Marathon "blooming everywhere" to boost the development of China's sports industry
Release time:
2018-08-11
As the largest exhibition in the field of China Marathon, the second China Marathon Expo was held in Xiamen on the 4th. At the second China Marathon Industry Summit Forum held in conjunction with the Marathon Expo, using the marathon to promote the development of China's sports industry has become the focus of attention.
As the largest exhibition in the field of China Marathon, the second China Marathon Expo was held in Xiamen on the 4th. At the second China Marathon Industry Summit Forum held in conjunction with the Marathon Expo, using the marathon to promote the development of China's sports industry has become the focus of attention.
In recent years, marathons have blossomed everywhere in China and have become an important engine for China to develop the sports industry and promote supply-side structural reforms in the sports field. Xiamen has become one of the typical representatives.
Since its establishment in 2003, the Xiamen International Marathon, which has persisted for 15 years, has been awarded the IAUA road running gold medal for many consecutive years. At the marathon Expo on the same day, Duan Shijie, president of the Chinese track and Field Association, also awarded the title of marathon city to the Xiamen municipal government.
Wu Weiping, Deputy Secretary-General of the General Office of the Xiamen Municipal Government, also revealed that with Xiamen's creation of a number of boutique events such as the marathon, the World Triathlon, the International Beach Volleyball Tour, and the Motorboat World Championships, Xiamen's sports industry has developed rapidly, and many sporting goods companies The headquarters gather in Xiamen. At present, there are more than 2000 sports manufacturing enterprises in Xiamen, which has become the largest fitness equipment export base in Asia.
Bao Mingxiao, director of the China Sports Economic Research Center of the Sports Science Research Institute of the State Sports General Administration of China, also believes that the marathon has become a booster for promoting urban reform and development, innovative development, high-end development, characteristic development, shared development, and green development in China.
Ding Shuibo, chairman of the board of directors of Tebu Co., Ltd., believes that participating in the marathon will promote Tebu to shift from a sporting goods manufacturer and pure event sponsorship to a comprehensive service, and extend to the public sports service. In his view, events, equipment, services and social networking will be the breakthrough direction of Chinese sports brands.
China Marathon, a sunrise industry, Wang Nan, vice chairman of the China Association of Athletics, spoke highly of the contribution of marathon to Chinese sports, but also admitted that marathon has not gained its due position in the sports industry. Marathon still owes a reasonable income to Chinese marathon enterprises.
Wang Nan revealed that in the next five years, the China Athletics Association will be committed to the overall layout of China's marathon industry, using policies as leverage and guidance, coordinating social resources and social relations, and helping enterprises develop.
It can also be observed from this marathon expo that the 26000-square-meter expo attracted 145 exhibitors, including not only domestic and foreign road running event operators, but also all-round event service organizations such as event timing system, logistics, insurance, intellectual property protection, registration system, photography, medal and other derivatives development, there are also diversified products and well-known sponsors of running equipment, running fashion, health and fitness, sports tourism, sports media, which bring together the complete industrial chain of the marathon industry and show the development prospects of the industrial belt.