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In the past， football fan Zhang Chengyuan had to cycle quite a distance to the nearest football field from his home. But since the construction of a football field in his neighborhood in Chaoyang District in Beijing three years ago， it takes him only 10 minutes to go kick a ball around.
This football field used to be undeveloped land littered with the neighborhood’s waste. “Every time I walked past this area before the renovation， I just couldn’t stand the sight of it and would walk faster， whereas now it has become one of my favorite places in the community，” Zhang told China Sports Daily.
In 2017， a local sports bureau， the subdistrict office and a property developer joined forces to add free sports and recreational facilities for residents including the football field， a basketball court， several table tennis rooms， as well as chess and card rooms.
In recent years， China has been promoting a nationwide fitness campaign and building sports facilities. “Building sports facilities in residential areas ensures that residents can do sports without having to travel far， thus they are willing and glad to build up their strength，” Li Jianming， Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China （GASC）， said at a press conference in October. “The campaign aims to promote people’s health and enrich their lives.”
In July 2016， the GASC published the 13th Five-Year Plan for the sports industry. The plan sets the goal to increase the number of people regularly doing physical exercises to 435 million and the value added of China’s sports industry to 1 percent of GDP by 2020.
The National Fitness Program （2016-20） and the Healthy China Outline （2030） were also issued that year. These documents encourage people to incorporate regular physical activities into their routines. They also call for the construction of public sports facilities convenient for people to use.
Issued one year after Beijing won the bid for hosting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games， some documents promote winter sports on a large scale and the construction of such facilities.
In August 2019， the State Council released the Outline for Building a Leading Sports Nation， which set the goal to develop China into a strong sports country by the year 2050. Nowadays， people in China engage in a wide range of physical exercises. Some 35 percent of the population took part in sports regularly， wrote Gou Zhongwen， head of the GASC， in an article published in 2019. That percentage translates to 4.7 million people， exceeding the target set in the 13th FiveYear Plan on the sports industry.
In the outline issued in 2019， the government set the goal to raise regular public participation in sports to above 45 percent by 2035 and have 92 percent of the people meet the national physical fitness standards by then.
Not only the sports and health authorities but also education authorities are urging people to engage in physical exercises. In a bid to promote students’ health and encourage them to strengthen their body， the Education Department of Yunnan Province in southwest China issued a plan in October to raise the full score in physical education in the senior high school entrance examination from 50 to 100 points， equal to that of major subjects such as Chinese， mathematics and English.
In the past， when the high school entrance examination was looming， it was common practice for a number of schools to cancel their physical education classes for students to take classes in the three major subjects instead.
Zhang Chunhua， Deputy Director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Education， said the province’s decision addresses the fact that an increasing number of students today suffer from shortsightedness， obesity and other physical and mental health issues， as a result of heavy school workloads.
“The purpose of the reform is to boost the students’ well-rounded development and alleviate their coursework pressure，” Zhang Chunhua said. The reform will be launched from this fall semester.
Liu Xinping， the mother of a middle school student in Shenyang， Liaoning Province in northeast China， likes the idea of more sports for students. “My son will not only become healthier through doing sports， but also grow his teamwork ability through group games like football or basketball. It’s like killing two birds with one stone，” Liu told Beijing Review.
As more people get into sports， more sports facilities are needed. In 2016， the National Development and Reform Commission and the GASC released a plan on popularizing public sports， which stated that the sports facilities available were not in line with people’s demand.
This football field used to be undeveloped land littered with the neighborhood’s waste. “Every time I walked past this area before the renovation， I just couldn’t stand the sight of it and would walk faster， whereas now it has become one of my favorite places in the community，” Zhang told China Sports Daily.
In 2017， a local sports bureau， the subdistrict office and a property developer joined forces to add free sports and recreational facilities for residents including the football field， a basketball court， several table tennis rooms， as well as chess and card rooms.
In recent years， China has been promoting a nationwide fitness campaign and building sports facilities. “Building sports facilities in residential areas ensures that residents can do sports without having to travel far， thus they are willing and glad to build up their strength，” Li Jianming， Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China （GASC）， said at a press conference in October. “The campaign aims to promote people’s health and enrich their lives.”
Policy push
To enhance people’s fitness and health and boost the development of the sports industry， China has implemented a number of policies， especially in the recent five years.In July 2016， the GASC published the 13th Five-Year Plan for the sports industry. The plan sets the goal to increase the number of people regularly doing physical exercises to 435 million and the value added of China’s sports industry to 1 percent of GDP by 2020.
The National Fitness Program （2016-20） and the Healthy China Outline （2030） were also issued that year. These documents encourage people to incorporate regular physical activities into their routines. They also call for the construction of public sports facilities convenient for people to use.
Issued one year after Beijing won the bid for hosting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games， some documents promote winter sports on a large scale and the construction of such facilities.
In August 2019， the State Council released the Outline for Building a Leading Sports Nation， which set the goal to develop China into a strong sports country by the year 2050. Nowadays， people in China engage in a wide range of physical exercises. Some 35 percent of the population took part in sports regularly， wrote Gou Zhongwen， head of the GASC， in an article published in 2019. That percentage translates to 4.7 million people， exceeding the target set in the 13th FiveYear Plan on the sports industry.
In the outline issued in 2019， the government set the goal to raise regular public participation in sports to above 45 percent by 2035 and have 92 percent of the people meet the national physical fitness standards by then.
Not only the sports and health authorities but also education authorities are urging people to engage in physical exercises. In a bid to promote students’ health and encourage them to strengthen their body， the Education Department of Yunnan Province in southwest China issued a plan in October to raise the full score in physical education in the senior high school entrance examination from 50 to 100 points， equal to that of major subjects such as Chinese， mathematics and English.
In the past， when the high school entrance examination was looming， it was common practice for a number of schools to cancel their physical education classes for students to take classes in the three major subjects instead.
Zhang Chunhua， Deputy Director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Education， said the province’s decision addresses the fact that an increasing number of students today suffer from shortsightedness， obesity and other physical and mental health issues， as a result of heavy school workloads.
“The purpose of the reform is to boost the students’ well-rounded development and alleviate their coursework pressure，” Zhang Chunhua said. The reform will be launched from this fall semester.
Liu Xinping， the mother of a middle school student in Shenyang， Liaoning Province in northeast China， likes the idea of more sports for students. “My son will not only become healthier through doing sports， but also grow his teamwork ability through group games like football or basketball. It’s like killing two birds with one stone，” Liu told Beijing Review.
As more people get into sports， more sports facilities are needed. In 2016， the National Development and Reform Commission and the GASC released a plan on popularizing public sports， which stated that the sports facilities available were not in line with people’s demand.