Taijiquan boxing enthusiasts doing early morning exercises.

China's popular sports have developed rapidly in the 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic. During the early period of New China, people just did aerobic exercises to radio music during break times, and took part in the spring and autumn sports meets held each year. As society progressed and the economy developed, recreational sports started to permeate all levels of society. Today, about 300 million Chinese take part in sports activities regularly. In 1951, the All-China Federation of Sports popularized the first set of exercises to radiomusic, and later on exercises for adults, young people and children were worked out. In1954, the Chinese government issued a notice stipulating that workers and staff of government offices and other organizations have a ten-minute break in the mornings and afternoons to do exercises or engage in other sports. In the same years the state also worked out a sports system to increase labor and defense capabilities, and it was carried out throughout the country. It was changed into the Athletic Fitness Standard for young people in the 1960s and then into State Athletic Fitness Standard in the 1970s. In the past 50 years, about one billion people have met the state standard.
In more than 20 years since the reform and opening to the outside world started, sports activities have been rich in variety, in the wake of the development of the national economy and improvement of the general standard of living. More and more people consider regular sports activities to be part of their daily lives in both rural and urban areas.

The first New Long March Sports Meeting for the Aged was held in Beijing in 1978. The Chinese Association of Sports for the Aged was founded in April 1983. Then different mass sports associations and organizations were founded, such as the Angling Association, Kite Association and Dragon Boat Association. The popularity of sports activities in China has fostered many world-class athletes. Among the 94 medals captured in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, 26 were won by athletes from China's rural areas.

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