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China DailyLocals throng around the court to watch the village-level basketball tournament in Taipan, Guizhou province. "The number of spectators and the participating areas that the tournament covers have been skyrocketing every year," said Cen Jianglong, a basketball zealot from Taipan village and a co-organizer of the tournament. Launched across the province in 2021, the "Gorgeous Countryside" campaign that promotes development in rural China in culture, tourism and sports, has grown rapidly facilitated by the expansion and upgrade of local sports venues and exercise facilities. Across the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, there are nine sports stadiums and eight venues at the county-level, 43 multifunctional sports facilities built under the poverty alleviation relocation plan, and 296.8 kilometers of eco-friendly fitness trails. "The development of sports facilities has laid a solid foundation for such highly popular events to go to the next level and encourage more people from the countryside to exercise more," said Zhang.
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