On March 1, Beijing time, the Executive Board Meeting of the International 
University Sports Federation (FISU) was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Luo Qiang, 
Mayor of Chengdu, on behalf of the city, formally signed a contract with the 
FISU and Federation of University Sports of China (FUSC) to host the FISU 31st 
Summer Universiade 2021. 

From March 2 to 12, 2019, the FISU 29th Winter Universiade will be held in 
Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and the Executive Board Meeting of FISU will be held 
before the opening of the event. During the meeting, an important agenda is the 
signing of the hosting contract of FISU Summer Universiade 2021 between the 
FISU, the FUSC and the Chengdu Municipal People's Government.

Before signing, Wang Guangliang, the representative of the People's Government 
of Chengdu and Director of the Communication Department of the Chengdu People's 
Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, delivered a presentation. He 
briefed on the profile of Chengdu and its education and sports programs, and 
the basic information of Chengdu in its bidding for the FISU 31st Summer 
Universiade 2021, covering organizational structure, competition, venue, 
Universiade Village, transport, security, medical care, media and transmission, 
market development, volunteers, and theme activities. Afterwards, as for the 
bidding report and the preliminary preparations of Chengdu, Summer Universiade 
Director Marc Vandenplas made an assessment report, and praised highly of the 
preliminary preparations of Chengdu on behalf of International University 
Sports Federation (FISU).

At the end of the meeting, FISU, Federation of University Sports of China, and 
Chengdu City signed the contract for hosting the FISU 31st Summer Universiade 
2021. It means that Chengdu became the third city in mainland China to host the 
event after Beijing and Shenzhen.

Source: Federation of University Sports of China (FUSC) 

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