Legal basis: Sports Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of developing sports undertakings, enhancing people's physique, raising the level of sports and promoting the construction of socialist material and spiritual civilization.
Article 2 The State shall develop sports undertakings, carry out mass sports activities and improve the physical fitness of the whole nation. Sports work is based on national fitness activities, and the combination of popularization and improvement is implemented to promote the coordinated development of various sports.