Sports in China consists of a variety of competitive sports. TraditionalChinese culture regardsphysical fitness as an important characteristic. China has its own national quadrennial multi-sport event similar to theOlympic Games called theNational Games.
Sports in China has long been associated with themartial arts. Before the 1980s, the country's international sports success was mainly intable tennis.[1] This changed with the1981 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup where theChinese team won the gold medal amid enormous public attention.[1]
Prior to the 1990s, sports were entirely funded by the government.[2][3][4] In 1994, Chinese association football wasprofessionalized, followed bybasketball,volleyball,ping pong, andweiqi. Professionalization led tocommercialization; this meant that sports associations became profit-making entities and that a club system and professional sports leagues were formed. Chinese athletes have also begun joining professional leagues abroad, such as basketball playerYao Ming's entry into the United States'NBA in the2002 draft.[5]
In September 2007, theYao Ming andYi Jianlian basketball matchup drew China's largest audience ever for a single sports game as 100–200 million Chinese watched live.[6]China Daily reported thatVirtually the whole nation stands glued to their television sets, amid parties and wild celebrations.[7]
China led thegold medal count (48) at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing.[8] China hosted the2014 Summer Youth Olympics from August 16 to 28, 2014.
In 2017, a football match in theTianhe Stadium inGuangzhou drew the largest audience for a single sporting event within the boundaries of mainland China.[9] The average attendance of theChinese Super League games in 2017 was 23,766 spectators.
Beijing was the host of the2022 Winter Olympics.
Doping in China has focused on swimmers and track and field athletes, such as those taught by Ma Junren (the Ma Family Army). Three Chinese weightlifters were stripped of their gold Olympic medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics for doping.China's doping has been attributed to a number of factors, such as the exchange of culture and technology with foreign countries. Some commentators have compared it to doping in East Germany. Discussion of doping scandals involving Chinese athletes in international sports is widely censored in China.
Dragon boat racing dates back about 2000 years ago and remains a traditional event held around China every year.Cuju, a game similar but not related to the modern game offootball, was played in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC.Qigongmartial arts activities became popular in China.
Modern sports appeared in China at the beginning of the 20th century, largely under the influence of the AmericanYMCA and Chinese reformers interested in adopting and adapting physical education models from the U.S., Europe, and Japan. ThePeople's Republic of China (PRC) emphasizes sports and the government funds and trains talented youngsters into professional players, especially beginning in the mid-20th century.Ping pong is one of the biggest amateur recreational sports with an estimated 200 million players.Badminton is also well established and popular.
According toCCTV Sports Channel, the gold-medal women's volleyball game of the2004 Summer Olympics drew the viewership of 30% of TV-owning households; the figure was 18% for theChina vs. Brazil match in the2002 FIFA World Cup.Football andbasketball are also shown on TV.
Even though Western observers tend to associate China withtable tennis,badminton,martial arts, and various forms ofpool, traditionallyWestern sports such as basketball and football are getting more and more popular.[10] China's professional sports are in its developmental stages. They also may consist ofhacky sack, or ping pong during their free time.
Badminton is popular in China thanks to its relative simplicity in recreational use and inexpensive equipment.[citation needed] Many Chinese badminton players have gained international success and fame, especially the manyGold medalists at the BWF World Championships. It is a popular recreational, and professional sport, with amateur leagues throughout the country.
China started abandy development programme by organising educational days inÜrümqi in June 2009.[11] They did not come as planned to the2011 Asian Winter Games. However,China national bandy team debuted in the2015 Bandy World Championship.[12]Harbin hostedDivision B of the 2018 tournament.[13]
A picture of the team based in Harbin is available online.[14]
TheChina women's national bandy team made itsWorld Championship debut in 2016.[15]Chengde hostedthe 2018 tournament.[16]
China has announced its intention to participate in both the men's and women's tournament of the2019 Winter Universiade.[17]
In terms of licensed athletes, it is the second biggest winter sport in the world.[18]
Baseball was first introduced in 1864 with the establishment of the Shanghai Baseball Club by American medical missionary Henry William Boone.[19] Organized baseball games were established with a game between theSt. Johns University and theShanghai MCA baseball club in 1905. However, in 1959Mao Zedong disbanded all the teams and outlawed baseball.[19]
After theCultural Revolution ended, baseball activities restarted, and theChina Baseball Association formed in 1974.[20] In 2002, theChina Baseball League was formed and in 2019China National Baseball League. China participates in theWorld Baseball Classic. Defeats of the national team toTaiwan,Japan, andSouth Korea may help change the trend as Chinese become more aware of the game's internationalization.[21]
Basketball is the largest spectator sport in China.[22][23] China hosted the2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[24]
The game was introduced to China by American YMCA workers in 1896, just five years after Canadian-AmericanJames Naismith invented basketball in 1891 while working for the YMCA Training School inSpringfield,Massachusetts.[25]
Since Yao Ming's 2002 arrival in theNBA, basketball has become increasingly more popular. According to theChinese Basketball Association, there is a record number of around 300 million active basketball players in China.[26][27]
China's first professional team was started inShenyang and sponsored by the Anshan Steel Company. The CBA was established in 1995, and by 2008 it had expanded to 18 teams.
The fact that the United States is starting to notice Chinese players after Yao Ming's success (compared toWang Zhizhi andMengke Bateer), and young CBA players such asYi Jianlian andSun Yue entering the NBA are a testament to basketball's increasing popularity.[5] In 2008, Sun Yue became another Chinese to join the NBA by signing with theLos Angeles Lakers to a two-year contract.[5]
Boxing in China first appeared in the 1920s.Professional boxing is followed by some fans in China.
China had a good result in the 200637th Chess Olympiad inTurin when the men's team came second behindArmenia and the women's team third for the best result overall. The Chinese progress has been underpinned by large government support and testing competition in numerous tough events. Commensurate with its status, China currently has seven hundred players, second only toRussia. However, even today countries likeRussia andIsrael still have an edge in experience over their Chinese counterparts.
Xiangqi is also considered a sport in China, with millions of players nationwide. There is a national Chinese chess league.
Although generally unheard of and unpopular,curling has been an improving sport for China to play.[citation needed] The government selected athletic individuals to play curling for China.[citation needed] The Chinese teams both Men and Women have improved at the international level. At the 2008 Ford World Women's Championships, the Chinese curling team consisting ofZhou Yan,Liu Yin,Wang Bingyu, andYue Qingshuang won a surprising silver medal finish. At the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship, the Chinese didn't have as much success, but they also did very well, finishing 4th. The government is also hoping to promote the sport through Universities and Colleges.[28] In March 2009, China became the first Asian team to win a curling world championship by beating Sweden in the final.[29] At the2010 Winter Olympic Games the women's team won thebronze medal, defeating Switzerland in 10 ends.
TheChina women's national field hockey team won silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as well as bronze at the2002 Women's Hockey World Cup. Also, the team won the 2002Hockey Champions Trophy and finished second in 2004 and 2006.
Since the 1990s, China has been one of the top nations in the pairs events offigure skating.Shen Xue andZhao Hongbo were very famous figure skating pair in China that received widespread media coverage during their career; they were three-time world champions and won a gold medal in Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010.[30] Comparatively, China is weak in the other three disciplines (men's singles, ladies' singles, andice dancing).
Football is the best-attended sport in China. The sport earns one of the highest television ratings of any sport in the country[31] and has been one of the most well supported sports in China ever since it was introduced in the 1900s.[citation needed] There is also written evidence that a game similar to football, Cuju, was first played in China around 50 BC.[32] The currentChinese Football Association (CFA) was founded in the PRC after 1949. Its headquarters is located in Beijing, and the current chairman isChen Xuyuan. From 1994 to 2004, the CFA established the first professional football league, which was "Jia A". TheChinese Super League (CSL) is the premier football league in China, which was changed from "Jia A" in 2004, as the top of a league hierarchy that extends to four leagues.Jia in Chinese also means "First" or "Best". Since its foundation the Super League has been relatively unstable, and has struggled to maintain popularity.[33] In 2016, the average attendance of the CSL was 24,159 making it one of the highest attending professional football league around the world.
At the international level, Chinese football has enjoyed little success despite the amount of support it receives from fans. Although the national team qualified for the2002 FIFA World Cup, they failed to score a single goal and lost three group matches. Conversely, thewomen's national team has finished second at both the World Championships and the Olympic Games. Despite the Chinese women's team's success at international competitions, however, women's football in China does not receive nearly as much attention as their counterparts in Canada and the United States, therefore China's good trend in women's football may well come to an end in the near future. In 1991, China hosted the inauguralWomen's World Cup inGuangzhou; in 2004, it hostedAFC Asian Cup.
Football has always been among the more popular amateur team sports for recreation in China. High schools often have football facilities, some of which are rented on weekends to local amateur teams to organize matches. It is also popular to watch on television, with large international tournaments such as the World Cup and the European Championships, as well as major European leagues receiving widespread coverage.
Golf tournaments in China include theWGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai,TCL Classic inSanya on Hainan island, theVolvo China Open and theBMW Asian Open, played in the PRC. The most successful Chinese male golfer has beenZhang Lian-wei. The most successful Chinese female golfer isFeng Shanshan. TheMission Hills Golf Club golf course at Guanlan in Shenzhen is said to be the world's largest.
At the amateur level, golf is seen as the top recreational sport for businesspeople and officials. Because of their relatively high position in Chinese society, they are usually the only people with access to the sport of golf on mainland China. At the2007 National People's Congress, caving in to the popular acknowledgment that the building of new golf courses is not only a waste of public funds but an illegal use of space, PremierWen Jiabao said in his Work Report to the Congress that contracts in building new golf courses should be highly discouraged and Communist party officials are banned from playing.
TheMacau Grand Prix is held since 1954, known for itsFormula 3,touring car andsuperbikes races. Macau was transferred to China in 1999.
The first international motor race in mainland China was the 1994 edition of the3 Hours of Zhuhai, held at theZhuhai Street Circuit as a round of the1994 BPR Global GT Series.[35] TheChinese Grand Prix is aFormula One event that has been held at theShanghai International Circuit since2004.[36] The same circuit has hosted the6 Hours of Shanghai, a round of theFIA World Endurance Championship, since 2012.[37]
Ma Qinghua became the first Chinese driver to win anFIA World Championship race when he won the second of two races at the2014 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, his debut meeting in theWorld Touring Car Championship.[38] Ma had previously become the first Chinese driver to drive an F1 car at a Grand Prix meeting when he drove in the first free practice session for theHRT Formula 1 Team at the2012 Italian Grand Prix.[39]
Zhou Guanyu became the first ChineseFormula 1 driver after making his debut at the2022 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Although pool or, more specifically,billiards, has long been a popular street recreation sport in China,snooker's popularity has increased over the last few years in China. It can partly be attributed to the ascension ofDing Junhui who was once the number one ranked professional player and reached the final of the2016 World Snooker Championship. More and more young Chinese players are breaking onto the professional circuit such asLiang Wenbo andLiu Chuang who both qualified for the last 32 of the2008 World Snooker Championship, with Liang going on to reach the quarterfinals, where he faced a snooker legendRonnie O'Sullivan. Snooker is played by an estimated 50 million Chinese people, and there are now over 300 snooker clubs in Beijing alone. China hosts several major professional ranking snooker tournaments.
There aresix indoor speed skating arenas (Changchun,Daqing,Harbin,Qiqihar,Shenyang andÜrümqi). Three of the outdoor ovals were opened in 2012 (Fukang, Karamay, and Wangqing).[40]
Ping pong (乒乓) is the official name for the sport oftable tennis in China. Apart from the national representative team, the table tennis community in China continues to produce many world-class players, and this depth of skill allows the country to continue dominating recent world titles after a short break during the 1990s. The overwhelming dominance of China in the sport has triggered a series of rules changes in theInternational Table Tennis Federation and as part of the Olympics.Ma Long is currently one of the highest-ranked Chinese table tennis players, and the highest-ranked player in the world.[41]Deng Yaping is regarded by many as one of the greatest table tennis players of all time, along withZhang Jike,Liu Guoliang, andKong Linghui.
The sport played an important role in China's international relations; in April 1972, the U.S. table tennis team were invited to visit China, an event later called "Ping-pong diplomacy". Table tennis is the biggest amateur recreational sport in China with an estimated 300 million players.
Tennis is a growing recreational sport in China, although access to courts can be limited in densely populated urban areas. Recently Chinese tennis players, especially women, have seen success internationally both at the amateur level and professionally. International tennis tournaments receive wide coverage on Chinese sporting channels, being the third most popular after football and basketball.
Volleyball arrived in Asia in 1908 and was officially introduced to China in 1910. TheChinese Volleyball Association represents China in theFédération Internationale de Volleyball and theAsian Volleyball Confederation, as well as the representing the volleyball sports in the All-China Sports Federation.
TheChina women's national volleyball team is one of the leading squads in women's international volleyball, having won the Olympic title three times (1984, 2004 and 2016). China took five consecutive World titles in the 1980s, theFIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in 1981 and 1985, and theFIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in 1982 and 1986. Although it experienced unstable development in the 1990s, the team won the2003 FIVB World Grand Prix, captured the gold medal in the2004 Summer Olympics, claimed the2015 FIVB World Cup, and finished second at the2013 FIVB World Grand Prix and the2014 FIVB World Championship.
The China men's national volleyball team represents China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team twice took part in the Summer Olympics, finishing in eighth place at the1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,California, and 5th place in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Since 1956, themen's national team has taken part in elevenWorld Championships, with its best results in Italy (1978) and Argentina (1982), where it finished seventh. The team also placed ninth three times, in France (1956), the Soviet Union (1962), and Czechoslovakia (1966). In 2002 in Argentina, China was 13th as a new rebuilding phase got off the ground. China took part in the opening edition of the top-classVolleyball World League in 1990 and regularly participated between 1992 and 1997, finishing sixth in 1996.
China featured national teams inbeach volleyball that competed at the2018–2020 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup in both the women's and the men's sections.[42]
Wushu is a professional sport in China and is also an academic field. The Chinese Wushu Association (CWA) has managed the progress of wushu in China since its formation in 1958 which has resulted in a system of provincial and municipal organizations which host various events and competitions. Wushu is promoted at every age and experience level. The CWA has had great influence on theInternational Wushu Federation, especially on how wushu is judged, managed, and promoted.
China is the most successful nation at theWorld Wushu Championships, having won 232 medals, 218 of them gold, since the first competition in1991. China has also been very successful at other IWUF-related events including theWorld Junior Wushu Championships, Taolu World Cup, and Sanda World Cup, as well as the sports appearance at multi-sport events such as theAsian Games, the defunctEast Asian Games,World Games,World Combat Games, and others. China has also had great successes at the2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament and2014 Nanjing Youth Wushu Tournament where wushu was a demonstration event at the 2008 and 2014 Olympic celebrations.
Many retired wushu taolu athletes have had great success as film actors, one of the most notable beingJet Li. Many sanda fighters have had great success at other disciplines of fighting such asMMA,Shootfighting, andKickboxing.
Back in March 1959, at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships held inGermany, the table-tennis playerRong Guotuan won the first world title in China's sporting history. It was followed by many more successes. By the end of 2004 Chinese athletes had altogether won 1,800 world championships and broken 1,119world records. In the 16 years since 1989, Chinese athletes have won 1,446 world championships, accounting for 80.3% of the total, and had broken 737 world records, making up 65.9% of the total. It was a period when China's competitive sports developed continuously and rapidly. At the2008 Olympics, China made its best ever Olympic showing, with a tally of 100 medals, including 51 golds, 21 silvers and 28 bronzes, coming first in the medals table, achieving a major breakthrough in China's sporting history.
The results in competitive sports were down to a training system which is constantly being perfected. It is based on youth amateur sports schools and basic-level clubs, with teams representing localities as the backbone, and the national team at the highest level. The training system ensures that China elite teams maintain a year-round squad of some 20,000 athletes.
In July 2001, Beijing finally succeeded in its bid to bring the2008 Summer Olympics. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), established at the end of 2001, set the themes for the 2008 Games as "Green Olympics", "high-tech Olympics" and "Humanistic Olympics". Seven venues, including the National Stadium and the National Swimming Center have ushered in a new period of contemporaryarchitecture for Beijing. The centerpiece of the 2008 Games was "the bird's nest" National Stadium. With a capacity of 91,000 spectators, the stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies as well astrack-and-field events.
Since 1949, China has participated in eight Summer Olympics and nine Winter Olympics, winning 385 medals at the Summer Olympics and 44 medals at the Winter Olympics. At theLos Angeles,Barcelona andAtlanta Olympics, China came fourth in the gold medals table, second at theAthens &London Olympics, and first at theBeijing Olympics.
In 2004, theState Council published its Anti-Doping Regulations, which have been in force since March 1, 2004.
During Mao’s rule in China from 1949 to 1976, sports were first seen as a militarized and socialist movement in which all men and women were required to take part. Mao felt it was imperative to build people’s health in order to maintain and defend the nation. Sports inspired a collective work effort that united the country in the spirit of socialism allowing women to gain greater equality. In 1952, at the June inaugural meeting of the All-China Sports Federation, he called on the Chinese people to “Develop physical culture and sport, and strengthen the physique of the people.”[43] In 1953, during a speech on behalf of the Presidium of the Second National Congress of the New Democratic Youth League of China, Mao said: “Now we must make sure that everybody, including workers, peasants, soldiers, students and cadres, can keep fit. Of course, it does not necessarily mean that if you are in good health you will be good at study, for study must be done in the proper way… Now it is necessary to arrange some recreation for which there must be time and facilities, and this end should be firmly grasped too. The Party Central Committee has decided to cut down the number of meetings and study hours, and you must see to it that this decision is carried out. Challenge anyone who refuses to do so. In short, young people should be able to keep fit, study well and work well.”[44]
Chinese female athletes were able to step into the role of the “woman warrior,” a figure that won glory for the nation during the Maoist period. This figure of the female warriors (wudan) has existed down the centuries and is a stock character in martial arts novels (wuxia xiaoshuo) and other literary texts, and operas (wuxi).[45] Rural women were at the forefront of this movement due to their predisposition in the countryside bringing them towards sports. This is due to Chinese sport typically being associated with lower class individuals, especially peasants, in the historically hierarchical male dominated society. Secondly, the very nature of peasant labor requires a strong physique and mental toughness, typically associated with rural women during the Cultural Revolution. Through Mao’s movement, women gained respect across the country but still fought for the rights to full equality. Lou Dapeng, Vice-President of the Chinese Track and Field association, is reported as saying that “It has been our policy to concentrate on women's sports.”[46] The swimming Coach Chen Yungpeng also said that “the outstanding achievements made by female athletes… have encouraged Chinese sports authorities to channel more funds and manpower to women's events than to mens, resulting in wider participation and higher technical standards among women.”[47]
The "Physical Health Law of the People's Republic of China" was adopted in 1995. In the same year, theState Council promulgated the "Outline of Nationwide Physical Fitness Program", followed by a series of rules and regulations. A survey released by the State Physical Culture Administration indicates that at present[when?] 33.9% of the population between 7 and 70 exercise regularly and 60.7% of the urban population go to sports clubs to engage in fitness activities. It is expected that by the end of 2005, 37% of China's total population will participate in regular physical exercises, and that over 95% of students will meet the National Physical Exercise Standard. Aiming to improve the health and the overall physical condition of the general population, the Nationwide Physical Fitness Program, with an emphasis on young people and children, encourages everyone to engage in at least one sporting activity every day, learn at least two ways of keeping fit and have a health examination every year.
In this 15-year-long program, the government aims to build a sport and health-building service system for the general public. There are about 620,000gymnasiums andstadiums across China, open to and widely used by the public. Outdoor fitness centers have been installed in urban communities in public parks, squares, schoolyards, and other convenient locations. All communities and neighborhoods in Beijing are equipped with fitness facilities that meet the national standard. Building on what it already had,Tianjin has instituted large-scale expansion of its outdoor and indoor fitness facilities and stadiums. 2004 saw the completion of China's first large fitness arena with a floor area in excess of 10,000 m2.
Starting in 2001, the State Physical Culture Administration has set aside the proceeds of the sports lottery as pilot funds, in order to build "China Sports Lottery Nationwide Physical Fitness Centers" as pilot projects in 31 large and medium-sized cities throughout the country, includingDalian,Beijing andChangchun. Some of these centers have already been built. Meanwhile, some 196 million yuan of sportslottery proceeds were used to construct public sporting facilities in China's less-developed western areas and in theThree Gorges region of theYangtze River, supporting 101 counties and towns.
With the increase in nationwide fitness activities, people's outlook on life has also changed. In many large and medium-sized cities, spending money in the pursuit of good health has become trendy. New sports such asrock climbing,horsemanship,bungee jumping,bowling,skateboarding,women's boxing,shuffleboard,taekwondo, andgolf are particularly popular among young people. At the end of 2003, work was started on China's firstsnow golf course inA'er Mountain,Inner Mongolia. This project, representing an investment of about 1 billion yuan, will be the sixth snow golf course in the world.
The Nationwide Physical Fitness Program has set targets that, by 2010, about 40% of China's population will participate in regular physical exercise, there will be a clear improvement in the national physique and a major increase in the number of fitness sites so as to satisfy people's needs for keeping fit.
Between 1990 and 2002 the averagelife expectancy of China's population increased by 3.25 years, reaching 71.8 years, approaching the level of moderately developed countries. The latest survey of the national health, which ended in October 2001, extended over three years and 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, making it China's largest ever in terms of scale and population numbers. The survey showed an increase in the growth of children and teenagers in China's rural areas, every index showing an average rate of increase surpassing that of same age group children in the cities. But the survey also revealed some grounds for concern. Chinese people's physical faculties drop sharply after they turned 40.
In citiesobesity poses a big threat to the health of children, teenagers, and adults. The health of women in rural areas is far from satisfactory. Based on the survey findings, relevant departments of the government continuously study methods of keeping fit, set new ways and standards for different age groups and strengthen instruction at community level.
Schools have professionalphysical educators and exercise facilities and students failing to reach the required physical standards are not allowed to go on to higher schools. Spring and autumn sports meets are annual events. The National Middle School Games and National University Games are held every four years. Promising teenagers are sent to amateur sports schools to receive specialized training.
There are also many youthsports clubs. In recent years, using sports lottery proceeds, the State Physical Culture Administration has established some 500 juvenile sports clubs a year. There were some 3,000 such clubs by the end of 2005.
Because Chinese athletes generally start their sporting careers at a young age, some receive little education and often struggle to find a job when they retire, with a 2012 study of theState General Administration of Sports learning that almost half the sportspeople failed to find employment. The government body then started to organize retraining courses to help them learn new skills and get jobs.[48]
Traditional sports with distinct Chinese characteristics are also very popular, includingmartial arts,taijiquan (shadow boxing),qigong (deep breathing exercises),xiangqi (Chinese chess),weiqi (known as "Go" in the West) andMahjong.
Taijiquan is a kind of Chineseboxing, combining control of breath, mind and body. It emphasizes body movement following mind movements, tempering toughness with gentleness and graceful carriage.[49]
Qigong is a unique Chinese way of keeping fit. It aims at enhancing health, prolonging life, curing illness and improving physiological functions by concentrating the mind and regulating the breath. There are various entertaining and competitive sports activities in the minority-inhabited areas, for example, wrestling and horsemanship among Mongols, Uygurs and Kazaks; Tibetanyak racing;Korean "seesaw jumping"; crossbow archery among theMiao, and dragon-boat racing among theDai ethnic minority.
Xiangqi and weiqi were two of the five sports featured at the 2008World Mind Sports Games held in Beijing.
Since the 2010s, Chinese corporations likeChina Media Capital,CITIC Group,Fosun International andWanda Group have invested heavily in international sports businesses, including marketing and media companies likeInfront andMP & Silva, and teams likeCity Football Group,Aston Villa F.C.,Wolverhampton Wanderers,RCD Espanyol,Atlético Madrid,Inter Milan,SK Slavia Prague,FC Sochaux andADO Den Haag.
China's sports industry has gone through three stages. The first was the Exploratory Stage, from 1978 to 1992. The second was the formative stage, from 1993 to 1996. The third is the development stage, from 1997 to the present.[50]
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