Shanxi province has outlined its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) for sports development, aiming to achieve significant public fitness milestones by 2030. 

These goals include increasing the per-capita sports venue area to over 3.3 square meters, raising the share of residents who regularly exercise to over 43.2 percent, and achieving a national fitness monitoring pass rate of 93.8 percent. Additionally, Shanxi plans to establish more than 20 influential nationwide fitness brand events.

To accomplish these objectives, Shanxi will enhance its public fitness event system, strengthen community sports organization networks, and improve smart management of sports venues. Key initiatives include accelerating the construction of public fitness facilities and improving the service quality of public sports venues to make fitness more accessible and convenient.

The province will optimize the layout of competitive sports projects, create branded competitive events to attract more international competitions, and support professional sports development while revitalizing key sports like football, basketball, and volleyball.

It also aims to strengthen talent development, integrate sports with education, nurture competitive sports talent, promote youth health, organize diverse youth sports activities, strengthen sports volunteer services, and improve youth social sports organizations.

Shanxi will also drive upgrades in the ice and snow sports industry, innovate industrial consumption scenarios, and implement key sports industry projects. By 2030, the province aims to achieve a total sports industry scale of 80 billion yuan ($12.01 billion), with the sports industry's added value accounting for 1.8 percent of the provincial GDP.