The 18th Fujian Provincial Games opened in Sanming, and forestry carbon tickets were used for the first time to achieve carbon neutrality in the event.

China News Service, Sanming, November 14th (Lei Chaoliang) On the evening of November 13th, the 18th Fujian Province Sports Games with the theme of "Picturesque Sanming Green Provincial Games" opened in Sanming City. This is the first time that Sanming has hosted the province's highest-level and largest comprehensive sports event.

The opening ceremony's cultural and sports performance was titled "Wind Exhibits the Red Flag and New Journey", with red, green and blue as the main lines and was divided into four chapters. The stage design was embedded with the cursive "Sanming" city IP, and naked-eye 3D interacted with virtual and real light and shadow to create an immersive three-dimensional audio-visual space. The ancient civilization of Wanshou Rock, the rushing clear water at the source of the Minjiang River, and the nostalgic memory of the Hakka ancestral land are all unfolded on the same stage, presenting a simple and technological audio-visual feast.

The torch lighting session innovatively implements the low-carbon concept. The fire originates from the starting point of the Long March in Ninghua, Sanming. It adopts the "physical ignition + digital lighting" mode to vividly interpret the purpose of the competition of "simple, low-carbon, exciting and safe".

The Fujian Provincial Games is sponsored by the Fujian Provincial People's Government and is held every four years. It aims to promote the development of sports in the province, select and cultivate outstanding sports reserve talents, and promote the in-depth development of national fitness sports.

It is reported that this year’s Provincial Games and the Provincial Seniors and Health Games have a total of 92 major events and 1,350 minor events. The number of events, number of participants, and competition locations are all the highest in history. The total number of participants in the province exceeds 30,000. The Provincial Games consists of 75 competition events in four categories: youth, mass, industry, and college students, with six new emerging events including rock climbing, surfing, baseball, and skateboarding. It will conclude on November 20.

Green and low-carbon is the most distinctive background of this Provincial Games. As the first place for forestry carbon tickets in the country, Sanming is the first in the province to use forestry carbon tickets to offset the carbon emissions of the event. It accurately measures the carbon emissions of the entire event and is expected to consume 26,000 tons of forestry carbon tickets to achieve carbon neutrality throughout the event.

"Renovation rather than construction, intensive and efficient" is the clear orientation of Sanming's hosting of the competition. The city has invested in a total of 34 competition-related venues to ensure the hosting of the event, of which 20 newly built or renovated and upgraded venues have been completed, making up for the shortcomings of professional venues. After the game, all venues will be open to public fitness, and will serve mass fitness, cultural and sports activities, and event performances on a regular basis, achieving "a combination of flat games and games, one hall with multiple uses" to achieve one event, improve quality, and benefit the people.

As an important birthplace of the national mass spiritual civilization creation activities, Sanming relied on the profound heritage of the national civilized city to cultivate the "Little Kirin" exclusive Provincial Games volunteer service IP, and established a professional volunteer team of more than 2,500 at the city and county levels, covering various positions such as event support, city stations, logistics reception, emergency services, and civilized propaganda, using professionalism and meticulousness to ensure every competition of the Provincial Games. (over)