Announcement on Total Scale and Value-added Data of National Sports Industry in 2023

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National Bureau of Statistics of China

General Administration of Sport of China

December 31, 2024

Based on the findings of China's Fifth National Economic Census, the total scale (total output) of sports industry nationwide in 2023 has been revised to 3.6741 trillion yuan, with an value added of 1.4915 trillion yuan, accounting for 1.15 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), an increase of 0.07 percentage point from the previous year[1].

A closer look at the internal structure reveals that the value added of the sports service industry in 2023 reached 1.0849 trillion yuan, accounting for 72.7 percent of the value added of the sports industry, an increase of 2.1 percentage points over the previous year. The value added of the manufacture of sports goods and related products came in at 383.2 billion yuan, accounting for 25.7 percent of the value added of the sports industry, an increase of 2.1 percentage points over the previous year. The value added of sports facilities construction stood at 23.4 billion yuan, accounting for 1.6 percent of the value added of the sports industry, flat from the previous year.

National Sports Industry in 2023

Items	Total Output		Value Added
Items	Total (100 million yuan)	Proportion (%)	Total (100 million yuan)	Proportion (%)
Sports industry	36741	100.0	14915	100.0
Sports services	21046	57.3	10849	72.7
Sports management activities	1454	4.0	689	4.6
Sports competition and performance activities	752	2.0	300	2.0
Physical fitness and leisure activities	2760	7.5	1378	9.2
Management of sports venues and facilities	3381	9.2	1289	8.6
Sports brokerage and agency, advertising and exhibition, performance and design services	676	1.8	239	1.6
Physical education and training	2851	7.8	2278	15.3
Sports media and information services	1359	3.7	502	3.4
Sales, leasing and trade agency of sporting goods and related products	5429	14.8	3159	21.2
Other sports services	2384	6.5	1015	6.8
Manufacture of sports goods and related products	14696	40.0	3832	25.7
Construction of sports facilities	999	2.7	234	1.6
Note: Due to the rounding errors, the subentries may not add up to the aggregate totals.

Note:

[1] The data for the same period last year has been revised based on the results of the Fifth National Economic Census of China.

Annotations:

1. Explanatory Notes

The total output of the sports industry refers to the value of all sports goods and services produced by all resident units in China within a specific period.

The value added of sports industry refers to the value added created by the production activities of sports industry conducted by all resident units in China within a specific period.

Resident units refer to economic units that have their center of economic interests within the economic territory of China.

Production refers to the activity of creating new output of goods and services by using factors such as labor and capital under the control and management of institutional units responsible for it.

2. Accounting Classification

The accounting classification of the sports industry adopts the Statistical Classification of Sports Industry (2019), which is a derivative classification of the National Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (GB/T 4754-2017), and a re-classification of relevant activities in accordance with the characteristics of sports industry in the National Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (GB/T 4754-2017).

The accounting for sports industry follows two-tiered classification. According to the characteristics of activities, the first tier includes three categories: manufacture of sports goods and related products, sports facilities construction and sports services. On the basis of the first tier classification, the second tier classification further includes 178 sub-categories of national economic industries.

3. Accounting Method and Data Source

The accounting for the total output and the value added of the sports industry is conducted using both the production approach and the income approach.

The data required for accounting are mainly sourced from three parts. First, the data from censuses and special surveys, specifically including data from the national economic census, and national special surveys on the sports industry; second, statistical data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, specifically including data on national economic accounting, and statistical annual report on the certain field; third, administrative data, such as departmental statistical data from the General Administration of Sport of China.