Martial arts are probably the most popular sport in China, because people of all ages can participate.

Wushu is a general term which refers to many schools of traditional Chinese martial art, such as boxing, (shadow boxing and duels), armed combat using spears, whips, cudgels or swords, and qigong (breathing exercises, including yinggong through which people will be able to withstand or exert an enormous force. With several thousand years old, the martial arts, once used in ancient China to train people for military purposes, are now practiced as a sport to keep people fit and strengthen the physique.

Chinese Wushu has close links with the human body and modern medical science. Wushu had played an active role in promoting the friendship between the people of China and other countries.