Added value of China's sports industry tops 1.07t yuan in 2020

BEIJING -- China's sports industry saw its added value reach 1.074 trillion yuan ($168.37 billion) in 2020, down 4.6 percent from one year earlier due to COVID-19 shocks, official data showed.

Sports services took up a 68.7-percent share in total added value, up 1 percentage point year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Contactless and administrative services have been welcomed amid the pandemic, with sports communications and information services logging an 18.9-percent growth in added value.

The added value of sports education and training climbed 5.7 percent year-on-year, according to the NBS.