Interview with Mr Nelson Cheng, Director General of Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation

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On May 13, 2012, Nelson Cheng (middle), Director General of Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation, and Jamie Houchen, head of the Education Department of the English Football Association (second from left), took a photo after signing the contract at Wembley Football Stadium in London

 

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When will China become a football power? China has become a big country with Olympic gold medals, but Chinese football is still lagging behind. How can Chinese football take off?

On May 13, 2012, the Football Association of England and the "Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation (UK)" (hereinafter referred to as the Foundation) signed an agreement in London, announcing the implementation of the 15-year "Sunshine Sports-Sino-UK School Football Project". The mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau provide school football education and training and teaching materials to help train Chinese youth football education and popularization, cultivate Chinese football elites for the future, and promote the popularization of Chinese football.

  As a welfare fund charity organization registered in England, after nearly 10 years of preliminary exploration, the relevant institutions in England and China have finally reached a consensus, that is: English football experience, England is willing to export, and China is willing to introduce. The foundation plans to use 10 years to gradually promote soccer campus education to the Greater China region, first in 62 cities. To this end, the reporter interviewed Mr Nelson Cheng, director-general of the foundation, to explain the purpose and concept of the plan. The content of the interview is as follows: (Note: Reporter, Cheng: Mr Nelson Cheng)

  Remember: The England team is not the strongest in today's world competitions. Why do you recommend English football to China?

  Cheng: First of all, the rules and regulations of modern football, and the popularization of football culture are all formulated and exported by the British. The rules of football implemented globally, such as youth football development plans, football coaching teaching materials, and football education textbooks, are mainly designed and formulated by the United Kingdom. Secondly, the country with the greatest voice in international football today is still the United Kingdom. Among the 8 seats of the International Football Council, the United Kingdom occupies 4 seats. This is because the development of football in the UK has gradually established a relatively complete set of football industry management, from campus football education to the popularization of social football. With rules and laws, a strong football culture in the British society and a solid capital foundation for the football industry have been formed.

   In addition, the British regard football as the cultural soft power of the United Kingdom, just like the world-wide 007 movies, just like English has an impact on the world and plays a role in the international influence of the United Kingdom. Similarly, the Chinese economy in the 21st century has taken off, and it should be time to introduce other countries’ soft power, including football. Besides, the use of English teaching in English football is conducive to strengthening the cooperation between Chinese football and major Western football countries in the future, and it is also conducive to the international exchanges of Chinese football and meeting friends with the ball.

  Note: What do you think is the main reason hindering the development of Chinese football? What is the biggest difficulty in introducing soccer into China?

  Cheng: The biggest difficulty at the moment, I think it is China’s current football management system. The English school football is mainly in the charge of the Ministry of Education, and the specific implementation is implemented by the local education bureau to manage the schools. The English Football Association only plays the role of support and funding. However, the current Chinese football is under the control of the State Sports General Administration, which has a football management center, and then the Football Association. It is difficult for several high-level government departments to manage the universal education of campus football and effectively cooperate with community youth football. Develop and grow.

  Note: Regarding the promotion of English school football, what are the recommendations and plans of the foundation?

  Cheng: We emphasize that the promotion of school football must reform the Chinese football management system. I think the Chinese government officials also attach great importance to and agree with it. For example, we plan to hold the "Sunshine Sports-Sino-UK School Football Project" basic education international football coaching course (the first stage of teaching procedure) in East China around May next year. This will serve as the basis for the popularization of school football education in China. The pilot project also laid the foundation for the establishment of the first "Sino-UK School Football Project Training Center" in mainland China in the future.

   I will join 6 to 8 famous school football coaches sent by the English Football Association to East China (preliminarily expected to be set up near Shanghai) to participate in the first course. We will bring English football textbooks to China for reference, and these textbooks are currently being translated. The Chinese football coaches receiving training will not first learn football skills, but football education concepts, management, regulations, health care, and psychology. These are all British football coach qualification requirements.

   At the same time, we suggest that China set up a dedicated organization for football reform and management, or it can be tentatively named "China Football Culture Development Bureau" to study and formulate football management systems and regulations in line with national conditions.

   More than a hundred years ago, the England School Football Association was established, and now it has 26 campus football member countries around the world. Our foundation sincerely hopes that mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia can learn from the association’s experience in popularizing campus football education, and use its resources and influence in popularizing campus football education to fully promote the 15-year "Sunshine Sports-Sino-UK School Football Project". When the time is right, Chinese school football strives to join the 27th member state.

 

Source Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao-Promoting Sino-UK School Football Project

Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao-Promoting Sino-UK School Football Project PDF version

 

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