Zhejiang News Client Reporter Zhang Liu Sharing Alliance Xiaoshan Station Photography by Shen Guoqiang Shen Lei On June 25, the signing and awarding ceremony of the Chinese Women’s Baseball Team Training Base was held in Guali Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou. The Chinese Baseba

Zhejiang News Client Reporter Zhang Liu Sharing Alliance Xiaoshan Station Photography by Shen Guoqiang

Shen Lei

html On June 25, the signing and awarding ceremony of the Chinese Women’s Baseball Team Training Base was held in Guali Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou. The Chinese Baseball Association, Xiaoshan District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Guali Town People's Government and Youcheng Club signed a four-party cooperation agreement to build a training base, which means that the Chinese women's baseball team training base has officially settled.

Baseball and softball have gone through a century of development and have broad influence and mass base around the world. It has been included in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games project. It is the third largest sport in the world, and its industry accounts for 12% of the world's sports industry share. The number of viewers of international baseball events exceeds 2 billion every year.

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However, such a popular sport around the world is still a niche sport in China and the province. Xu Yong, president of the Zhejiang Provincial Baseball and Softball Association, said: "There are very few baseball and softball venues in Hangzhou. In order to ensure practice, the team members even have to take the high-speed rail to Shanghai and Jiaxing to play."

Riding the east wind of the Hangzhou Asian Games , Guali decided to "catch" this "baseball". In February last year, "promoting the construction of baseball towns" was included in the work report of the Guali Town government, and a construction agreement was signed with the Zhejiang Provincial Baseball and Softball Association to create a sports complex integrating sports events, leisure and fitness, culture and entertainment.

In July of the same year, Guali used existing old factory buildings to build and put into use a standard baseball and softball field - the Guali Town Baseball and Softball Field in Xiaoshan District. It can meet the needs of baseball, softball, football and other ball sports at the same time. It is suitable for competition use and also fully considers post-match use. Relying on the unique geographical advantage of the venue, it provides great convenience for the hosting of various large-scale international and national events. It has successively held the 17th China College Baseball and Softball League Finals, the 2nd Xizhao Women’s Baseball Challenge, Panda Cup National Slow Pitch Softball Enterprise League Branch Tournament and other events.

The relevant person in charge of the Chinese Baseball Association said that the training base of the Chinese Women’s Baseball Team is located in Guali Hou. It is hoped that through the joint efforts of multiple parties, it can promote the balance between competitiveness and mass development of women’s baseball projects, combine the characteristics of women’s sports, and give full play to the power of the market. Achieve innovative development of women’s baseball projects and create a model of government-enterprise, association-enterprise cooperation.

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The main person in charge of the Guali Town Party Committee said that the town will take the opportunity of the establishment of the Chinese Women’s Baseball Training Base, take advantage of the professional operation mechanism, while introducing professional competitions, it will be open to the public free of charge to meet the citizens’ needs for sports and fitness. New expectations.

"The construction of Guali baseball and softball fields is one of the contents of Guali's vigorous efforts to build common prosperity." The relevant person in charge of in Guali Town said that there are many construction indicators for common prosperity demonstration area , and there is a high-quality , inclusive cultural and sports supply is one of the important components to achieve common prosperity. At present, many local enterprises in Guali have invested in the establishment of baseball clubs. The town government, Hangmin Group, Dong'en Village, , Youcheng Machinery, the town education system, and the town political and legal system have successively established baseball teams to promote baseball. A platform has been established for the development of softball into schools, enterprises, communities, and institutions. According to the relevant person in charge of

, Guali will further take advantage of the situation and use baseball to enter government agencies, village communities, and campuses to further expand the influence of baseball among citizens and make baseball a new part of small city culture. Fashion. At the same time, we will use the base as our base camp, take the establishment of provincial sports and leisure towns as our guide, use football to meet friends, continue to expand the urban pattern, enhance the city's energy level, and expand our external influence.