Required PE scores to be raised
中考体育分值逐步提高
China will gradually increase required scores on the physical exercise test to the same level as those of Chinese, math and English on high school entrance exams to improve physical education in schools, a senior education official said on Friday. Wang Dengfeng, head of the Department of Physical, Health and Arts Education at the Ministry of Education, said Southwest China's Yunnan province is the only provincial region in China to give PE classes the same weight as academic subjects on high school entrance exams, and other regions should gradually increase the weight of PE classes to match those of academic subjects.
教育部体育卫生与艺术教育司司长王登峰10月16日在新闻发布会上表示，为改进学校体育工作，今后体育中考将逐年增加分值，达到和语数外同分值的水平。王登峰说，目前全国仅云南省做到了体育中考跟语数外同分值，其他地区也应该逐步增加体育中考分值，要达到跟语数外同分值的水平。

The country also should immediately start research on including PE classes in the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, Wang said at a news conference.
王登峰还表示，应立即启动体育在高考中计分的研究。
All provincial regions also should gradually add tests of students' aesthetic abilities to the high school entrance exams by 2022 to strengthen aesthetic education, he said.
在美育方面，全国各地应逐渐启动美育中考计分，力争2022年全面实行美育中考。