An aerial view of the venues of the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games at the Dong'an Lake Sports Park in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 15, 2023. [Photo/VCG]

With the 100-day countdown to the Chengdu World University Games underway, Wang Jiayi, vice president of the organizing committee and vice minister of education, emphasized that Chengdu would host "a Universiade that is destined to be splendid."

At a press conference on April 19, 2023, organizing committee officials discussed the preparations for the Games. Wang said that despite two postponements due to COVID-19, Chengdu has always kept its promise to the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and students worldwide, doing its best to prepare for the Games.