Subsidies tackle problems of sports spaces

THE MINISTRY of Finance has said that it will provide the local governments with subsidies to encourage them to open more large-scale public sports facilities to the public for free or at a low price. Guangming Daily comments:

People's passion for sports and exercises has risen dramatically. There were even 40 marathon races organized by city governments around the country on one particular day.

But the supply of public sports resources still does not meet people's needs. Reportedly, the personal average stadium area is 16 square meters in the United States, 19 square meters in Japan and 1.57 square meters in China. And many sports facilities in China are not open to the public, or charge high prices for people to use.