In recent years, taking into consideration the students with mental health problems and physical deterioration
and how to improve adolescent mental qualities, good character, the possibility of dealing with crises under various
pressures have been a priority. It can be seen that in China, “Hundreds of Millions of Young Students Sunshine
Sports” (referred to as the sunshine sports) is a strategic initiative to strengthen youth sports and to enhance
adolescent health. The purpose of this activity is to promote the atmosphere of all types of schools at all levels of
physical activities on campus and full participation in the mass culture of physical exercises, and to attract the
majority of young students to play on the playground, get in touch with nature, go in the sun, participate in physical
exercises actively, cultivate the interest in physical exercises, and improve the physical and mental health of students.
With the “sunshine sports” deepening in Shanghai middle and primary schools, it is mainly to increase sports
participation, especially the young people who subject to physical and mental health, and for the purpose of
improving students physical and mental health. This paper is a starting point to explore the “sunshine sports”,
discussing factors of mental health in Shanghai students, aiming to getting more attention to the “sunshine sports”.