Experts urge greater effort to promote mass sports

Experts and advisers involved in sports in China have called for a greater emphasis on promoting sports participation to boost the Health China 2030 initiative.

With healthcare services highlighted at the core of China's plan to build a healthy nation by 2030, the role of sports participation for actively maintaining public health should be valued and supported equally in achieving the goal, said members of the sports panel of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

"Keeping healthy is not just about providing people with medical care when they need it," said Feng Jianzhong, a member of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC and a former deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China.