Organization
General Administration of Sport of China
China's national sports authority, whose public fitness department promoted standardized square-dancing routines and later clarified they were not mandatory.
Key facts
- Type
- Organization
- Status
- verified
- Also known as
- General Administration of Sport, Sport Ministry of China
- Related entities
- 2
- Sources
- 2
About
The General Administration of Sport is the governmental body responsible for sport and public fitness in China. Its public fitness department was central to the 2015 push for nationally standardized square-dancing routines, and officials later publicly walked back fears that only the twelve model routines would be allowed.
This organization is used in the graph only where sources explicitly connect it to square-dancing policy or instruction — not as a blanket governor of all guangchangwu activity.
Relationships
- General Administration of Sport of ChinapublishesStandardized guangchangwu routinesmediumsources: Wrath of Dancing Grandmothers Forces Chinese Government to Backtrack
- General Administration of Sport of ChinasupportsWang Guangchengmediumsources: The man who created a new dimension to square dancing
Sources
- Square dancing (China)Wikipedia2026-04-30
- Wrath of Dancing Grandmothers Forces Chinese Government to BacktrackNOEMA2015-03-25