As digital technology powers social development, Qingdao is dotted with intelligent sports parks.

In Yuedong Sports Square in Shibei District, 76-year-old Mr. Feng sat with ease on a machine to exercise his leg muscle. “Scan QR codes on these facilities, you can have access to operating guides. Furthermore, you can know which body part can be exercised and how your heart beat perform. They are very friendly to the elderly.” said Mr. Feng.

Intelligent cycling in Shenzhen Road Sports Park finds enormous favor with citizens as cyclists can race each other. The aerobic sports area in the eastern section of the park is provided with public fitness equipment such as upper limb retractors and rowing machines, which can display information ranging from duration of exercise, times of exercise, calorie consumption to exercise frequency.

The intelligent landscape-featured fitness station in the Laoshe Public Fitness Sports Park, which is powered by the solar energy system, is an exemplary model for application of smart technology among parks in the old urban areas. “I come here every day to work out for around one hour and a half.” Sun Hong, who lives nearby Laoshe Park, decides to exercise in the park’s one-stop intelligent fitness station instead of in conventional training gyms.

In Chengyang District Xiliuting Intelligent Sports Park, AI cameras in the smart fitness footpath system adopt video technology to collect headcount data at the starting point and the terminal point and forward related data to exercise enthusiasts via voice broadcast and Wechat.

Intelligent sports facilities can be found everywhere in Qingdao, including Hetao Public Fitness Sports Park, Laoshan District Jianggezhuang Greenland Park and Pingdu Weishanhe Park.  (Xu Nuo)

The Hongdao Neighborhood Citizen Sports Park is a favored site for recreation and fitness. By Wang Lei