In mid-August, just before the University Games, the Municipal Government held the 13th annual government executive meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Mayor Chen Xing. At the meeting, several policies for developing the city through culture and sports were further deliberated and approved. The meeting decided that, in combination with Jiangzhou's own industrial and resource advantages, the modern media industry, the animation and game industry, the design and creative industry, the cultural and leisure tourism industry, the cultural exhibition industry, and the advertising and creative industry would be the key areas for the development of the cultural and creative industry. Corresponding policies and financial support would be implemented to effectively promote the rapid development of related industries.
At the same time, it was decided to set up a special fund for the cultural and creative industry, a support fund for the animation and game industry, a cultural tourism fund, and other funds to promote the development of the cultural and creative industry in Jiangzhou's financial department. The development of various cultural and creative industries would be supported through discounted loans, project subsidies, funding, and incentives. At the same time, state-owned cultural enterprises would be actively supported to transform into enterprises.
The meeting lasted for more than an hour. The meeting started at ten o 'clock in the morning. At eleven o' clock, the meeting continued.
Chen Xing, the mayor, systematically elaborated his concept of developing the cultural industry for the first time at the meeting. Compared with the previous meeting, Chen Xing put forward the guiding ideology, direction, and industrial structure for the development of the cultural industry this time. The lengthy speech revealed Chen Xing's ambition to promote the development of the cultural industry in Jiangcheng for the first time.
Although some of the theories in Chen Xing's speech came from the Municipal Government Research Office, the core ideas were personally written by Chen Xing. The manuscript sent by the Municipal Government Research Office was personally polished by Chen Xing before it was finalized.
This time, the cultural development positioning of Jiangcheng was also written in the programmatic document for the first time. It was to strive to build Jiangcheng into a 'regional cultural and economic center, and even the cultural center of the eastern coastal area'. The establishment of this goal also officially announced the beginning of Chen Xing's policy program.
However, anyone who paid a little attention would notice that compared to the previous times when Chen Xing's focus was on the development of the cultural industry, this time, Chen Xing mentioned the concept of 'strong sports city' in his speech. Vice Mayor Jiang Dongyun carefully prepared a speech and once again mentioned the goal of creating professional development of competitive sports.
In fact, this was not the first time Jiang Dongyun had proposed the goal of building a professional competitive sports club at the government executive meeting. When the previous mayor, Geng Jingyi, was still in office, Jiang Dongyun mentioned it many times, but Geng Jingyi did not respond.
Jiang Dongyun's speech was suddenly called by Chen Xing at the last moment of the meeting. After Jiang Dongyun finished speaking, Chen Xing glanced at the people present and said with a smile. Vice Mayor Jiang is in charge of sports work. She has always had a very urgent desire to build a professional competitive sports club. What do you think?
There was a short silence in the small conference room. First, Chen Xing called Jiang Dongyun to speak, and Jiang Dongyun happened to carefully prepare the speech. Everyone knew without guessing that Jiang Dongyun had informed Chen Xing in advance and obtained Chen Xing's approval. Otherwise, Chen Xing would not have called Jiang Dongyun to speak.
Since Chen Xing quite agreed with the idea of building a professional competitive sports club proposed by Jiang Dongyun, the people present had to think carefully about how to express their opinions.
Because the previous mayor, Geng Jingyi, was not interested in this, and Fu Jianjia was not very enthusiastic about it, everyone did not pay much attention to this topic. In fact, it was not their fault. The average age of the municipal leaders in Jiang City was 48 years old. It was because of the young mayor, Chen Xing, that the average age was greatly reduced. Otherwise, when the previous mayor, Geng Jingyi, was still in office, the average age was 52 years old.
Among the people present, the oldest was Vice Mayor Zhu Qinghui, who was 58 years old this year. He was almost at the age of retirement. Except for Chen Xing, even the youngest person was 47 years old. That was You Xingzhao, the Secretary-General of the Municipal Government. As for the Executive Vice Mayor Kong Zhengliang, he was 53 years old this year.
There was no doubt that except for Chen Xing, almost all the people present were over 50 years old. When it came to amateur sports hobbies, except for some who liked to play golf to be cultured, few people had a strong interest in sports.
Of course, the people's lack of interest was only one reason. The other reason, which was also a very important reason, was that Jiang City had always lacked a sports culture and atmosphere. Without the support of a big football market, it was very difficult for a professional sports club to develop.
Mayor Chen, I'm afraid it's not so easy to build a professional sports club. In the past, there were professional sports clubs in Jiang City. Take the most popular sport, football, for example. In the early years, there was no Chinese Super League and only the Chinese First Division. At that time, there was also a Chinese First Division team in Jiang City. At that time, the club was jointly established and operated by the government and enterprises. At that time, the team also achieved some results, but in the end, it failed to operate. First, it lacked funds. Second, the local football market in Jiang City was not hot.
A game could seat more than 10,000 people in a stadium, but there were often only a few hundred fans who came to watch the game. Very few tickets could be sold. Without ticket income, domestic professional sports clubs lacked the environment and atmosphere for commercial operation, and there was no market. Therefore, a professional sports club could not operate without continuous capital investment.
The person who spoke was Deputy Mayor Zhu Qinghui. He, who was about to retire, was more daring to speak the truth. Zhu Qinghui always felt that the idea of building a professional competitive sports club was good, but it was difficult to implement it. The government could not operate a professional sports club independently. If social capital was involved, there would be enterprises willing to take over. However, it was difficult for the government and enterprises to reach an agreement on the investment ratio and the club's operation.
In the 1990s, the Chinese First Division was popular all over the country. Jiang City also had a Chinese First Division team at that time. At that time, there were professional fan associations and groups spontaneously organized by fans in many places. Only Jiang City did not have one. In the end, it was the Sports Bureau and the club that came forward to guide the establishment. Therefore, the people of Jiang City really lacked sports cells. Kong Zhengliang smiled. At that time, he was still an ordinary staff member in the Municipal Government Office. He was still young. At that time, there were many people watching football, and he also followed. He did not like any team. Anyway, he just watched everyone having fun and joined in the fun. Kong Zhengliang had a deep memory of the situation at that time.
The commercial capital operation of professional sports is no longer the same as it was in the past. As long as our city really wants to do it, I believe there will be big companies willing to step forward. As for the football market and the fans, I don't think that's the main problem. The club hasn't been established yet, and you're already worrying about that. You're thinking too far ahead.
Jiang Dongyun spoke. She glanced at Zhu Qinghui and Kong Zhengliang and continued to smile. We can take Evergrande as an example. Usually, except for Evergrande's hardcore fans, I believe very few fans will often watch Evergrande's games. However, when Evergrande achieved good results and even entered the AFC Champions League finals, at that moment, all the fans in the country became Evergrande's fans at the same time. Even those who do not usually like this team or don't usually pay attention to football started to pay attention to Evergrande's games because Evergrande entered the finals. Therefore, I don't think we need to jump to conclusions about the so-called football market and fans.
Jiang Dongyun refuted Zhu Qinghui and Kong Zhengliang's words as soon as she opened her mouth. She was the person who most urgently wanted the city to vigorously promote the development of professional sports clubs. Naturally, she did not want others to oppose her. Now that Chen Xing had shown some interest in this, Jiang Dongyun was even more unwilling to miss such an opportunity.
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