Editor’s note:
On April 13, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly announced at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hainan Province and the establishment of a special economic zone, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to support the establishment of a free trade pilot zone in the whole island of Hainan, and support Hainan to gradually explore and steadily promote a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. Construction, establish a free trade port policy and institutional system step by step and in stages.
In the past four years, Hainan has vigorously promoted the special zone spirit of daring to try, dare to be the first, and work hard in this era of national strategic development, and is writing the answer sheet with practical actions.
Success doesn’t have to be with me, success must be with me. From now on, Hainan Provincial Financial Media Center (New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net, Nanguo Metropolis Daily) will launch a series of reports on the theme of “My Free Trade Port and Me”, focusing on system innovation, tax exemption, education, medical care, ecology, parks, talents Representatives in related fields such as , finance, etc., focusing on free trade port construction, ecological construction, and people’s livelihood areas, focusing on free trade port builders who work hard, forge ahead, and innovate in different positions, showing Hainan Free Trade with vivid examples. The spirit of the port builders.
Haikou Mission Hills Football Training Base.Photo courtesy of Mission Hills Group
New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net, Nanguo Metropolis Daily reporter Chen Wang intern Zheng Huiting
In recent years, with the vigorous development of the cultural and sports industry, under the background of the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, batches of national, international and professional cultural and sports events have been held in Hainan one after another. More and more eye-catching, tourists to Hainan prefer to “move”. In recent years, Haikou has intensified the construction of cultural and sports infrastructure projects. Wuyuan River Cultural and Sports Center Stadium, Haikou National Sailing Base Public Pier, China Football (South) Training Base, and the country’s first American Professional Basketball League Interactive Experience Hall have been completed successively. put into operation.
It is worth mentioning that with the continuous improvement of the facilities of the Haikou football base, this year’s men’s and women’s Chinese Super League will be held in Haikou, which is also the first time that the Chinese Super League will be held in Hainan. Recently, Haikou football fans have ushered in good news. There are currently four football fields and two basketball courts under construction on the west coast of Haikou. After these venues are put into use, the sports and cultural life of citizens will be enriched.
Four football fields are currently under construction on the west coast of Haikou.Photo by reporter Wang Chengxian
With the increasing number of football fields and the standardization of competitions, amateur football fans in Haikou have witnessed the growing atmosphere of football in Haikou. They also enjoy the benefits brought by the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port. full of feeling.
Amateur player Ma Liang: No worries about playing football in Hainan
Ma Liang is 58 years old this year, and he has many labels on him. He is the vice chairman of Hainan Literature and Art Critics Association, the vice chairman and secretary general of the Luqiong Literature and Artists Association, and the director of the Provincial Writers Association, but he still values an identity of amateur football. athlete. Currently, he is a member of the Compass Team, the Media United Team and the NTU Dongda Nannong Alumni United Team, and plays at least two football games a week. Not long ago, he also participated in the formation of the first football team of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, serving as coach and player.
Ma Liang represented Media United in the Lunar New Year Cup at Haikou Century Stadium.
As a senior football player who came to Hainan 30 years ago, Ma Liang has served as the deputy general manager of Qianwei Huandao Football Club, a guest commentator on Hainan TV’s football broadcast, director of the Expert Committee of the Provincial Youth Football Development Promotion Association, and Qiongzhong Women’s Football Cultural Consultant, etc. job. Rich experience and good cultural literacy made him accustomed to looking at everything around him from the perspective of historical development. Talking about the improvement of Hainan’s football field facilities in the past 30 years, especially since the construction of the free trade port, he can be said to be familiar with it.
“When I first came to Hainan, there were very few football fields, and most of them were dirt fields, and some were even cinder fields. At that time, people didn’t have the habit of renting fields to play football, and they mostly played in a few public sports fields. Either relying on relationships or sneaking into the campus to play football.” Ma Liang recalled.
However, Hainan’s climate and natural conditions are superior. In the early 21st century, Ma Liang’s Oldman team once built a small stadium on Baishamen Beach; sometimes they would go to the Haida campus to find an open space and put bricks on it. Two wickets kicked up.
However, in Hainan at the end of the 20th century, it was even more difficult to find a venue where professional teams could compete and even train. Ma Liang once had such an experience. Back then, the Huandao team wanted to come to Hainan for training. I heard that the national team had a training camp in Wanning in the 1980s. Ma Liang and others were ordered to find this venue, but they found two solitary buildings in a vegetable field. goal. Schlappa, the former coach of the national football team, saw the good ecological environment of Wanlvyuan, and couldn’t help but say, “The home of the Huandao team will be here in the future!” Of course, this is just his fantasy.
Ma Liang took a photo with his team.
Since the 21st century, the situation of the Hainan stadium has improved. The establishment of the Yingbin Peninsula Jinxin Football Base and the Guardian Football Base has made Hainan an influential winter football training base, attracting teams from South Korea, North Korea and other countries, as well as the Chinese Super League and China League One. The club team came here for winter training. Of course, amateur football still has a hot market, especially around 2010, the large-scale introduction of artificial turf 5-player fields and 7-player fields has made Hainan amateur football group have a great development, and everyone has gradually become accustomed to it.” The reality of spending money on health” and “renting a field to play football”.
Ma Liang told reporters that in the past ten years, especially in the past few years of the construction of the free trade port, there have been Wuyuanhe Football Stadium, Mission Hills Stadium, Century Stadium, Darong Stadium, Holiday Stadium, Cheetah Stadium, Guilinyang Stadium, Yudong Stadium in Haikou alone. Base stadiums, zero-degree stadiums, etc. have been built one after another. Together with the football fields of each campus, there are hundreds of them. Recently, a coastal football field has been built next to the former “Sea Urchin Theater”, with green grass and blue sea, blue sky and white clouds, how comfortable!
“In many places in China, amateur players complain that there is no venue to play football, but Hainan amateur players can proudly say: they will never worry about playing football without a stadium!” Ma Liang said with emotion.
Ma Liang believes that Hainan has such good venue conditions and a relatively good mass base. Should it learn from football in developed countries and regions, commit to the regularization and systematization of amateur leagues and campus leagues, and strengthen the development of football in Hainan Free Trade Port? Industry, to drive the cultural and sports industry to become the pillar industry of the free trade port? “With time like this, Hainan football might be able to find a way for Chinese football!” Ma Liang said with confidence.
Haikou West Coast Football Stadium.Photo by reporter Chen Weidong
Football enthusiast Fu Jiajia: More football fields to meet the needs of fans in different regions
Fu Jiajia is a staff member of the Hainan Provincial Library. His spare time is playing football. He is a native of Haikou. He likes to play football since he was a child, and he has also witnessed the development and changes of Haikou football field.
“Before the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, Haikou football fields were relatively small. However, there are relatively many people who like to play football, and there will be insufficient supply of football fields, making it difficult to book a field.” Fu Jiajia said that since the beginning of the past few years, the infrastructure has been gradually improved growing. Not only football fields are increasing, but many sports facilities and gymnasiums are under construction. At present, the stadium can basically be booked, which is still relatively abundant, and the entertainment and fitness environment can meet the daily needs.
Haikou West Coast Football Stadium.Photo by reporter Chen Weidong
Fu Jiajia said that compared with a few years ago, there is only a large football field under the Haikou Century Bridge. Now Haikou is constantly building new football fields. For example, there are football fields on Coastal Avenue and Mission Hills. With the continuous increase of site construction, it can also meet the needs of residents in different areas and surrounding areas. The journey is greatly shortened, and the travel time will also be reduced and more convenient.
He also believes that since the construction of the free trade port, in addition to the changes in sports facilities, various national facilities policies and Hainan’s policy of benefiting the people are improving the happiness index of the people. The improvement of living environment and working conditions, etc., all show that the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port will bring more surprises to people.
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