QINGDAO has spent more than 1 billion yuan on the construction of public fitness facilities.

    Such facilities have covered the city, including Sifang Olympic Sports Park, Qingdao Sports Street in Shibei District and Chengyang mountaineering base.

    The city’s sports bureau has agreed with district governments to increase spending on the construction of fitness centers combining indoor and outdoor facilities.

    District governments fund the construction of fitness centers and the sports bureau will subsidize the equipment. Community work stations are tasked to manage the fitness centers.

    All the fitness centers are open to local residents.

    The city has spent almost 1.2 billion yuan on almost 100 fitness centers in residential communities and subdistricts in the past two years.(Li Hao, Yu Feng)