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Many people blame academic pressure and lack of school soccer for China's terrible soccer team, but that may be about to change thanks to a new evaluation system that will take into soccer skills.


China's education minister Yuan Guiren said on Wednesday that soccer will be factored in when forming a comprehensive quality assessment of students, adding that schools will keep a record on students' soccer skills.


Addressing a national conference on promoting soccer in schools, Yuan said the ministry will inspect schools' efforts on school soccer.


Soccer will also become a compulsory part of physical education classes to provide more chances for students to play soccer, said Yuan.


The ministry will also help set up more soccer academies. The goal is to have about 20,000 primary and middle schools that focus on the promotion of soccer by 2017 Authentic Tyler Higbee Jersey , said the minister.


China's millions of soccer fans have become used to disappointing performances from the national soccer team. It has only ever qualified for one World Cup, in 2002.


President Xi Jinping, a soccer fan, has repeatedly encouraged China's footballers to make a step up.


In July, the education ministry laid out plans to establish soccer tournaments in primary, junior and high schools as well as colleges. Enrollment policies will be relaxed so it will be easier for schools and colleges to recruit talented footballers.


The ministry also plans to train as many as 6,000 soccer teachers in 2015.


BEIJING Authentic Jared Goff Jersey , Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's manufacturing sector continued to expand in December, pointing to economic resilience in the country's factory sector.


The country's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 51.6 in December, slightly decelerating from 51.8 in November, according to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data released Sunday.


A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while below reflects contraction.


The index in December is on par with the annual average, pointing to a strong resilience in China's growth, according to NBS senior statistician Zhao Qinghe.


Sub-indices for production and new orders came in at 54 and 53.4 Authentic Samson Ebukam Jersey , respectively, down from 54.3 and 53.6 last month, but well above the boom-bust line of 50.


However, the sub-index of raw material inventory stood at 48 in December, down 0.4 points from last month, indicating continuously decreasing raw material inventory in the manufacturing sector.


Meanwhile, the sub-index of supplier deliveries declined 0.2 points month on month to 49.3 Authentic John Johnson Jersey , showing a slower delivery by raw material suppliers.


The manufacturing sector employed less people as the sub-index of employment dropped 0.3 percentage points month on month to 48.5 in December.


"Factory employment continued to contract slightly -- a mismatch with expanding output that might reflect the advance of automation," according to Tom Orlik, Bloomberg chief Asia economist.


The country's manufacturing PMI has been in positive territory for 17 months in a row despite overall slower expansion this month.


The NBS data also showed that the country's non-manufacturing sector expanded faster in December, with non-manufacturing PMI coming in at 55 in December, up from 54.8 in November.


The service sector, which accounted for more than half of the country's gross domestic product, continued steady growth Authentic Cooper Kupp Jersey , with the sector's business activity index standing at 53.4 in December, well above the boom-bust line of 50, although declining 0.2 points month on month.


The new order index of the non-manufacturing businesses stood at 52 in December, up 0.2 points from a month ago. In breakdown, the new order index for the service sector increased slightly slower month on month to 50.9, and that for the construction sector rose at a faster pace to 58.1.


"Early indicators for December show China's economy pushing into 2018 with growth steady, if unspectacular Authentic Aaron Donald Jersey ," said Tom Orlik in a research note, as "the official purchasing managers' indexes show the manufacturing sector slowing slightly and the non-manufacturing sector picking up, driven mainly by construction."


"Growth remains remarkably robust, underpinned by resurgent global demand, stimulus-boosted infrastructure spending, and a deleveraging program that remains more honored in the breach than the observance." Orli