The Chinese football authority has announced plans to recruit a first batch of 120 foreign coaches by the end of 2015 to help teach pupils in primary and secondary schools , according to People 's Daily Online . The news comes as a part of the 'Campus Football Promotion Campaign ' , which is widely understood as the country 's effort to turn the nation into a football powerhouse by raising a generation of all-conquering young footballers . China 's current president Xi Jinping is a massive fan of the game and is keen to see his country qualifying for another World Cup -- and ultimately winning it . Apart from importing coaching talent from overseas , the authority also confirmed that it is to make football a mandatory lesson in 6,000 selected schools as well as launching football leagues on campus from September this year . Pupils from a primary school in Luoyang ( pictured ) doing 'football exercise ' between classes last week . The country 's education authority has made football a compulsory part of the national curriculum . 6,000 primary and secondary schools in China have been chosen to specialise in football . In these schools , pupil will have one football lesson every week . The authority is also hoping to recruit and train 30,000-50,000 football teachers in 2015 across China . The series of new football-oriented education reforms were announced by Wang Dengfeng , Deputy President of Chinese Football Association , during an interview . 'The desired foreign coaches need to come from countries that are traditionally good with the sport , especially those who are particularly experienced with training youngsters , ' said Wang , who is also in charge of the Culture , Hygiene and Arts section in the Ministry of Education in China . The first batch of 120 foreign coaches will be sent to 40 cities around the country . Wang stressed that they are not recruited to train professional football teams , but to teach ordinary schoolchildren in primary and secondary schools . Every pupil in China will be required to learn basic football skills such as 'balancing on a ball ' and doing 'keepy-uppy ' with their insteps . The country 's Ministry of Education plans to build an army of local football teachers too . The expectation is to recruit and train 30,000 of 50,000 of them in 2015 throughout China . Outstanding retired athletes from the army will also be arranged to work as PE teachers , according to Wang . Professional football leagues will also be launched this year in all tiers of academic institutions , from primary schools to universities . Wang expects the leagues will create at least 290 champion teams from primary schools alone . China is aiming to complete its first set of football textbooks by the end of March . Thirty football 'experts ' are involved in the drafting the books . Young players , teachers and coaches will be able to access online football tutorials linked to the books . 'Campus football competitions will be mainly organised by schools , ' he said , 'and the aim is to cultivate public interest and to create a football culture . ' The Chinese authority has already made football a compulsory part of the national curriculum for schoolchildren . In normal schools , the sport will be a mandatory course for at least one semester during pupils ' academic years ; whereas in the country 's newly established 6,000 football-specialisedd schools , schoolchildren will receive one football lesson every week . China 's men 's team . For a country of 1.37billion people their ranking of 82 does not sit well with Chinese fans . Additionally , 30 football 'experts ' in China are working on drafting the country 's first set of football textbooks . These textbooks will be completed at the end of this month by the People 's Education Press ( PEP ) and put to use from this September . Xi Jinping kicks a football during a 2012 visit to Croke Park in Dublin , Ireland , when he was China 's vice president . The football-mad leader wants to make set his country on the road to being world champions .
First batch of 120 foreign coaches will be recruited in 2015 . Successful candidates need to come from countries that excel in football . 30,000-50,000 local football teachers will also be hired and trained this year . Chinese Football Association has made the sport a compulsory part of the national curriculum . China is running a football education campaign to popularise the sport .