Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Sports Law of the People's Republic of China Article 2 The state develops sports undertakings, carries out mass sports activities and improves 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.
Article 3 The State insists that sports serve economic construction, national defense construction and social development. Sports should be included in the national economic and social development plan. The state promotes the reform of sports management system. The state encourages enterprises, institutions, social organizations and citizens to establish and support sports undertakings.
Article 4 The sports administrative department of the State Council is in charge of national sports work. Other relevant departments in the State Council manage sports work within their respective functions and powers. Sports administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level or institutions authorized by the people's governments at the corresponding levels shall be in charge of sports work within their respective administrative areas.
Article 5 The state gives special protection to the sports activities of teenagers, juveniles and children, and promotes their physical and mental health.