China steps up nationwide fitness campaign to promote public health Community-based health and fitness centers are emerging across China. World 17 min ago

This July, China unveiled its National Fitness Plan for 2026-2030, setting the goal of having around 40 per cent of the population regularly participate in physical exercise by 2030, while increasing average sports facility space per capita to around four square meters.

The "Healthy China 2030" blueprint was released in 2016, while successive five-year national fitness plans have continued to guide the development of public sports.

He stressed that the country would continue to promote the deeper integration of national fitness and national health initiatives, advancing the goals of building China into a sporting powerhouse and a healthy nation.