In a statement released to the press, Ministry of Education said it had invited environmental protection and quality inspection authorities to check all newly-built synthetic racetracks at schools nationwide during the upcoming summer school break, and immediately remove substandard ones.

教育部在媒体声明中表示，已经邀请环保和质检部门利用暑假对各地学校新建的塑胶跑道进行检查，发现不达标的立即拆除。

Construction of all synthetic racetracks are to be suspended until the bidding process and the contracts for the construction had been reviewed by authorities to ensure their quality, it said.

声明表示，所有在建的塑胶跑道都将暂停，有关部门要对招标过程及相关修建合同进行审查，确保质量的情况下才可继续施工。