Overview of the Development of Sports for People with Disabilities in China

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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Over the decades since the founding of the country, the cause of sports for people with disabilities has, under the care of the Party and the government and with the strong support of all sectors of society, gone through an extraordinary development journey from non-existence to existence, from weakness to strength, and from domestic to international. In the history of sports for people with disabilities in New China, there have been both the glorious achievements of the Chinese Disabled People's Sports Team winning both gold and medal counts at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, and the historic breakthrough for China when Chinese Paralympic athlete Ping Yali won the first-ever gold medal for China at the 1984 Paralympic Games. As a public welfare cause, sports for people with disabilities has invested a great deal of sweat and effort from numerous Chinese athletes and workers in sports for people with disabilities. This overview is a summary of the cause of sports for people with disabilities as it strives toward glory. The "Overview of the Development of Sports for People with Disabilities in China," compiled by the China Disabled People's Sports Association, not only affirms the past achievements in sports for people with disabilities but also serves as a and encouragement for future work in this field. For the 60 million people with disabilities across the country, the vast number of workers in sports for people with disabilities will work together with all those to help and support the cause of sports for people with disabilities, striving to take the cause of sports for people with disabilities to even greater heights!