General Administration of Sport of China: Consolidate the achievements of standardizing the management of marathon events, and promote risk prevention for high-risk mass sports events.

The National Mass Sports Work Conference in 2026 was held in Nanping, Fujian on the 20th. Gao Zhidan, director of the State Sports General Administration, stated at the meeting that in 2026, the sports field should solidly promote the "Deepening Governance Year" action, continue to consolidate the standardized governance achievements of marathon events, and promote risk prevention and governance in high-risk, spontaneous mass sports activities. Chen Xingnian, director of the General Administration of Sports Masses, said that in 2026, it will adhere to goal-oriented and problem-oriented approaches, continuously improve the quality and governance level of mass sports activities, focus on the issues of non-standard organization guarantee of mass sports activities, continue to promote standardized governance of events such as marathons, and promote the normalization and systematic supervision and governance mechanisms of high-risk projects such as mountain cross-country running, outdoor sports, water sports, and aviation sports. In addition, policies and measures will be formulated to address issues such as non-standard organization operation, inadequate comprehensive guarantee, excessive commercialization, unrealistic "money-oriented events," win-at-all-costs mentality, and sportsmanship violations in mass sports activities, improving the institutional system and effectively addressing them.