12 | Friday, August 21, 2020 CHINA DAILY Games helps more people realize their dreams
Hangzhou to launch 2022 campaign for thousands of people to have their aspirations granted
By YUAN SHENGGAO
The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 will be held from Sept 10 to 25, 2022 in Hangzhou, capital of East China’s Zhejiang province. China Daily is teaming up with the organizing committee of the Games to spotlight the prepara tion for and facts about the Hangzhou Asian Games.
ports and public welfare nat urally go hand in hand. With that in mind, the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising SCommittee has not only been pro moting the Hangzhou Asian Games, but it has also organized a series of related public welfare activities. It launched the 2022 Asian Games Aspirations program last year to collect the dreams and aspi rations of people across the world. A launch ceremony for an online public welfare platform of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 is held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug 8. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY The program had garnered more than 110,000 submissions by the end of July, according to a commit loved by more people through the They include Hangzhoubased online platform can click on dif tee spokesperson. Highlight Hangzhou Asian Games,” Zhou automaker Geely, China Telecom ferent sections to take part in vari The program was launched on said. “Now the dream has come and China Mobile, and charity ous charitable activities. Dec 15, 2019, the 1,000day count true.” organizations such as the Zhejiang For example, they can record down to the opening ceremony of The Hangzhou Asian Games Orga regions have applied to the Asian An official surnamed Chen from Provincial Charity Federation, their lowcarbon footprint through the Hangzhou Asian Games, in part nising Committee initiated the Asian Games Football Dream project. The the organizing committee told Chi Young Footballer Growth Fund daily actions on the “Yiqilai” sec nership with the Zhejiang Youth Games Football Dream project in April 2022 Asian Games Aspirations pro na Daily: “We will continue to and the Hangzhou Sports Lottery tion. Development Foundation, the Zhe 2018 and upgraded it to launch the gram has garnered more than search for people’s dreams and help Management Center, as well as For each 5,000 steps they take, jiang Provincial Charity Foundation 2022 Asian Games Aspirations in 110,000 submissions. Its related top people realize them. media units such as Sina Weibo, they can donate a football equip and other organizations. December 2019. Since then, the orga ics have been viewed over 230 million “Meanwhile, we will launch an 163.com and Zhejiang provincial ment bag to a child in a remote Lu Chao is a medic working at the nizing committee has combined times. online activity to collect the songs, broadcasting stations FM88, mountainous region. First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang sports and public welfare, with the The watering quantity of its “online photos and words that touch and FM101.6 and AM810. In the upcoming days before the University’s College of Medicine. theme of “Asian Games Aspirations”. public welfare forest watering” section empower people.” “The Hangzhou Asian Games is opening of the 19th Asian Games Lu spent 45 days in Wuhan help The organizing committee teamed has reached 128 million grams. The Some sports celebrities have not only a sports event, but also a Hangzhou 2022, the organizing ing the city fight the COVID19 pan up with the Alibaba Foundation to cre “Yiqilai” section, an online lowcarbon been invited to serve as Asian stage for dreams. We hope that committee will invite people from demic. He said his dream is to take a ate an online public welfare platform footprint recording system, has Games dream ambassadors, with the influence of the sports all walks of life to participate in the photo with the athletes of the Chi in August this year, featuring fundrais recorded 1.3 billion steps. including diving champion Guo event, more enterprises, organiza preparations of the sports event, nese women’s volleyball team and ing, public welfare publicity and low The charity campaign has attract Jingjing, sports and soccer com tions and individuals that are thus helping more people realize he wants to attend the opening cere carbon footprint donations among ed 16 companies, all keen on public mentator Liu Jianhong and former keen on public welfare will join us their dreams. mony of the Hangzhou Asian other things. It is committed to forg welfare, as dream supporters. They China’s Series A League player Liu to take part in the charity under The new mode of “donation + Games. ing a warm and affectionate Asian include Hangzhoubased automaker Cheng. taking,” said Du Mengfei, deputy charity + internet” will create a sky Lu wrote that the grit and deter Games with a complete public welfare Geely, Industrial and Commercial “As a former athlete, I should director of the committee’s Mar full of glistening dreams that came mination displayed by China’s system. To date, a total of 1,371 Bank of China, China Telecom, China contribute to the Hangzhou Asian keting Department. from and will always be shared by national women’s volleyball team schools from 30 provinces and Mobile and 361°. Games,” Guo said. “I feel honored In a latest development, the the Hangzhou Asian Games. gave him mental strength during his to be chosen as a charity program organizing committee teamed up time in Wuhan. dream ambassador.” with the Alibaba Foundation to Another participant in the pro “We hope these sports celebrities create an online public welfare gram is 45yearold Xiao He, whose shame for them to vanish from soci mittee released the Games’ first will use their power to influence platform on Aug 8, the 12th dream is to let the world hear chil ety. charity licensed product: tableware and encourage more people to National Fitness Day. dren’s folk rhymes from China. Over The program will last till Septem embroidered with a Hangzhou lotus chase their dreams and finally real According to committee offi the past two years, Xiao and his ber 2022 when the Hangzhou Asian pattern theme on both sides. ize them,” an official from the orga cials, the platform, available on 29 team have visited more than 200 Games kicks off. The embroidery was done by nizing committee’s marketing apps including Taobao and Alipay, seniors across China to record every It consists of three parts: collect Zhou Xiuping, who was among the department told China Daily. aims to provide ways for people to Scan the code Scan the code nursery rhyme they can recall. ing dreams, fundraising and realiz first people to submit to 2022 Asian The charity campaign has participate in public welfare activ to apply for to submit your Xiao said that children’s folk ing those dreams. Some dreams Games Aspirations. attracted 16 companies and orga ities and support Hangzhou Asian Asian Games Asian Games rhymes represent the sincerest of have already come true. “My dream is to make nizations, all keen on public wel Games through a green and Football Dream aspiration blessings of love, and it would be a On July 25, the organizing com Hangzhou embroidery known and fare, as dream supporters. healthy lifestyle. Users of the school
Public benefit lights up children’s wishes of soccer What they say for Hangzhou 2022 By YUAN SHENGGAO more and more girls at her school fell in love with soccer and the As a subproject of the 2022 Asian school established a female team I hope the envi Games Aspirations, the Asian after weeks of training with three ronment in Games Football Dream Project volunteers. The project held a Hangzhou will be began on April 19, 2018, by the summer camp in Xianchang Cen improved through Hangzhou Asian Games Organising tral School in Majiang county, the Hangzhou Committee and the Young Footbal Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Asian Games and ler Growth Fund. autonomous prefecture, Guizhou the city’s con The project supports 2,022 province, on Aug 10, 2019. struction and social services will schools throughout Asia by donat During the event, the organiz be brought more in line with devel ing equipment, offering courses and ing committee joined hands with oped countries in the world. My organizing camps and competitions Geely to donate soccer gear and Asian Games dream is to take to get more youth interested in soc related training devices to five photos capturing the splendid cer ahead of the Hangzhou 2022. local schools. moments of the Games. By the end of July, more than 4 “The summer camp in Qian Luo Xin, 36 years old, photogra million people, together with enter dongnan Miao and Dong autono pher prises such as Hangzhoubased mous prefecture is of great automaker Geely; Industrial and importance for Geely’s efforts in Commercial Bank of China; China the 2022 Asian Games Aspirations Through Telecom; China Mobile and 361° program. Hangzhou Asian had donated to this project via Ali “As a dream supporter, we will Games, I hope chil pay, a mobile payment app undertake social responsibility, dren in other coun belonging to Alibaba Group. enhance Geely’s brand image and tries can have a The first event was held at showcase our leading technology better understand Hangzhou Xingzhou Primary and enterprising spirit,” said Yang ing of Zhejiang and School in Zhejiang province on Xueliang, vicepresident of Geely. Hangzhou. During their stay in Dec 29, 2018. By the end of June 2020, a total of Hangzhou for the Games, they can The organizing committee has The Asian Games Football Dream Project holds its first activity at Hangzhou Xingzhou Primary School 1,371 schools from 30 provinces and take a boat on the West Lake and donated soccer equipment and on Dec 29, 2018. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY regions have applied to the project taste delicious Hangzhou cuisine. courses to 11 schools featuring online and more than 500 have Tang Zicheng, 11 years old, ele soccer courses in Zhejiang. been shortlisted to receive dona mentary school student Former soccer commentator ball Dream Summer Camp has Games while fostering their sport tions after evaluation. Liu Jianhong, former China Series been held in 25 schools nation ing spirit. As a participant in the Officials from the organizing The Hangzhou A League player Liu Cheng and wide. summer camp, Xiao Yue, a student committee said that from this Asian Games will Chinese women’s national team I’m so happy when More than 400 students from in grade three at a primary school year, the project will allow both bring people from player Wang Shuang attended the playing soccer with 45 universities, such as Peking in Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao middle and elementary schools to all around the event. University, Harbin Engineering autonomous prefecture, Guizhou participate and will add 700 world together in “I’m so happy when playing soc these lovely children University and Lanzhou Universi province, has a dream of becom schools in a bid to help more our beautiful city. cer with these lovely children and and admire that ty, served as volunteers at the ing a soccer coach. youth realize their soccer dreams. Blending and mix admire that soccer education is summer camps for 2,300 children Her school was built in a rural ing global culture and Chinese cul now much better than it was in soccer education is from rural areas. area and only had 100 students, ture. I wish that we all learn from my childhood,” said Wang after now much better Themed on the Hangzhou not to mention a low number of each other, learn to accept each she met the students. Asian Games, soccer and dreams, girls who could play soccer. other, and as Hangzhou learns to She added that she has a mis than it was in my the summer camps offer Asian Xiao played soccer with boys Scan appreciate multiculturalism, the sion to contribute to the develop childhood.” Games knowledge and soccer but had no chance to take part in the code to world learns to love China too. ment of sports public welfare and training courses in a bid to culti county or prefecture competi learn more Kyle Hadfield, 37 years old, game soccer in China. Wang Shuang, Chinese vate children’s interest in soccer tions. about the designer women’s national team player So far, the Asian Games Foot and an understanding of Asian Thanks to the summer camp, Games!
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