The State Administration of Sports recently officially issued the “6th National Physical Fitness Monitoring Bulletin”. As a result of national physical fitness monitoring carried out every 5 years, this communiqué system presents the current state and changing patterns of Chinese people's physical fitness, providing a scientific basis for formulating mass sports policies during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. The monitoring was carried out from December 2024 to September 2025. It was jointly organized and carried out by the State Administration of Sports, covering 108 prefectures and cities in 31 provinces across the country. 243,600 effective samples were collected, covering three large groups of children aged 3-6, adults aged 20-59, and elderly people aged 60 to 79. The monitoring results showed that the proportion of Chinese citizens with physical fitness qualifications or above reached 84.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over 2020, and an increase of 1.5 percentage points in the excellent rate.

The State Administration of Sports recently officially issued the “6th National Physical Fitness Monitoring Bulletin”. As a result of national physical fitness monitoring carried out every 5 years, this communiqué system presents the current state and changing patterns of Chinese people's physical fitness, providing a scientific basis for formulating mass sports policies during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. The monitoring was carried out from December 2024 to September 2025. It was jointly organized and carried out by the State Administration of Sports, covering 108 prefectures and cities in 31 provinces across the country. 243,600 effective samples were collected, covering three large groups of children aged 3-6, adults aged 20-59, and elderly people aged 60 to 79. The monitoring results showed that the proportion of Chinese citizens with physical fitness qualifications or above reached 84.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over 2020, and an increase of 1.5 percentage points in the excellent rate.