White Paper Highlights China’s Parasports Achievements
A white paper titled China’s Parasports: Progress and the Protection of Rights was released recently, detailing China’s efforts and progress in this area.
By carrying out parasports activities across the country, enriching the content of such activities, improving sports services, and intensifying scientific research and education, China has encouraged the disabled to become more active participants in rehabilitation and fitness-oriented activities. The participation rate in grassroots cultural and sports activities for persons with disabilities in China has seen a meteoric rise from 6.8 percent in 2015 to 23.9 percent in 2021.
The National Basic Public Service Standards for Mass Sports and other national policies and regulations stipulate that the fitness environment for persons with disabilities needs to be improved, and should ensure that they have access to public facilities free of charge or at reduced prices.
Progress has been made in parasports education and research. China has incorporated parasports in special education, instructor training, physical education programs, and has accelerated the development of parasports research institutions. As of 2021, more than 20 parasports projects were supported by the National Social Science Fund of China.