Gao Zhidan, deputy director of the State Sports General Administration and vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, said in an interview after the meeting that taking the opportunity of holding the Olympic Games continuously, the three countries have great potential to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of sports.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, September 13 (reporter Yan Lei) the second session of the sports ministers of China, Japan and South Korea was held in Tokyo from 12th to 13th. Gao Zhidan, deputy director of the State Sports General Administration and vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, said in an interview after the meeting that taking the opportunity of holding the Olympic Games continuously, the three countries have great potential to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of sports.
Gao Zhidan said that China, Japan and South Korea are sports powers in East Asia. South Korea hosted the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics this year. Next, Japan and China will also host the Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing Winter Olympics. The three Olympic Games are held continuously in the same region, which is of great significance and influence. Taking this as an opportunity, the three countries have great potential to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of sports. At the same time, through sports exchanges and cooperation, non-governmental exchanges and friendship among the three countries can also be promoted.
Gao Zhidan said that this meeting of sports ministers of the three countries has achieved fruitful results. The three parties signed the outcome document Tokyo action plan, which will take the opportunity of holding the Olympic Games continuously to strengthen personnel exchanges and cooperation, especially the exchange and cooperation in winter sports and major events, strengthen the exchange and learning of coaches and advantageous projects, and further promote the development of mass sports and youth sports.
He also pointed out in particular that this meeting also proposed to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in sports industry focusing on sports tourism, which was a new bright spot and not only of great significance to the development of sports in the three countries, it will also promote the development of economy, tourism and cultural undertakings.
Tokyo, Japan will host the Olympic Games in 202020. Gao Zhidan said that the Olympic Games is a review of the strength of competitive sports in various countries. After the Beijing Olympic Games, China has seen some downward trends in summer competitive sports and will face severe challenges in the Tokyo Olympic Games. “The United States is a world sports power and power, and still has overall advantages in competitive sports. At the same time, Japan, as the host of Tokyo Olympic Games, has taken a series of measures to prepare for the war. It can be seen from the Jakarta Asian Games that the level of Japanese competitive sports has improved rapidly, especially in some advantageous projects, which have posed challenges to us.”
Gao Zhidan said that the Chinese team is making every effort to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games. It should not only consolidate advantages in advantageous projects, but also take measures on some potential advantageous projects and weaknesses, “We still have to fully foresee the difficulties. Facing the severe situation, we still have to make a difference and strive for good results”.
China will host the Winter Olympics in 2022. Gao Zhidan said that although China is a big sports country, there are still many historical debts in the development of winter sports. Compared with neighboring Japan and South Korea, the organization, infrastructure, there is a certain gap in the scale of managers and the level of sports teams. We will learn from the two neighbors in the process of preparing for the Winter Olympics and learn from their experience in winter sports development.