习大大也是资深球迷中国将与英国足球方合作

2015-10-23 14:32:49来源：网络

　　在许多中国人眼里，特别是体育爱好者眼里，英国有数不清的著名足球队和足球明星，使足球成为英国的一张名片。中国国家主席习近平也是一个资深球迷，在他访英期间，他将会和英国首相卡梅伦一起前去参观曼城足球俱乐部。

　　In the eyes of many Chinese people, especially sports fans, Britain’s numerous well-known football teams and superstars make football Britain’s calling card. Chinese President Xi Jinping, a longtime fan of the sport, will pay a visit to Manchester City football club with British Prime Minister David Cameron during his state tour of the UK.

　　In 2015, UK Trade & Investment organized a series of activities for entrepreneurs from China and the UK to cooperate and exchange experience through football. It is expected that Xi’s visit will not only open a golden era for China-UK relations but will also bring impetus to football cooperation between the two nations.

　　Hosting the World Cup and enabling the Chinese football team’s smooth entry into the world arena is a dream of generations of Chinese people. China has promoted step-by-step reforms of the football sector and has also tried to make more connections with the British football industry.

　　Statistics indicate that about 51 percent of Chinese football fans are fans of Britain’s Premier League. The Premier League has now become a bridge for cooperation between the two countries, after President Xi met with Prince William in March 2015. What’s more, audiences for the Premier League in China have reached 350 million, and more and more fans are now willing to pay to watch the world’s No. 1 game.

　　President Xi has mentioned that China needs to train more teenagers and talents gifted in football to develop the sport in the country.

　　In China, teenagers are often too pressured by their studies to have time to play football. After Guangzhou Evergrande football club won the Asian Champions League in 2013, it set up a football school with Renmin University of China that is the first of its kind in China. The team hopes that more and more talented teenagers can enter professional football teams through this model.

　　Besides establishing football schools, China will also strengthen the training of football coaches and referees, especially in elementary and secondary schools, through a cooperation program jointly launched between the Chinese Super League and the Premier League in 2014.

　　So far, the program has helped train more than 800 physical education teachers and football coaches in more than 10 cities in China. It is expected that another 1.2 million Chinese teenagers will benefit from high-level football training programs by 2016.

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