By the end of 2024, the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province had built 97 new football fields, bringing the total to 246. The number of football fields per 10,000 people rose from 0.79 in 2022 to 1.91 in 2024. In China's "City of the Future", football is expected go beyond just a sport and become a way of life.
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