experience and display were carried out, which received bursts of applause from the audience.
Small tennis showcase.