1996 Gao Shenyang, director of the Volleyball Division of the State Sports Commission, announced that the China Volleyball Association plans to vigorously develop and promote beach and soft volleyball activities to attract young people to join them. In May, Beijing Sport University held a school-wide soft volleyball competition with 32 teams. In June, the State Sports Commission held the first soft volleyball class in Tianjin Institute of Physical Education. In February, 65438, the national sports, health, art, science and education departments held an exhibition and seminar on the creation and introduction of "national fitness" activities in Chengdu Institute of Physical Education, and soft volleyball was designated as a key project. Subsequently, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other places held soft volleyball activities one after another. 1998 1 The State Sports Commission revised and published the first soft volleyball competition rules in China. At the end of 2000, in order to strengthen quality education, the Ministry of Education included formal soft volleyball in the "Physical Education and Health Teaching Syllabus for Full-time Primary and Secondary Schools in Nine-year Compulsory Education" in 2 1 century.