CHINA-LEADERSHIP: WORLD SOCCER POWER

 A document released on April 11, 2016, by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Chinese Football Association, Sports Bureau and Ministry of Education announced that China aims to become one of Asia’s best soccer teams by 2030 and have almost 50 million soccer players by 2020. The document said by 2050, China’s national soccer team should be among the world’s strongest.


(Comment: Xi, who has been passionate about soccer since he was a child, has repeatedly called for improved soccer education among youngsters to raise playing standards in the nation’s most-watched sport.
While Xi was still vice-president in 2011, he expressed three wishes for China’s soccer future – for the country to qualify for another World Cup, to host a World Cup and to win a World Cup.
Last year, a directive on soccer reforms was passed in a leading group founded and chaired by Xi Jinping.)
 






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