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Former NBA star Yao Ming said Monday that China's bold step to revive the popularity of football sport in schools was on the right track and could even raise "envy" from circles of other sports. 前NBA明星姚明3月9日表示，中国在校园重振足球运动的声望这一大胆的举措是走对路了，这样的举措甚至可能使其他体育领域“嫉妒”。 China's central reform leading group, captained by President Xi Jinping who is a football fan, in February kicked off a plan to improve its football performance, which has embarrassed the nation in recent years. 担任中烟改革领导小组组长的习近平主席是一个足球迷，该小组今年二月启动了中国足球改革方案，意在提升近年来让国家尴尬蒙羞的国足表现。 More efforts would be made at the grassroots level to nurture young talents and to ensure the integration of professional clubs, school teams and amateur teams, according to the decision. 根据决定，国家将加大力度培养基层青少年足球人才，确保专业足球俱乐部，学校队伍和业余队伍的集成。 "I am very glad to see that school football has been included in the plan," said Yao, a member of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. "It is a very correct decision." “我很高兴看到校园足球被纳入这个方案当中，”作为中国政治协商会议全国委员会委员之一的姚明表示，“这个决定很正确。” | 
