40 years of glory and honor: paralympic games reflects the achievements of china's disability cause
2024-09-10
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china news service, paris, september 8 (reporter wang zumin) the 17th summer paralympic games closed in paris on the 8th. the chinese sports delegation once again ranked first in both the gold medal and medal lists, achieving six consecutive championships in the paralympic gold medal and medal list.
in 1984, china sent a delegation to the paralympic games for the first time, and it has been exactly 40 years since then.
after 40 years of participating in the paralympic games, china has embarked on a glorious journey from 0 to 624 gold medals.
in 1984, china took part in the paralympic games for the first time. ping yali, then 23, won the blind long jump with a score of 4.28 meters and won the first paralympic gold medal for china. today, 40 years later, the total number of paralympic gold medals won by the chinese delegation has reached 624.
over the past 40 years, the performance of the chinese sports delegation in the paralympic games has continued to rise. at the 1984 new york paralympic games, the chinese delegation won two gold medals and ranked 23rd in the gold medal table; at the 1988 seoul paralympic games, the chinese delegation rose to 14th in the gold medal table with 17 gold medals. from 1992 to 2000, the chinese delegation ranked 12th, 9th and 6th in the gold medal table respectively.
at the 2004 athens paralympic games, china took first place in both the gold medal and total medal counts for the first time with 63 gold medals and 141 total medals. over the past 20 years, the chinese sports delegation has won first place in both the gold medal and total medal counts for six consecutive paralympic games.
today, china is the world leader in many paralympic events, including swimming, athletics, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, weightlifting, badminton, and many other events, and has become the "dream team" in the international paralympic arena.
over the past 40 years, with the paralympic games as an opportunity, china's disabled sports have entered the fast lane of development.
the appearance of the chinese sports delegation at the paralympic games and its continuously improving performance have boosted the enthusiasm of chinese disabled people to participate in sports. in 1994, beijing hosted the sixth far east and south pacific games for the disabled (the far south games, the predecessor of the asian para games), a comprehensive international sports event for the disabled for the first time, further increasing the popularity of disabled sports in china.
since the beginning of the new century, china has issued a number of documents and measures at the national level to promote the development of sports for people with disabilities, made requirements and arrangements for sports work for people with disabilities, and the china disabled persons' federation and other departments have formulated implementation plans for the development of sports for people with disabilities.
at the same time, disability sports organizations such as the china disabled persons' sports association (later renamed the china disabled persons' sports association and the china paralympic committee) were established one after another, and successively joined international disability sports organizations such as the international paralympic committee. various disability sports associations or institutions were also established in various places. china's disabled sports ushered in a new stage of vigorous development.
during this period, in terms of competitive sports, in addition to continuing to maintain its dominant position in the summer paralympics, china also achieved breakthroughs in the winter paralympics - at the 2018 pyeongchang paralympics in south korea, the chinese wheelchair curling team won china's first winter paralympic gold medal; at the 2022 beijing paralympic winter olympics, the chinese delegation topped the winter paralympic gold medal and medal charts for the first time with 18 gold medals and 61 medals.
in terms of overall fitness, sports have become one of the main ways for more and more disabled people to recover, exercise and relax. statistics show that in the past 10 years, the participation rate of disabled people in community cultural and sports activities has continued to increase across the country.
china's 40-year glorious journey in the paralympic games reflects the development achievements of china's cause for people with disabilities.
as an integral part of china's cause for people with disabilities, china's brilliant achievements in disabled sports and the paralympic games are a microcosm of the development of china's cause for people with disabilities. on the paralympic stage, the outstanding performance of chinese paralympic athletes, their positive and enterprising spirit, and their optimistic and confident words and deeds inside and outside the arena are the concrete manifestations of china's growing comprehensive national strength, and a vivid expression of the comprehensive development of china's cause for people with disabilities and the continuous improvement of their living conditions.
official data show that all 7.1 million registered poor disabled people in china have been lifted out of poverty as planned, more than 9 million disabled people have found employment in various forms, and the income of disabled families has increased year by year. more than 1.2 million disabled people have been included in the special poverty support system, more than 10 million disabled people have received minimum living security, and the participation rates of disabled people in basic pension insurance and medical insurance for urban and rural residents have reached 90% and 95% respectively.
at the same time, a care service system for the disabled has been initially established, and public services such as rehabilitation, education, culture and sports, foster care, and accessibility for the disabled have been widely provided. the enrollment rate of compulsory education for disabled children and adolescents has reached 96%; the coverage rate of basic rehabilitation services for the disabled has reached more than 85%, and the construction rate of barrier-free facilities in public buildings has reached 99.5%.
at the 2024 paris paralympic games, the chinese sports delegation once again delivered an excellent performance. with the paralympic games as the stage, the achievements of china's disabled sports and the cause of the disabled were once again "seen" by the world. (end)
(source: china news network)
