Shanghai officials announce plan to cut pollution by 2030

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Like most Chinese cities, we all know Shanghai isn't the healthiest place in the world to live, but thankfully, Shanghai knows that too and the city's government seems on track to improve the health of its residents.

Reported by SHINE, Vice Mayor Weng Tiehui has outlined the Shanghai Health 2030 plan, which is aiming to reduce air pollution and have 'good' air quality in the city for at least 80 percent of the days of the year by 2030.

The plan will also see the introduction of more sports facilities to up the amount of people taking part in physical exercise, with the goal of everyone being able to reach a facility within 15 minutes. By 2020, the city hopes to have completed the construction of 23 sports centres, 50 exercise centres, 150 multi-purpose sport fields, 100 football pitches and 300km of paths for jogging etc.

Other health factors on the agenda include keeping average life expectancy high and increasing the diagnosis speed of common cancers. Shanghai's current life expectancy is 83.18 (based on figures from last year), which isn't too far off world leader Japan (84).

If 2030 seems a long way off, why not get your health kick by checking out these jogging routes, pollution masks and the latest exercise craze F45.

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