The World Games is the highest-level international comprehensive sports meeting in non-Olympic sports. Mainland China has never hosted the World Games before. Chengdu is the first city in mainland China to bid for this event. Bidding to host the World Games is also an important measure for Chengdu to build itself into a world-famous event city.
html On March 13, International World Games Association (IWGA) Vice Chairman Max Bissopo and CEO Joachim Gaussow flew to Chengdu to meet at the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee and Vice Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Accompanied by Yu Zaiqing, they conducted a two-day inspection and evaluation of Chengdu's bid to host the 2025 World Games. Within 48 hours, IWGA officials inspected 10 sites and held 3 meetings, fully affirming Chengdu’s bid. During the two-day inspection, the IWGA inspection team was deeply impressed by the software and hardware facilities in Chengdu. Vice Chairman Bi Shaopu said: "This time we saw a lot of venues, including the residences of participating athletes. During the inspection, we found that Chengdu is a very international city, and Chengdu already has very first-class and top-level venues. ”
(Pictured: Max Bissopo)
CEO Gao Suo believes that Chengdu’s competition concept is highly consistent with the IWGA. World Games advocates economical hosting of games and encourages host cities to use existing venues to host games. Among the competition venues for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, 15 are existing venues and 4 are already established before Chengdu decided to bid for the 2025 World Games. The new venues planned to be constructed include 1 backup venue. Chengdu is making preparations in accordance with the principles of reasonable layout, taking into account the facilities and economical hosting of games, which is very consistent with the IWGA's concept of hosting games. In addition, Chengdu’s efforts in environmental protection work have also been praised by IWGA officials, “Chengdu has taken very effective measures to consider environmental protection and sustainable development as a core element, which is very consistent with the purpose of IWGA. , because hosting competitions sustainably is our IWGA’s purpose,” said Bissopo.
During the inspection, IWGA officials learned about the construction results of the 16,900-kilometer Tianfu Greenway, the 1,275-square-kilometer Longquan Mountain Urban Forest Park, and Chengdu's huge urban ecosystem, and were amazed by them. "The people of Chengdu are very hardworking and diligent, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve the current urban achievements and build the city so well. At the same time, we also found that the Chengdu government attaches great importance to creating this kind of leisure and relaxation environment for the people." Bi Shaopu said sincerely, "Chengdu is a city with a lot of space, and the transportation is also very developed and convenient. I can believe that Chengdu is one of the most livable cities in China and even the world." He even hopes to be a traveler. I came to Chengdu again to experience the authentic Chengdu life.
This trip to Chengdu gave IWGA officials a great surprise. They agreed that this inspection showed that Chengdu’s bid team was very well prepared and very meticulous in all arrangements. They believed that whether it was Chengdu’s facilities or The teams in Chengdu are all capable of hosting a successful World Games. This on-site visit to Chengdu also laid an important foundation for Chengdu's successful bid to host the World Games.
