The players play at the football field of Phu Min Jeonju Primary School
Passing the ball in the center circle, dribbling the ball, breaking through the defense...... Walking into the Fumin Complete Primary School in Huanghuatan Ecological Resettlement Zone, Gulang County, on the green field, the young players tacitly cooperated and actively scrambled, and there were happy figures of young players chasing football everywhere.
On August 21, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed in Fumin Complete Primary School in Gulang County that "sports should start from children, and moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor should be developed in an all-round way." If children in remote areas like this often play football, football will have a broad mass base, and Chinese football will definitely be able to break out of Asia and go to the world." Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest teaching of "football starts from a baby", Gulang County adheres to the training goal of "healthy physique, civilized literacy, wise wisdom, sunny mentality, and happy growth", formulates the "Gulang County Implementation Plan for Comprehensively Promoting Campus Football", starts the implementation of the "Ten Hundred Thousand" project of campus football, and takes football and campus football league as the starting point to promote campus football from point to surface and full flowering. On the green field, inside and outside the campus, students enjoy the fun, enhance their physique, improve their personality, and temper their will in football.
The opening ceremony of the 4th Primary and Secondary School Campus Football League
In the past five years, the county has conscientiously implemented the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, comprehensively promoted the integration of education and sports, vigorously promoted campus football, invested a total of 145 million yuan to build and renovate 49 school artificial turf football fields, created 12 national youth campus football characteristic schools, 5 national football characteristic kindergartens, formed 104 campus football teams, successfully held four primary and secondary school campus football leagues, and the number of participating teams increased from 38 in the first session to 66 in the fourth session. The number of athletes has increased from 573 to 1,050, and primary and secondary school students have widely participated in school football through professional teams, clubs and interest groups, with a 100% participation rate in primary and secondary school football. The results of Gulang football have been widely concerned and reported by CCTV Focus Interview, Xinhuanet, China Education Television, Chinanews and other media, which has aroused strong repercussions, and campus football has become a beautiful business card of Gulang education.
The young players and the coach pose for a group photo
"As an educator rooted in the front line, our biggest task is to do a good job of education at the doorstep of ordinary people. Under the care of the party and the state, we now have first-class teachers and first-class teaching equipment. Next, what we need to do is to do our best to let our children in the immigration areas feel the care of the party and the government, so that their childhood is full of joy and healthy growth. At the same time, we will continue to strengthen the work of campus football and strive to cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. Zhu Shiyun, principal of Fumin Complete Primary School, said.
The 4th Primary and Secondary School Campus Football League
Guided by campus football, Gulang County has fully implemented the "double reduction" policy, vigorously developed student interest clubs, continuously improved the level of art and quality education, and promoted the all-round development of students' morality, intelligence, physical fitness, art and labor. The county's central primary school and above schools popularize the green football field, sports equipment and facilities are improving day by day, four sessions of the county's primary and secondary school campus football league have been held in succession, and the county's fifth primary and secondary school football league is being organized.
The young players of Buimin Elementary School practice football
"I love playing football because it allows us to exercise and grow taller. I want to play football and be a soccer player when I grow up. Lu Ruixue, a student of Fumin Complete Primary School, said.
Since 2020, in the city's football competition, the teams of each group in Gulang County have won the second place 5 times, the third place 10 times, and 58 advanced individuals. Five teachers and students have been recommended to participate in the National Youth Football Summer Camp, and three students have been rated as national second-level athletes.
"In recent years, we have taken the creation of the Gansu Provincial Campus Football Demonstration Base as the starting point to vigorously popularize campus football and comprehensively promote the long-term development of campus football. On July 1, the 2024 'China Sports Lottery Cup' Gansu Youth Futsal Championship was held in our county, which can not only reflect the achievements of the development of sports in our county, but also enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the people in the county. He Hong, deputy director of the Gulang County Education Bureau, said.
Reporter: Ma Dengrui
Source: Gulang County Rong Media Center