Tree Climbing Course
The students in the USA started to take tree climbing courses in the 1980s. Now over 1,000 schools offer tree climbing courses to students in the USA.
Xiamen University was the first school in China to teach students to climb trees in 2012.
Suzhou No. 1 Junior High School also offers a tree climbing course to students.
Swimming Course
Starting from 2017, the new students in Tsinghua University need to take a swimming test at the beginning of their university life.
All primary and middle schools in Hainan will set up swimming courses in 2019. This year the government is busy building swimming pools for schools—at least one for each town, hoping that every student will be able to swim before they leave school from 2020 on.
