On March 1, the reporter learned from the city's education work conference in 2017, that 48 schools of Chenzhou had been selected for the list of the National Campus Football Characteristic School up to now.

Section Chief in the Education Department of Sports, Health and Art of Municipal Education Bureau Xu Chaolin introduced that at present, the schools which have won the title of National Campus Football Characteristic School have football class every week and carry out the football matches every semester and each class sets up the football team to form the strong atmosphere of campus football. "According to the requirements of Ministry of Education, Chenzhou's national campus football characteristic schools will have reached at least 100 or more by 2020.”

With more and more students like football, the current lack of space is the biggest problem in the development of campus football. "At the beginning, the teacher is an important issue, but through a series of measures, the teacher can meet the basic need now." As Xu Chaolin admitted, in order to develop campus football, our city carries out the specialized training for football teachers every year and selects the teachers to participate in the provincial and national football coach training courses.

Xu Chaolin said that at present, many schools in our city are acting according to the local conditions and trying to overcome the problems of the fields. "We also hope that the finance at all levels can increase investment and improve the field conditions, so that we can better and faster develop the campus football."