BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Here are the newest Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. China rings in 2025 with sports activities celebrations of custom, well being, and pleasure
On January 1, 2025, hundreds of thousands throughout China kicked off the 12 months with sports activities, mixing custom, well being, and happiness into their New Year celebrations. From Shijiazhuang’s fiftieth New Year’s Day long-distance run with 20,000 individuals, to just about 2,000 sports activities lovers welcoming the primary gentle atop the Great Wall, lively residing took middle stage.
Gen Z in Hangzhou embraced native tradition by means of the “Pray for Blessings and Exercise” occasion, whereas winter sports activities soared in Xinjiang with night time snowboarding and mountaintop events. The day was additionally crammed with thrilling CBA and CTTSL finals, making sports activities a vibrant a part of the vacation spirit.
2. Olympic badminton champion Huang to retire from Chinese nationwide crew
Badminton Olympic champion Huang Yaqiong introduced on social media on January 1 that she has submitted her resignation to the Chinese nationwide crew and formally bid farewell to her nationwide crew profession.
After ending runners-up on the Tokyo Olympics, Huang and her accomplice Zheng Siwei gained combined doubles gold on the Paris Olympics, ending the match with a 6-0 document with out dropping a set.
3. China’s sports activities business achieves whole output of three.6741 trillion yuan in 2023
The whole output of China’s sports activities business reached 3.6741 trillion yuan (roughly 503 billion U.S. {dollars}) in 2023, with an added worth of 1.49 trillion yuan, in keeping with information launched by the National Bureau of Statistics and the General Administration of Sport of China on December 31, 2024.
Based on the fifth nationwide financial census outcomes, the sports activities business accounts for 1.15 % of the nation’s GDP, marking a rise of 0.07 share factors in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
4. China held 671 marathons, highway races in 2024
China held 671 marathons and highway working races in 2024 with 6.56 million individuals, in keeping with an official determine launched on January 3.
Wang Xiaoying, treasurer of the Chinese Athletics Association, stated the occasions lined 31 provincial-level areas, 261 cities, 537 districts and counties.
5. China’s Village Super League ushers in soccer exchanges with Ethiopia
A soccer invitational occasion between a crew of younger soccer lovers from Ethiopia and their Chinese counterparts kicked off on December 31, 2024, in Rongjiang County, southwest China’s Guizhou province.
Rongjiang County, the birthplace of the Guizhou Village Super League, often known as “Cun Chao,” has gained consideration in China and globally on account of locals’ ardour for soccer and the world’s wealthy ethnic cultures.