In order to implement the general goal of "marching from a big sports country to a strong sports country", break the institutional obstacles faced by "combining sports with education", promote the healthy development of "national sports", promote the spread of table tennis culture in China, maintain the vitality of world table tennis and serve Shanghai's economic and social development, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government signed an agreement with the State Sports General Administration of China on 201September 17. China Table Tennis Institute of Shanghai Institute of Sport was established, which is the first ordinary university in China to set up a single sport so far (20 13) (China Table Tennis Institute is the only university in the world that specializes in table tennis).