Promoting wushu among young people is also one of Wang's top priorities, who said their involvement is crucial for the "persistent development" of the sport, especially if it is ever to be included in the Olympics.

But Wang stressed that entering the Olympic Games is not their only goal: "We hope more people in the world will pick up wushu as a sport for health."

In order to further popularize the sport, Wang said that simplification and standardization of the rules are also critical steps.

"We have made great progress in the standardization of the competition," he said, pointing specifically to the new computer-scoring system and the three teams of judges who evaluate technical quality, difficulty and athletes' skill levels.

"Besides, we need to make it simple. Many foreign people find it hard to learn since wushu derives from a wide variety of ancient Chinese martial arts and the ethics of it are profound."