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Xi Jinping: Promote the Deep Integration of Nationwide Fitness and Health for All

 On August 8, 2022, it is the 14th "National Fitness Day" in our country. General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to the development of sports and has closely linked sports with national development and rejuvenation. He has repeatedly emphasized that sports are an important part of realizing the Chinese Dream and that "a strong sports industry leads to a strong China, and a prosperous nation leads to a thriving sports sector." Today, the Party Construction Network's micro platform has compiled some important statements from General Secretary Xi Jinping, and invites you to study together.

On January 31, 2019, Xi Jinping met with the President of the International Olympic Committee, Bach, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency's reporter Li Tao)

The widespread promotion of fitness activities is an important indicator of a country's level of modernization.

Sports are important indicators of social development and human progress. They reflect comprehensive national strength and the level of social civilization. Sports play an irreplaceable role in improving people's physical fitness and health, promoting comprehensive human development, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the people, promoting economic and social development, and inspiring people of all ethnic groups to strive for excellence and self-improvement.

Speech on August 31, 2013, when Xi Jinping met with representatives of advanced units and individuals in the national mass sports, advanced collectives and advanced workers in the national sports system.

Sports carry the dreams of a strong nation and national rejuvenation. A strong sports industry leads to a strong China, and a prosperous nation leads to a thriving sports sector. To accelerate the construction of a sports powerhouse, we must adhere to the people-centered ideology, take the people as the main body of sports development, and take meeting the fitness needs of the people and promoting their comprehensive development as the starting and foothold of sports work, implement the national fitness strategy, and constantly improve the people's health.

Speech on August 27, 2017, when Xi Jinping met with representatives of advanced units and individuals in the national mass sports, advanced collectives and advanced workers in the national sports system, as well as athletes who won awards in mass events at the Tianjin National Games.

The widespread promotion of nationwide fitness and the degree of participation in international sports cooperation are also important indicators of a country's level of modernization. In the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the health and fitness of the Chinese people have greatly improved.

Speech on January 31, 2019, when Xi Jinping met with International Olympic Committee President Bach.

From January 18 to 20, 2021, Xi Jinping inspected Beijing and Hebei and chaired a meeting to report on the preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. On the morning of the 18th, Xi Jinping inspected the Capital Gymnasium in Haidian District, Beijing.

Promoting the deep integration of nationwide fitness and public health

We should promote a healthy and civilized way of life, establish the concept of hygiene and health, shift from focusing on treating diseases to focusing on people's health, establish a sound health education system, enhance the health literacy of the entire population, and promote the deep integration of nationwide fitness and public health.

Speech in August 2016 at the National Health and Health Conference.

"The development of sports and the improvement of people's physique" is the fundamental task of our country's sports work. Comrades are encouraged to carry forward the Olympic spirit and the spirit of Chinese sports, further enhance the overall strength of our country's competitive sports, make competitive sports better, faster, higher, and stronger, and improve our ability to win glory for our country in major international competitions, effectively driving the development of mass sports. Comrades are also encouraged to fully understand the positive significance of sports in improving people's health, implement the national fitness strategy, promote nationwide fitness activities, and promote the construction of a healthy China.

Speech on August 25, 2016, when Xi Jinping met with all members of the Chinese sports delegation to the 31st Olympic Games.

Sports are an important way to improve people's health, a crucial means to satisfy people's longing for a better life and promote comprehensive human development, a vital force driving economic and social development, and a crucial platform for showcasing the country's cultural soft power.

We must closely focus on meeting the needs of the people, coordinate the construction of facilities for nationwide fitness venues, and build a higher-level public service system for nationwide fitness. We must promote the shifting of the health focus, establish a new model of promoting health through sports involving coordination between sports and health sectors and the participation of the entire society.

Speech on September 22, 2020, at a symposium with representatives of experts in the fields of education, culture, health, and sports.

On April 8, 2022, the summary and commendation meeting of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was grandly held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Before the meeting, Xi Jinping and others met with collective representatives and individual contributors to the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, as well as members of the Chinese sports delegation.

The foundation of a sports powerhouse lies in mass sports

To accelerate the construction of a sports powerhouse, we must grasp the positioning that is closely related to the dream of a strong sports industry and the Chinese Dream. We must integrate the sports industry into the overall framework of realizing the "Two Centenary Goals," deepen sports reform, update sports concepts, and promote coordinated development of mass sports, competitive sports, and the sports industry.

Speech on August 27, 2017, when Xi Jinping met with representatives of advanced units and individuals in the national mass sports, advanced collectives and advanced workers in the national sports system, as well as athletes who won awards in mass events at the Tianjin National Games.

The foundation of a sports powerhouse lies in mass sports. By hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, we will promote the rapid development of ice and snow sports in China, address deficiencies, strengthen weak areas, gradually solve the problems of strong competitive sports and weak mass sports, as well as "strong in summer, weak in winter," and "strong in ice, weak in snow," and promote the high-quality development of the sports industry in the new era.

Speech on January 18, 2021, during an inspection and research at the Capital Gymnasium.

We must adhere to the goal of enhancing people's physical fitness, improving the physical fitness and quality of life of the entire nation, attach great importance to and fully leverage the important role of sports in promoting comprehensive human development, continue to promote reform and innovation in sports, strengthen sports science and technology research and development, improve the national fitness system, enhance the awareness of sports and fitness among the general public, especially the youth, enhance the overall strength and international competitiveness of our competitive sports, and accelerate the pace of building a sports powerhouse.

Speech on April 8, 2022, at the summary and commendation meeting of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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