On the occasion of the upcoming opening of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the reporter learned from the State Administration of market supervision on the 1st that a number of recommended national standards in the field of ice and snow sports organized by Heilongjiang Province have been approved and officially approved, which further improves the standardization construction level of China’s ice and snow sports, expands and enriches the content of the standardization system of ice and snow sports, and is expected to provide a reference for ice and snow sports in the “post Winter Olympic” era Provide important basic support for the development of ice and snow industry.
Heilongjiang Province is a large province of ice and snow resources and a strong province of ice and snow sports in China. It is also the birthplace of China’s ice and snow sports. China has won 13 Winter Olympic gold medals so far, of which 9 were won by athletes trained by Heilongjiang.
In recent years, with the approach of the Beijing Winter Olympics, ice and snow sports have been gradually popularized in China from north to south. The development of ice and snow industry and ice and snow economy has entered a new stage. It is increasingly urgent to promote national standardization in the field of ice and snow sports.
The standards for this project are divided into five categories: general terms of sports events, sports level requirements and evaluation specifications, training specifications, skiing events and stadium classification, It includes 11 items, including general terms of speed skating, requirements and evaluation specifications for the level of mass alpine skiing, and training specifications for mass alpine skiing.
“Heilongjiang shoulders important responsibilities in leading the standardized development of ice and snow sports.” Qian Fuyong, director of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau, introduced that since 2016, Heilongjiang has started the preparation and revision of standards in the field of ice and snow sports with the support and guidance of China’s State Administration of market supervision and the State Administration of sports. In April 2021, Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau took the lead in establishing the ice and snow sports standardization working group of the national sports Standardization Technical Committee. The working group is composed of more than 130 experts from all aspects, and the Secretariat is located in Heilongjiang ice and snow sports vocational college, steadily promoting the standard application and project approval.
Sun Weimin, director of the sports equipment center of the State Sports Administration, said, “Since the National Ice and snow sports standardization working group was left in Heilongjiang last year, Heilongjiang Province has made every effort to promote its work and delivered satisfactory answers with high efficiency. We will consolidate the achievements of ‘driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports’, promote the construction of standardization pilot demonstration, and form a new situation of sports standardization with point to area and typical promotion.”
“These standards cover events, venue management, sports level and other aspects, which are of great significance for popularizing and promoting ice and snow sports and leading the orderly development of ice and snow industry.” Liu Hongsheng, director of the standard technology management department of the State Administration of market supervision, affirmed this. Next, the State Administration of market supervision will organize the national sports Standardization Technical Committee to complete the development, release and implementation of the standards as soon as possible.
Yang Yongsheng, head of the Secretariat of the working group and President of Heilongjiang ice and snow sports vocational college, said, “we will take this project as an opportunity to do our work more carefully and realistically, formulate high-quality and verifiable national standards, reflect Heilongjiang’s advantages and responsibilities, and contribute to the development of ice and snow sports.” Qian Fuyong finally said, “Heilongjiang Province will work with the State Administration of market supervision and the State Administration of sports to continuously improve Heilongjiang ice and snow sports standards and certification Research Center, Heilongjiang ice and snow sports and Industry Research Institute, Heilongjiang Sports Professional Standardization Technical Committee and other relevant institutions, and continue to deepen the standardization construction in the field of sports.” (end)
