In recent years, the Sports Bureau of Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, has focused on sports facility construction, the development of branded events, and institutional innovation to cultivate a fertile ground for public fitness. This effort aims to build a higher-level public service system for national fitness, yielding substantial achievements in community sports.
Sports facilities serve as the fundamental platform for public fitness, and Guangyuan has promoted integrated urban-rural development in this area. By integrating over 600 million yuan in funds, the city has constructed, renovated, or expanded more than 210 public sports venues and facilities. This has ensured complete coverage of fitness facilities across over 1,400 administrative villages, with a basic establishment of a "15-minute fitness circle" in communities. Accessible and user-friendly amenities such as fitness trails, sports parks, and multi-functional sports grounds are now widely available. Currently, the per capita sports area in Guangyuan has reached 3.03 square meters. All 19 large and medium-sized public sports venues in the city are open to the public year-round, serving an average of over 2.5 million fitness participants annually.
As the public fitness service system continues to improve, various indicators of community sports have risen to the forefront in the province. Leveraging its unique natural landscape and rich historical cultural heritage along the ancient Shu roads, Guangyuan has developed distinctive event brands tailored to local conditions, sustaining the enthusiasm for public fitness. Events such as the China (Guangyuan) International Phoenix Boat Race, the National Fitness Yangko (Drum) Competition, and the Sichuan Provincial Intellectual Games have been successively hosted, establishing Guangyuan as a key hub for community sports in northern Sichuan.
Additionally, to meet the fitness needs of diverse groups, Guangyuan has organized activities such as training for female community sports leaders and New Year sports events for migrant workers and corporate employees, receiving widespread public acclaim. Statistics show that Guangyuan hosts over 500 sports activities at various levels each year, with participation reaching 1.2 million people. In the 2024 national fitness assessment, the city achieved impressive results, with a pass rate of 92.8% and a rate of 40.4% for regular participation in physical exercise.
To address issues such as the neglect of facility management and disorganized management of social organizations, the Guangyuan Sports Bureau took the lead in the province by introducing a series of policy documents. These include the "Guangyuan Public Sports Fitness Facilities Management Measures," "Notice on Regulating and Strengthening the Management of Public Fitness Venue Projects," and "Guangyuan Municipal Association Management and Assessment Measures," using institutional rigor to safeguard community sports initiatives.
Today, the "Guangyuan experience" has become an important reference for the development of community sports in Sichuan. Related measures have been reported by mainstream media, continuously enhancing the city's visibility and influence.