The China Tennis Tour professional finals concluded to fantastic fanfare at the 
Sichuan International Tennis Center on November 29, 2020. Sponsored by the 
Tennis Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China 
and organized by the Chengdu Shuangliu District People's Government, this 
championship marks the 12th world-class major tennis competition hosted in 
Shuangliu, which previously hosted numerous big-name international tennis 
events such as the ATP Champions Tour, Chengdu Open of the ATP World Tour 250 
and ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals. Among them, the Chengdu Open of the 
ATP World Tour 250 that took place in 2016 is the highest-level international 
tennis competition ever held in Chengdu, coming in fourth place in China after 
Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen to host an ATP World Tour.

In recent years, Chengdu has actively pursued the integrated development of 
culture, sports and culture, fueling the "Sports Chengdu" campaign and growth 
of the sports competition and general sports industries. As the city wins more 
bids to host heavyweight events, Shuangliu in turn becomes an increasingly 
important venue for various international sports competitions and engine that 
drives Chengdu's aspiration to become a "world-famous city of sports 
competitions".

The 18th World Police and Fire Games ended with great success in 2019, and 
Shuangliu, the site for the opening ceremony and a number of events of the 
WPFG, capitalized on this chance to showcase its feats in building a famous 
airport and sports competition city. In addition, Pandaland CrossFit Challenge 
and 2019 Women's E-sports Championship, among other international contests, 
also took place in Shuangliu to fantastic results.

Years of diverse experience as event host have endowed Shuangliu District with 
progressively mature and developed hardware capacity, operation team and 
competition philosophy, and its sports industry ecosystem is basically 
complete. During the Summer World University Games next year, Shuangliu's sport 
industry will once again usher in a new round of upgrade and renewal.

Whether a major sports competition can proceed smoothly hinges on the 
supporting facilities. As one of the main locations for the venues of the 
University Games, six Shuangliu venues will play host to competitions for the 
track and field, badminton, water polo, tennis and archery programs, as well as 
training for volleyball. At present, key sport complexes such as the Shuangliu 
Sports Center, Modern Pentathlon Center, New Tanghu Middle School Stadium and 
others are undergoing renovation and upgrade as per schedule and in strict 
accordance with requirements of the University Games.

Other than venue construction, urban environment is also receiving its own 
overhaul. Shuangliu has always upheld the "park+city" green development 
principle and dedicated to bestowing its residents a sense of living in a park 
city. Seizing the opportunity of the World University Games, Shuangliu aims to 
further augment quality of life in the city and development vibrancy through 
renovating urban roadways and optimizing community atmosphere, among other 
efforts. As of May 2020, Shuangliu District Yong'an Lake Forest Park has 
completed 800mu of construction, urban greenway mileage totals 252km, and 42 
mini parks and mini green spaces have been created, adding 320,000 square 
meters in planted areas.

With abundant competition host experience, hardware and facility upgrade and 
renewal, and a beautiful and habitable urban environment, Shuangliu has emerged 
as an emphatic support underpinning Chengdu's success with the upcoming World 
University Games, while at the same time serving as an indispensable part of 
Chengdu's establishment as a "world-famous city of sports competitions".

Source: Shuangliu District Government of Chengdu