Industry reports show that the number of outdoor sports participants in China has exceeded 500 million.

The 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference opened on the 16th in Changping District, Beijing. According to the "China Outdoor Sports Industry Development Report" released at the conference, by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the number of outdoor sports participants in China exceeded 500 million, and the total scale of outdoor sports-related industries reached approximately 3.17 trillion yuan. Data released in the same period last year showed that by early April 2025, the number of outdoor sports participants in China had surpassed 400 million.