| Among many competitive sports,track and field is the oldest and most basic sport,which not only has strong fitness and educational value but also serves as a basis for many other sporting events.In the Olympic Games,track and field has the most events and the most medals.All countries attach great importance to the development of the athletic level of track and field sports.The development of China’s track and field sports is at a high level in the world.Syria should draw on the successful experience of the development of Chinese athleticsChinese President Xi Jinping proposed the"Silk Road Economic Belt" initiative in September 2013,hoping that China and neighboring countries can draw on existing and effective regional cooperation platform,hold high the banner of peaceful development,and jointly build a community of interests,destiny,and responsibility with political mutual trust,economic integration,and cultural tolerance.This paper studies how Syria can take advantage of the Belt and Road Initiative to realize the cooperation between Syria and China in athletics and improve the level of Syrian athleticsThis research adopts methods,such as literature analysis,questionnaire surveys,expert interviews,and mathematical statistics,to analyze the reasons for track and field backwardness in Syria,references the success of China’s track and field sports,explores the basis,objectives and influencing factors of the Syrian-China cooperative development of track and field sports under the Belt and Road Initiative,develops the basic principles and contents of the Syria-China cooperative development of track and field sports,and plans the measures for the Syria-China cooperative development of track and field sports,based on related researches about the relationship between Belt and Road Initiative and economy,education,culture,and sports,and by analyzing the development of track and field sports in Syria and China,so as to promote the vigorous development of Syrian track and field sports under the background of cooperation between Syria and China aided by the Belt and Road InitiativeAfter in-depth research,the author draws the following conclusions1 The overall level of Syria’s track and field sports is in the middle-lower level in Asia.From the external factors,it is mainly reflected in the country’s turbulence and instability,and economic stagnation.From the perspective of the development of track and field sports,it is due to many deficiencies in the complete training process However,some individual projects have achieved excellent results in the World Series,which not only inspires the Syrian government and people,but also provides a development path in line with national conditions for Syrian athletics2 China’s track and field sports have developed steadily in recent years,and the overall level of Chinese athletics is far ahead in Asia.In particular,it has reached a record high in the past five years,and possessed the strength to be a world track and field power.Many factors contributed to the success of Chinese athletics,among which the "national system" has strongly promoted the development of athletics in China People from the sports circle in Syria generally believe that it is necessary to promote the level of domestic track and field sports through foreign learning.Among countries with high-level track and field sports,from the perspective of practical needs and possibilities,they are more inclined to learn from China3 Most Syrians understand the Belt and Road Initiative and expect to learn advanced training theories and methods from its Chinese counterpart through various exchanges and cooperation,and send relevant personnel to study and train in China,and improve the coaching ability of coaches and improve the competitive level of athletes through the exchange of personnel4 The urgency of the governments of Syria and China for the development of national sports,the eagerness of both peoples for the development of national sports,the need for deepening cooperation in good traditional friendship,and the rapid development of Chinese athletics are the basis of cooperation between the two sides The cooperation objectives include the cooperation model that takes trade and economic cooperation as a guide,sports as a bridge,and learning as the main mode to improve the level of Syrian athletics.Despite the domestic economic stagnation,long-term unstable social order,and people’s focus on basic needs,the positive views of people from all walks of life on the Syrian-Chinese track and field cooperation,the extensive exchanges between countries under the Belt and Road Initiative,and the history of Syrian-Chinese cooperation and mutual assistance all actively push forward the development of Syrian-Chinese athletics5 The development of the Syria-China athletics track and field cooperation can be aided by the Belt and Road Initiative.We can provide support for training talents for the cooperative development of Syria-China track and field sports by improving relevant laws,regulations and policies,establishing specialized agencies and committees,creating high-quality supervision and security systems and a special exchange platform.We can cultivate talents by standardizing the direction of talent cooperation training,establishing talent cooperation training and introduction mechanisms,optimizing the level of talent cooperation development,and improving the talent cooperation development fund system and development agreements. |