BEIJING Authentic Le'Raven Clark Jersey , March 16 (Xinhua) -- China will bid to host the FIFA World Cup in future not only for achieving competitive results but also for popularization of the sport in China, said president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) Cai Zhenhua on Monday.

Cai's remarks were given just hours after an overall reform plan was published by the Chinese government in a bid to boost the sport in the world's most populous country.

""Along with our long-term plan to improve the environment of soccer and the popularization of the sport, China, as a big country, should bid to host the World Cup,"" said Cai.

The reform plan, passed last month by China's central reform group, showed the determination to meet the needs of people to popularize the sport across the country and finally promote the level of national teams.

""Revitalizing soccer is a must for building China into a sports powerhouse and also the earnest hope of the people,"" said the plan, named the overall plan of Chinese soccer reform and development.

Goals are set in the plan that include the women's team returning to the world top class as a mid-term goal and the men's side joining the world leading powers in the long run. Bidding to host the World Cup is listed as a long-term goal, too.

""However, the significance of it is not only to seek the competitive results. By hosting the biggest soccer event in the world, we can further popularize the sport in our country, bring soccer culture to more people, and lead more and more people to the world's most popular sport,"" added Cai.

On which edition of the World Cup China will apply for, Cai said CFA will start a research on it. As Russia and Qatar will host the 2018 and 2022 editions respectively, the latest World Cup eligible to bid for is in the year of 2026.

Before the long-term goal to achieve, CFA has lots of work to do.

In contrast to its excellence in sports such as table tennis, badminton, diving, shooting, weightlifting and gymnastics, Chinese soccer has been bothered by the lackluster performance of the national sides.

The men's team, now ranked 83rd worldwide, just qualified for one World Cup finals, in 2002. Meanwhile, the women's side is struggling to recreate their glory as the 1999 World Cup runners-up and even failed to qualify for the 2011 edition of the competition.

""The development of Chinese soccer must be a long process. It's not three years or five years, it's not eight or ten years. In the long run, we shouldn't judge the work by the performances of national teams in a short period of time,"" said Cai. ""As the plan said, we should make efforts to let more people take to the sport and let the culture of soccer take root among the people. That's also important.""

According to the plan, the reforms involve almost every aspect of the sport, including the professional clubs, professional leagues, the national teams and grassroots soccer.

The plan attached much importance to school soccer and developing the young talents. Soccer will be added into compulsory curriculum in elementary and middle schools across the country.

""On the basis of 5,000 schools specialized in soccer today, in 2020, the number will increase to 20,000,"" said the plan, aiming to use soccer as an education tool not only to enlarge the soccer population but also improve the overall quality of students.

China international Sun Ke expressed his support for the plan.

""The plan is great for children to take part in the sport and give their parents a lot of confidence. The future of the sport will get better each day,"" he said.

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KUWAIT, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold its first Summit on Science and Technology in Kazakhstan in September, local media reported Thursday.

The summit will be held on 7-11 September in Astana, with the participation of OIC member states' leaders, the Kuwaiti official news agency KUNA reported.

The summit, whose main purpose is to develop the economic structure formed on the scientific and technological industry, will be the "biggest and most prominent" gathering for discussing scientific issues, the report quoted an OIC statement as saying.

Competition by Islamic countries on science and technology is much lower as compared to developed countries, it added.

OIC Assistant Secretary General for Science and Technology Muhammad Naeem Khan said the organization will create a strategy for science and technology for the coming 10 years.

The strategy will prioritize what can be accomplished in the field, and the member states will support the policies in their countries' development strategies.

Khan added that the summit is very important, as it will be the first OIC summit to be held in a central Asian country.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai is speeding up urban rail construction, with total length expected to reach 800 km by 2020 from the current 617 km, transport authorities said Tuesday.

Shanghai has 15 urban railway transit lines currently in operation, and three more will open by the end of the year, Xie Feng, director of Shanghai municipal commission of transport, told a press conference.

Starting April 28 this year, six downtown lines have extended service hours beyond midnight on Friday and Saturday.

According to Xie, the public transportation network carries nearly 18 million passengers every day, with over 50 percent by urban rail transport.

The city is also developing "green" bus services, with new energy buses reaching 23 percent of the total. More electric buses will be introduced to realize "zero-emission" in the city proper, he said.

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