As one of the important means to achieve full-coverage, full-cycle, constant and systematic anti-doping education based on the values of “win clean medals”, anti-doping education lectures constitute an important part of anti-doping education activities in China. And Clean Sport Educators (CSEs) as implementers of the education lecture play a crucial role in guaranteeing the effect and quality of the education lecture.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) formulated the Working Guidance for National-level Clean Sport Educators to Conduct Anti-doping Education Lectures (“The Working Guidance”) in accordance with the Rules for the Implementation of Anti-doping Education and its operating guidelines while making full use of the online education resources to guide and conduct anti-doping education. The Working Guidance set out more concrete and definite requirements for the work responsibilities, process and standards of national level CSEs when conducting education lectures.

Figure 1  Anti-doping education activities conducted proactively in the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities during the pandemic

CHINADA has always been paying high attention to building a team of national-level CSEs, and launched the national- and provincial-level CSE team building program successively in 2015 and 2016. So far, CHINADA has trained and certified 139 national-level CSEs, and about 1,700 provincial/association-level CSEs, covering 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities as well as the sports system for the disabled in China.

Figure 2  Team of national-level CSEs

Through the implementation of The Working Guidance, CHINADA aims to further strengthen the management of national-level CSEs, regulate their professional behavior, improve the overall quality, and create a high-quality & high-standard CSE team so as to build a long-term anti-doping governance system for “win clean medals”.