Xinhuanet Yinchuan, May 31 (Reporter Zhang Qin and Chen Cong) The first National Leisure Sports Conference being held does not look like a competition: the participating units are clubs, associations and other associations, not administrative divisions; Open participation without ticket sales, or even the distinction between competitors and spectators.

This populist competition without a star once again inspired people: "higher, faster, stronger" sports elites are out of the arena, but the elite is not the whole of sports; In addition to competition, the more important attribute of sports is the public and participation. For the vast majority of non professional players, sports should be a pleasant self taste and a happy medium for friends to get together and communicate.

For a long time, China's competitive sports have been overemphasized, followed by a deviation in sports spirit and social concepts: gold medalists earn both fame and wealth, and those who have not won are empty handed. The frequent occurrence of "strange phenomena" in competitive sports competitions such as the National Games is caused by the concept of gold medal supremacy.

Relevant departments also try to promote the sports spirit of participation by holding various mass sports events, so as to promote the development of mass sports. However, although many events deliberately downplay the atmosphere of competing for gold and silver, the problem of "buying athletes to participate" does exist in reality. The same group of people compete today on behalf of farmers and tomorrow on behalf of college students.

The culprit of this phenomenon is not the gold medal or silver medal, but the biased view of sports achievements. The fundamental purpose of "developing sports" is to "strengthen the national physique", but in reality, it is often for "face" rather than "inside".

The first National Leisure Sports Conference was not highly concerned due to the lack of sports stars, and there are still many unsatisfactory places to be improved. However, its merits lie in the high participation of the masses, making a useful attempt to break the boundaries of administrative divisions and attract social forces to participate in the event, and daring to explore a way for the government to set up a stage and the community to sing, so as to ensure that the leisure sports conference is truly "leisure".

While the elite of the national team frequently achieved good results on the field, the overall situation of our national physique is not optimistic. Among the 1.3 billion people, the number of people who develop the habit of physical fitness is still limited. While we are gratified and proud of our achievements in competitive sports, we should also pay full attention to the people's livelihood of sports, vigorously develop mass sports and leisure sports, host a number of national events with high participation and popularity, "return" a number of mass events to the masses, and consolidate the mass sports foundation.