On March 16, the measures issued by the official website of the State Sports General Administration stipulated that bidding for international sports events should be submitted for approval in accordance with the procedures. Without approval, bidding is not allowed.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 22 (Reporter Wu Junkuan) recently, the official website of the State Sports General Administration released the measures for the administration of sports events (hereinafter referred to as the measures), the measures will be implemented from May 1st. According to this, some media interpret that the domestic marathon will be fully resumed after May 1. The reporter learned from the China Track and Field Association on the 22nd that when the marathon event will resume is not directly related to the “measures.
The China Track and Field Association issued the Notice on Strengthening the prevention and control of new coronavirus in marathon events on January 23, requiring marathon and related sports events to be held before April 30, “The organizing committee should actively communicate with the host government and relevant departments, listen to opinions and conduct risk assessment objectively. If the potential risks are large, you can minimize the potential risks by means of ease, delay, cancellation, etc.”
This means that when and how to hold marathon events should be decided through consultation with the host government and relevant departments according to the specific situation of epidemic prevention and control.
On March 16, the “measures” issued by the official website of the State Sports General Administration stipulated that bidding for international sports events should be submitted for approval according to the procedures. Without approval, bidding is not allowed. If there are other administrative examination and approval provisions for sports events such as fitness Qigong, aviation sports, mountaineering and so on, they shall be handled in accordance with the prescribed procedures. Except for the above two articles, the General Administration of Sports does not approve any sports events, and public security, market supervision, health, transportation, maritime affairs, radio management, foreign affairs and other departments have other provisions, the organizer or organizer shall handle the matter according to the regulations.
It is understood that the “measures” aim to deepen the reform of “releasing and controlling service” in the field of sports, standardize the orderly development of sports events and promote the healthy development of sports, moreover, it was deliberated and approved by the State General Administration of Sports in November, 2019. The content of the measures has nothing to do with the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic on the holding of sports events.
At present, the epidemic prevention and control work in many areas in China has achieved good results. On March 22, the 2020 Chengdu double heritage marathon health race started at Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan city, Chengdu city. The organizing committee adopted a series of strict prevention and control measures, including requiring runners to show health certificates, taking temperature, wear masks, check the life track, etc. About 1,000 runners participated in this activity.