August 10: The Chinese General Administration of Sport (CGAS) has released the first batch of sports and recreational town pilot projects on their official website. 

The construction plan for the sports and recreational towns project was published in May 2017 by the CGAS. Every provincial governing body along with those belonging to the CGAS or the Chinese Football Association can submit their potential sports and recreational town application to the CGAS. Over the past 3 months, the CGAS has selected 96 projects from 31 provinces and cities.

The complete list is as follows:

Source: www.sport.gov.cn

Proofread by Raymond Fitzpatrick