China Business Daily (Reporter Sun Zhen) When young people gather, the city will prosper. Shijiazhuang put forward the concept of "let the youth and the city achieve each other and grow together", compiled the "Shijiazhuang Youth-Friendly City Development Plan", formulated the implementation plan, let the youth and the city go in both directions, so that the youth will always stand in the most brilliant "C position" in the city, Shijiazhuang City according to the characteristics and preferences of young people, carefully created two city business cards of sports and rock. On March 31, the 2024 Shijiazhuang Marathon kicked off, attracting 31,000 runners. This marathon is a good fit for Shijiazhuang's business card of "Sports City" to build a youth-friendly city, arousing the nature of young people to love sports and stimulating the city's youthful vitality. At the starting point of the competition, a check-in place with the theme of "Sprint to Win the Trillion-Dollar City and a New Era of Youth Contributions" was set up for everyone to take pictures, which added a bit of interest to the competition, and at the same time, enabled the majority of young people to feel the care and "temperature" of the youth from the whole city.
"Shijiazhuang is a paradise for you to expand the column and take the flower road, where you will never feel emo, but you will deeply feel that you are the YYDS of this city, I am waiting for you in Shijiazhuang. On October 31, at the 2023 World Youth Development Forum Youth Development City Theme Forum, Ma Yujun, Mayor of Shijiazhuang, sent an invitation to young people across the country with "the most trendy words". Carefully build independent brand events with international influence, use the competition as the media, take the competition as the famous city, and polish the business card of the sports city. Since last year, 401 ball courts have been built on the land vacated by demolition, and a series of events have been held, such as the Shijiazhuang Marathon, the National 3x3 Basketball Invitational Tournament, the International Futsal Championship, and the National Tennis CTA1000 Sub-station Tournament.
In recent years, Shijiazhuang City has adhered to the concept of "urban development and urban youth must first develop", and has always put young people in the "C position" in urban construction. Insist on thinking about urban development from the perspective of young people, and integrate youth spirit, youth temperament, and youth pursuit into the whole process of urban planning, construction, and management. This national fitness feast allows every young person living in Shijiazhuang to burst out with vitality and confidence, gain a sense of happiness and belonging, and quickly integrate with the city.
(Photo courtesy of the organizer)