Sudden death of Chinese college student raises attention (3)

According to the statistics jointly made by China's Education Ministry and General Adminstration of Sports last September, the physiques of Chinese college students had been worsening in 25 years, the function of heart and lungs in particular. As compared to those in the year 1985, the average mark of the 800m race for female students dropped 0.3 percent, and that of the 1,000m run for male students downed 10.9 percent.

Liu Bo, the director of the sports department of Tsinghua University, said that many students lacked physical exercises when they studied in primary and middle schools, so it is impossible for them to become stronger rapidly in universities.

Professor Sun Qilin from Education Ministry's PE education commission said," On one hand, one or two accidents should not make us give up our efforts to strengthen PE education for students. On the other hand, we must study the education system seriously, improve our testing system and PE education for students, in a bid to attract more students to sporting fields.

Some experts also advised to provide insurance to students.

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