IOC Programme Targets Reaching 100 Million People in China

Geneva (ANTARA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday (18/06) that the Sports and Community Health Cooperation Initiative is targeted to reach 100 million people in China by the end of 2028.

According to the IOC, as part of this initiative, 32 public sports and health centres across China are providing facilities and activities for people of various age groups ahead of Olympic Day on 23 June, inspired by the IOC’s global initiative titled “Let’s Move.”

“This initiative responds to significant public health challenges in China. Only 37.2 per cent of the population in this country regularly participates in sports and physical activity, while 80 per cent of adolescent boys and 85 per cent of adolescent girls do not meet the physical activity levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO),” stated the IOC.

Scheduled for launch in January 2026, the initiative will engage the community through a combination of digital outreach and face-to-face activities designed to encourage participation in sports and physical activity.

Working in collaboration with the China Institute of Sport Science (CISS), the IOC plans to increase access to health-improving sports and physical activity, helping to create more active and healthy communities.

This programme in China is an expansion of the broader Sports and Health Cooperation Initiative, which is being implemented in collaboration with the WHO and the global health non-governmental organisation (NGO) PATH in Ghana, Tanzania, Nepal, Peru, and Vietnam.