Promoting the High-Quality Development of the National Fitness Cause

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the national fitness cause, making national fitness an important component of comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, and making enhancing the people’s physique and safeguarding the people’s health a key aspect of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. It has systematically planned and deeply implemented the national fitness strategy, advancing the national fitness cause in depth and breadth, writing a new chapter of “a strong sports nation makes China strong.”

党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视全民健身事业，把全民健身作为全面建成小康社会的重要组成部分，把增强人民体质、保障人民健康作为全面建设社会主义现代化国家的一个重要方面，系统谋划和深入实施全民健身国家战略，全民健身事业向纵深发展，谱写出“体育强则中国强”的崭新篇章。

1. The National Fitness Cause Is Vigorously Developing, Leading a New Trend in the People’s Healthy Lifestyle

1.全民健身事业蓬勃发展，引领人民群众健康生活新风尚

From “Village Super League” [1]1 “Village Super League” (村超, cūn chāo) refers to grassroots football tournaments organized in rural areas of China, notably in Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, which gained widespread popularity online for their amateur, community-driven nature. and “Village Basketball Association” [2]2 “Village Basketball Association” (村BA, cūn B-A) refers to similar grassroots basketball tournaments in rural China, particularly in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, also celebrated for their local, participatory character. to “Su Super League” [3]3 “Su Super League” (苏超, sū chāo) is a colloquial name for amateur football leagues in Jiangsu Province, modeled on the “Village Super League” phenomenon., one important reason these sports events are so popular is universal participation. With the implementation of the national fitness strategy, the concept of everyone participating in sports and everyone loving fitness has taken root. China’s national fitness cause is surging with enthusiasm and developing vigorously, adding new momentum to advancing the construction of a sports powerhouse and a healthy China.

从“村超”“村BA”再到“苏超”，这些体育赛事之所以火爆，其中一个重要原因就是全民参与。随着全民健身国家战略的实施，人人参与体育、人人热爱健身的理念不断深入，我国全民健身事业热潮涌动、蓬勃发展，为推进体育强国、健康中国建设增添了新的动能。

National fitness is “coming alive,” with a significant increase in public participation. In recent years, Party committees and governments at all levels have deeply implemented the national fitness strategy, continuously improving the national fitness work mechanism of government leadership, social coordination, public participation, and legal guarantees. They have increased the supply of national fitness facilities, extensively carried out national fitness events and activities, stimulated the vitality of sports social organizations, and fostered a social atmosphere for national fitness, leading to the vigorous development of the national fitness cause. According to statistics, by the end of 2024, the country had a total of 4.8417 million sports venues, with a total sports venue area of 4.23 billion square meters, and a per capita sports venue area of 3.0 square meters. The accessibility, convenience, and scientific nature of national fitness have significantly improved. In 2024, approximately 317,000 community sports events and other activities close to the people were uploaded to the national fitness information service platform, with over 53.27 million participants. More and more places are “holding events close to the people,” and the national fitness strategy is continuously being translated into tangible, perceivable, and participatory livelihood benefits at the doorstep of ordinary people.

全民健身“活”起来，群众参与度显著提升。近年来，各级党委政府深入贯彻落实全民健身国家战略，不断完善政府主导、社会协同、公众参与、法治保障的全民健身工作机制，加大全民健身场地设施供给、广泛开展全民健身赛事活动、激发体育社会组织活力、营造全民健身社会氛围，全民健身事业蓬勃发展。据统计，截至2024年底，全国共有体育场地484.17万个，体育场地面积42.3亿平方米，人均体育场地面积3.0平方米，全民健身的可及性、便利性、科学性显著提高；2024年，通过全民健身信息服务平台上传的社区运动会等群众身边的赛事活动约31.7万个，活动参与人数超5327万，越来越多的地方“把赛事办到群众身边”，全民健身从国家战略不断落地为老百姓家门口可感可知可参与的民生福利。

National fitness is “integrating,” with the degree of development integration deepening. Through deepening the integration of sports and education, sports and health, and sports and tourism, national fitness is organically combined with basic guarantees such as childcare for the young, care for the elderly, and medical care for the sick. It is deeply integrated with the national health cause, and its health effects are becoming increasingly prominent. According to statistics, in 2024, China’s regular national physical fitness monitoring covered all 31 provinces for the first time. Through 375 regular monitoring stations, it provided a cumulative total of 331,900 person-times of physical fitness testing and scientific fitness guidance services. Throughout the year, a cumulative total of over 1.25 million people participated in the national physical exercise standards compliance activities, with an overall compliance rate of 89.89%. At the same time, many places across the country launched activities such as “follow the events to travel,” and young people started new “sports + social” playstyles. Various types of “cross-border” integration activities have ushered in an era of “breaking out of the circle” for national fitness.

全民健身“融”起来，发展融合度不断深化。通过深化体教融合、体卫融合、体旅融合等，全民健身与幼有所育、老有所养、病有所医等基本保障内容有机结合，与全民健康事业深度融合，其健康效应不断凸显。据统计，2024年，我国常态化国民体质监测首次覆盖全国31个省份，通过375个常态化监测站点，累计提供33.19万人次的体质检测与科学健身指导服务；全年全国国家体育锻炼标准达标活动累计参与超125万人次，总体达标率89.89%。同时，全国多地推出“跟着赛事去旅行”、年轻人开启“运动+社交”新玩法等活动，各类“跨界”融合活动开启了全民健身的“破圈”时代。

National fitness is “becoming new,” with the fashionability of sports becoming more prominent. In recent years, the widespread rise of fashionable sports such as ice and snow sports, water sports, mountain outdoor sports, e-sports, and extreme sports, along with the development of modern technology that has enhanced the intelligence, interactivity, and fun of fitness equipment, has made the internationalization, specialization, leisure, and entertainment of sports events and activities an important trend. National fitness activities are displaying “sports aesthetics,” not only leading a new trend in modern life but also increasingly stimulating new momentum for sports consumption, continuously giving birth to more new sports products, new business forms, and new models.

全民健身“新”起来，运动时尚度更加彰显。近年来，冰雪运动、水上运动、山地户外运动、电子竞技运动、极限运动等时尚运动项目的广泛兴起，以及现代科技的发展让健身器材的智能性、互动性、趣味性不断增强，体育赛事和体育活动的国际化、特色化、休闲化、娱乐化成为重要趋势。全民健身活动正在展现出“运动美学”，不但引领着现代生活的新风尚，而且日益激发出体育消费的新动能，不断催生出更多体育新产品、新业态、新模式。

2. Focusing on Improving the Quality of People’s Lives, Perfecting the Public Service System for National Fitness

2.聚焦提高人民生活品质，完善全民健身公共服务体系

The “Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform and Comprehensively Advancing Chinese-Path Modernization,” reviewed and approved at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, [4]4 The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was held in July 2024, focusing on further deepening reform and advancing Chinese-path modernization. clearly states the need to “perfect the public service system for national fitness.” This is a strategic deployment for further deepening reform comprehensively in the sports field from the overall perspective of the development of the Party and the state’s cause, pointing out the reform direction for promoting the high-quality development of the national fitness cause.

党的二十届三中全会审议通过的《中共中央关于进一步全面深化改革、推进中国式现代化的决定》明确提出“完善全民健身公共服务体系”，这是从党和国家事业发展全局高度对体育领域进一步全面深化改革作出的战略部署，为推动全民健身事业高质量发展指明了改革方向。

Centering on the basic content of national fitness public services, advance the construction of a public service standard system. In recent years, as national fitness has been elevated to a national strategy, the “National Fitness Regulations” and the “National Fitness Plan (2021–2025)” have been deeply implemented. The basic content of national fitness public services has become increasingly clear, and the service connotations involving venues, activities, events, guidance, and organizations have become increasingly substantial, with the people’s sense of gain and satisfaction continuously improving. However, it must also be recognized that the standardization level of national fitness public services is not yet high enough, and regional differences are still relatively large. To this end, it is necessary to follow the “National Basic Public Service Standards (2023 Edition)” and the “Work Plan for the Construction of the Basic Public Service Standard System” to deeply advance the construction of the national fitness basic public service standard system. On the basis of national basic public service standards, increase the effective supply of industry standards in the sports field, refine local standards for the implementation and supporting of national fitness basic public services, and advance the standardized and normalized construction of grassroots national fitness service institutions.

围绕全民健身公共服务基本内容，推进公共服务标准体系建设。近年来，随着全民健身上升为国家战略，《全民健身条例》和《全民健身计划（2021—2025年）》深入实施，全民健身公共服务的基本内容越来越清晰，其所涉及的场地、活动、赛事、指导、组织等方面的服务内涵越来越充实，老百姓的获得感与满意度不断提升。但也要看到，全民健身公共服务的标准化程度还不够高，区域化差异还比较大。为此，需要按照《国家基本公共服务标准（2023年版）》和《基本公共服务标准体系建设工程工作方案》，深入推进全民健身基本公共服务标准体系建设，在基本公共服务国家标准的基础上，加大体育领域行业标准的有效供给，细化全民健身基本公共服务实施配套的地方标准，推进基层全民健身服务机构的标准化规范化建设。

Centering on the institutional mechanisms of national fitness public services, advance the construction of a public service system. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC clearly stated that “we must do everything within our capacity, improve the basic public service system, strengthen inclusive, foundational, and bottom-line livelihood construction, solve the most direct and practical interests of the people that concern them most, and continuously meet the people’s aspirations for a better life.” National fitness is a livelihood project. Based on the changes in the fitness needs of the Chinese people in the new era, the content, categories, and standards of national fitness public services should be dynamically adjusted in a timely manner. The connotation and extension of services should be continuously expanded, resource allocation should be optimized, service processes should be standardized, and service quality should be improved. A basic system, operational system, and guarantee system for national fitness public services that are compatible with Chinese-path modernization and match the needs of the people should be constructed, effectively improving the supply quality and efficiency of national fitness public services.

围绕全民健身公共服务体制机制，推进公共服务制度体系建设。党的二十届三中全会明确提出，“必须坚持尽力而为、量力而行，完善基本公共服务制度体系，加强普惠性、基础性、兜底性民生建设，解决好人民最关心最直接最现实的利益问题，不断满足人民对美好生活的向往”。全民健身是民生工程，应根据新时期我国人民群众的健身需求变化，及时动态调整全民健身公共服务的内容、类别与标准，不断拓展服务的内涵与外延，持续优化资源配置、规范服务流程、提升服务质量，构建起与中国式现代化相适应、与老百姓需求相匹配的全民健身公共服务基本制度、运行制度和保障制度，切实提高全民健身公共服务的供给质量与效率。

Centering on the supply methods of national fitness public services, advance the construction of a public service guarantee system. Promote the combination of an “effective government” and an “efficient market,” highlight the government’s role in guaranteeing the basics and securing the bottom line in the supply of national fitness basic public services, fully leverage the role of market mechanisms, and at the same time encourage and stimulate social forces to actively participate in the construction of the national fitness public service system. Improve the diversified investment mechanism, promote the diversification of providers and methods for supplying national fitness basic public services, and meet the diverse, multi-level, and multi-faceted fitness needs of the masses.

围绕全民健身公共服务供给方式，推进公共服务保障体系建设。推动“有为政府”和“有效市场”相结合，突出政府在全民健身基本公共服务供给保障中保基本、兜底线的作用，充分发挥市场机制作用，同时鼓励和激发社会力量积极参与全民健身公共服务体系建设，完善多元投入机制，推动全民健身基本公共服务提供主体多元化、提供方式多样化，满足广大群众多样化、多层次、多方面的健身需求。

3. Based on Consolidating the Foundation of People’s Health, Promote the High-Quality Development of the National Fitness Cause

3.立足筑牢人民健康根基，推动全民健身事业高质量发展

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “Building a sports powerhouse and a healthy China fundamentally relies on enhancing the people’s physique and safeguarding the people’s health. This is a key aspect of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.” This year marks the final year of implementing the 14th Five-Year Plan and the year for planning the 15th Five-Year Plan. The “National Fitness Plan (2021–2025)” has achieved good results over five years of implementation, and relevant state departments are conducting research and development work on the “National Fitness Plan (2026–2030).” Looking toward the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the national fitness cause must adhere to serving the construction of a sports powerhouse and a healthy China, aim to consolidate the foundation of people’s health, take meeting the people’s aspirations for a better life as the starting point and ultimate goal, take high-quality development as the main line, further perfect the public service system for national fitness, and make positive contributions to comprehensively advancing the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

习近平总书记强调，“建设体育强国、健康中国，最根本的是增强人民体质、保障人民健康。这是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的一个重要方面”。今年是“十四五”规划收官之年，也是“十五五”规划谋篇布局之年。《全民健身计划（2021—2025年）》实施五年来取得了良好成效，国家有关部门正在开展《全民健身计划（2026—2030年）》的研制工作。面向“十五五”，全民健身事业要坚持服务体育强国、健康中国建设，以筑牢人民健康根基为目的，以满足人民群众对美好生活的向往为出发点和落脚点，以高质量发展为主线，进一步完善全民健身公共服务体系，为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业作出积极贡献。

Adhere to a problem-oriented approach and make efforts to solve difficulties. It should be fully recognized that there are still some shortcomings and

坚持问题导向，在破解难题上下功夫。应充分认识到，当前我国的全民健身工作还存在一些短板和弱项，离老百姓对全民健身的新要求和对美好生活的新期待尚有一定差距，全民健身公共服务在城乡、区域、人群、项目之间仍存在不平衡不充分发展的矛盾，全民健身公共服务的普惠性、可及性、基础性、兜底性还不够，资源分散、动力不足的结构性矛盾制约着全民健身事业的高质量发展。推进全民健身事业高质量发展，需要切实解决“健身去哪儿”“组织在哪儿”“活动好不好”“赛事优不优”“指导准不准”等问题，进一步破除制约全民健身事业高质量发展的体制机制障碍，不断提升全民健身质量。

Persist in overall planning and coordination, and make efforts in achieving balance and accessibility. On the one hand, with the promotion of equal opportunity as the core, further optimize resource allocation, continuously narrow the gap in public services for national fitness between urban and rural areas, regions, and population groups, and effectively raise the level of equal access to public services for national fitness; on the other hand, with precise matching of supply and demand as the focus, leverage technologies such as artificial intelligence large models, big data, and cloud computing, as well as digital governance methods, to continuously enhance the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adaptability of public services for national fitness, ensuring that these services are convenient and reachable in terms of space, precisely matched in content, and diverse in supply methods, thereby effectively improving the user experience of public services for national fitness.

坚持统筹协调，在均衡可及上下功夫。一方面，以促进机会均等为核心，进一步优化资源配置，不断缩小城乡、区域、人群之间的全民健身公共服务差距，切实提高全民健身公共服务均等化水平；另一方面，以精准匹配供求为重点，借助人工智能大模型、大数据、云计算等技术赋能、数字治理方式，不断增强全民健身公共服务的可获得性、可接近性、可接受性和可适应性，确保全民健身公共服务在空间上便捷可达，在内容上精准匹配，在方式上供给多元，切实提高全民健身公共服务的体验感。

Persist in coordination and linkage, and make efforts in integrated development. As a national strategy, the national fitness program cannot engage in a "self-circulation" or "small circulation" within the narrow confines of sports. It must fully leverage the comprehensive value and multiple functions of national fitness in improving people's health levels, promoting the all-round development of individuals, driving economic and social development, and showcasing the country's cultural soft power. Adhere to the integrated development concept of "sports +" and "+ sports," achieving a "large circulation" and mutual promotion between national fitness and other industries and fields. Using the integration of sports and medicine, sports and health, sports and labor, sports and education, and the integration of culture, commerce, sports, tourism, and exhibitions as starting points, continuously deepen the integration of national fitness and national health, create new forms of integrated development for national fitness, and enable national fitness to truly "become strong" after "coming to life" and "catching fire."

坚持协同联动，在融合发展上下功夫。作为国家战略，全民健身不能在体育的小圈子里“自循环”“小循环”，必须充分发挥全民健身在提高人民健康水平、促进人的全面发展、推动经济社会发展、展示国家文化软实力等方面的综合价值与多元功能，坚持“体育+”和“+体育”的融合发展理念，实现全民健身与其他行业、其他领域的“大循环”与相互促进。以体医融合、体卫融合、体工融合、体教融合、文商体旅展融合等为抓手，不断推动全民健身和全民健康深度融合，打造全民健身融合发展新业态，让全民健身在“活起来”“火起来”之后真正“强起来”。

(Author: Hu Deping, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Shanghai Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Dean of the School of Marxism at Shanghai University of Sport)

（作者：胡德平，系上海市习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心特聘研究员、上海体育大学马克思主义学院院长）

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