Xinhua Headlines: Xinjiang teenagers challenge disability stereotypes to race toward bright futures

Xinhua

17th September 2024

Xinhua Headlines: Xinjiang teenagers challenge disability stereotypes to race toward bright futures

Editor: huaxia

Reporting by Lu Yifan, Du Gang and Hu Huhu; Video reporters: Aman, Hu Huhu and Yin Xingyu; Video editors: Wang Houyuan, Roger Lott and Zhu Cong)

• The Xinjiang regional disabled persons' federation invested some 15 million yuan to support the development of competitive and mass sports for people with disabilities between 2021 and the end of August this year.

• The national participation rate in grassroots cultural and sporting activities among people with disabilities skyrocketed from 6.8 percent in 2015 to 23.9 percent in 2021.

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