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{{Short description|Chinese disability sports organization}}
[[File:China Disability Sports Training Centre - Multi-Sport Hall.JPG|thumb|right|Comprehensive Training Hall]]
[[File:China Disability Sports Training Centre - Swimming Hall.JPG|thumb|right|Swimming Hall]]
The '''China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities''' (CASPD, {{lang-zh|中国残疾人体育运动管理中心}}) is a public institution of the Central Government of [[China]], and is affiliated with the [[China Disabled Persons' Federation]] (CDPF).<ref name="CASPD" /> It is estimated that there are 85 million people with disabilities in China.<ref name="Beijing Review"/> The CASPD is responsible for the administration of disability sports in China. Its work includes developing sporting standards, carrying out sports research, undertaking sports [[drug testing]], and directing sports training programs. It also manages the China Disability Sports Training Centre (CDSTC) in [[Beijing]].<ref name="CASPD">{{cite web |url=http://www.caspd.org.cn/web/preview.aspx?structid=3015&subid=511&infoid=1355 |title=Brief Introduction of CASPD |publisher=China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities |accessdate=30 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701185607/http://www.caspd.org.cn/web/preview.aspx?structid=3015&subid=511&infoid=1355 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==China Disability Sports Training Centre==
The CDSTC opened on 28 June 2007. It was the first facility in China entirely devoted to disability sports training,<ref name="CASPD"/> and the largest of its kind in the world.<ref name="Beijing Review">{{cite news |newspaper=Beijing Review |last=Tang |first=Yuankai |title=China's Paralympic Spirit |date=20 September 2012 |url=http://www.bjreview.com.cn/culture/txt/2012-09/17/content_483752_2.htm |accessdate=30 June 2015 }}</ref> It is some {{convert|238235|m2}} in area. There are apartments for accommodating athletes, along with supporting structures such as a cafeteria and recreation areas. There are research laboratories and office spaces, and facilities for holding sporting events and training workshops.<ref name="CASPD"/>
Sports facilities include a multifunction gymnasium, a [[goalball]] hall, four indoor and five outdoor [[tennis]] courts, two outdoor [[soccer]] fields, two [[archery]] fields, a [[velodrome]], outdoor athletic field with a grandstand, a [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] hall and fishing pond. In total there are {{convert|72,382|m2}} of buildings and {{convert|68183|m2}} of outdoor sports facilities.<ref name="CASPD"/>
The entire complex is wheelchair accessible. The Chinese team used it as its training and preparation centre for the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]], which were held in Beijing.<ref name="IWBF">{{cite web |url=http://www.iwbf.org/index.php/20-news/under-25-world-championships/34-u25-women-s-wheelchair-basketball-world-championship-in-beijing-china |title=U25 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, China |publisher=[[International Wheelchair Basketball Federation]] |date=18 May 2015 |accessdate=1 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703002518/http://www.iwbf.org/index.php/20-news/under-25-world-championships/34-u25-women-s-wheelchair-basketball-world-championship-in-beijing-china |archivedate=3 July 2015 }}</ref> Communist party General secretary [[Hu Jintao]] and Politburo standing committee member [[Xi Jinping]] visited the Paralympic team there on 20 August 2008.<ref name="CASPD"/>
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.caspd.org.cn/ Official website]
[[Category:Parasports in China]]
[[Category:Sports venues in China]]