National ice, snow season kicks off in Yantai
China DailyThe 9th National Ice and Snow Season kicked off in Fushan district, Yantai, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, on Feb 11, and more than 100 ice and snow athletes from across Shandong gathered in the city to enjoy a national feast of snow and ice sports. When the central government called for more participation in light of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the education bureau of Yantai's Fushan district began offering free classes for winter sports since 2019 to students in kindergartens through junior middle schools. In the future, Fushan plans to beef up efforts to set up a complete industrial chain featuring ice and snow sports, with an aim to boost people's enthusiasm to join in the national fitness campaign, and expand and upgrade Yantai's ice and snow leisure tourism sector. The coastal city of Yantai in East China's Shandong province sets up schools for ice and snow sports, which are igniting enthusiasm among students to participate in winter sports in the post-Olympic era.