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In order to meet the growing sports needs of the broad masses of the people and to commemorate the success of the Beijing Olympic Games, The State Council Approved, from 2009, August 8 every year as the "National Fitness Day".
National Fitness Day refers to the national fitness day stipulated in Article 12 of the Regulations on National Fitness, which took effect on October 1, 2009, and should strengthen the national fitness publicity, actively organize and participate in national fitness activities, organize and carry out free fitness guidance services, and open public sports facilities to the public free of charge. The specific time is August 8 every year, which is to commemorate the successful holding of the Olympic Games in Beijing, but also to advocate the people to participate in sports and fitness more widely.
August 8, 2023 is China's 15th National Fitness Day. [12]
Chinese name
National Fitness Day
Festival time
It's on August 8th every year
Festival type
Set up a festival
Endemic area
The whole country
Festival meaning
Improve the people's physical fitness and implement national fitness
Set point
Peking
establishment
The State Council
Set time
The year 2009

Generation background

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National Fitness Day theme call
The establishment of National Fitness Day is to meet the needs of people's sports and promote the development of national fitness activities, and to further exert the comprehensive functions and social effects of sports and enrich the society Sports culture The need to live and promote the all-round development of people is the need to promote China from a sports country to a sports power, and it is also the best memorial to the Beijing Olympic Games.
In 1995, our country launched Outline of the National Fitness Program So far, the "National Fitness Week and Month" activity has been carried out for more than 10 years. State General Administration of Sport Head of population Division Sheng Zhiguo It is necessary to combine the "National Fitness Day" with existing national fitness activities and make innovations.
Liu Peng, director of the State General Administration of Sport, said at the press conference that the fundamental purpose of sports is to meet the growing needs of the masses of people for physical fitness, and the success of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of hundreds of millions of people for sports and enhanced the awareness of sports in the whole society.
Liu Peng said: "I hope that on August 8, everyone can be happy and healthy in their own place. Physical fitness Activity."

Value meaning

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National Fitness Day
2008 in China Competitive sports It was a brilliant year. When the fireworks dissipated, the prosperity subsided, and the national Olympic fever gradually faded, Chinese sports quietly returned to the standard. In the "post-Olympic era", mass sports will get more and more attention. In order to meet the growing demand of the general public for physical fitness, The State Council approved August 8 as the "National Fitness Day". The masses will be healthy and upward sportsmanship Communicate to the public and promote the concept of healthy living.

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Therefore, the "National Fitness Day" is a benchmark and a driving force to promote the long-term and institutionalization of national fitness, and promote China's goal of moving from a sports country to a sports power.
From expanding national fitness Festivals The social impact attracts more people to participate in sports and fitness activities more widely and promotes positive and upward Olympic spirit From the perspective of commemorating the successful holding of the Beijing Olympic Games, the purpose of establishing the "National Fitness Day" on August 8 is also to let the Chinese nation remember the glorious moment of Chinese sports.
"Through the publicity and promotion of 'National Fitness Day', let fitness become a part of people's lives, so that the people can truly enjoy the health and happiness brought by sports, and let sports play a more positive role in the all-round development of people and the construction of a harmonious society!" That will be the biggest success of National Fitness Day, Liu said.

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National Fitness Day
Zhang Jian, director of the policy and regulation Department of the State General Administration of Sport, said that in 2001, The State Council issued a notice on the establishment of festivals, anniversaries and activity days. "National Fitness Day" and "Arbor Day" are arranged in parallel, which belong to the legislative provisions of the national government and the activity day approved by The State Council, and will be institutionalized in the future.
The "National Fitness Day" has its distinctive characteristics and calls on all the people to move towards it playground Enter the fitness ranks. At the same time, August 8 also has far-reaching significance, commemorating the moment when China's centennial Olympic dream came true.
According to Zhang Jian, due to the excessive number of popular festivals in society, the central government has issued a document to strictly establish festivals. In 2008, the central government approved the establishment of two festivals, including the "National Fitness Day", reflecting the common desire of the people.
Whether to establish a "national fitness Day" has been discussed for a long time, in recent years, during the "two sessions", deputies at all levels of the People's Congress and CPPCC members have proposed practical plans for national fitness, such as the establishment of statutory festivals for the masses to participate in sports activities, and advocate a healthy, civilized and happy lifestyle. The establishment of the "National Fitness Day" is a major measure for the country to pay attention to the people's livelihood and comply with public opinion.

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With festivals, how do people celebrate them? Liu Peng, director of the General Administration of Sport, said: "The best way is for everyone to actively participate in physical exercise where they are. On this day, Public sports facilities Will be open to the public at a discount or free of charge, and provide discounted fitness guidance services. This will better reflect the nationalization and socialization of the legacy of the Beijing Olympics."
According to Sheng Zhiguo, director of the Group Department of the State General Administration of Sport, the choice of activity theme and the creation of holiday atmosphere should fully take into account the broad participation of the masses and the timeliness of fitness, explore the combination of "national fitness Week and month" activities and "National Fitness Day" activities that have been carried out for more than 10 years, innovate the content of activities and organizational channels and methods, and strive to make the activities organized and carried out with the masses Organic combination of fitness activities to strengthen governments at all levels Sports service Function, to provide more fitness opportunities, to provide sports public services, to provide ways for the people to be willing to participate, so that the fitness fun of the festival benefits the vast number of people.

Activity mark

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National Fitness Day
Yin Maozhen, the designer of the "National Fitness Day" logo, is an amateur art designer in Mudanjiang city, Heilongjiang province. The logo he designed takes the two "8s" in August 8 as the main body, and cleverly combines two faces The rising sun High spirited, full of vitality, dynamic and modern fitness men and women graphics, not only has an intuitive model effect, but also can convey the national fitness everyone participates in, everyone benefits, every day fitness, every day happy fitness concept. Experts agree that the work expresses the intention of national fitness, the pattern is simple, lively, clear, clean lines, very sporty, modern sense, both with Chinese characteristics, but also easy to spread.

Theme slogan

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National Fitness Day
The theme slogan is evaluated in a group of three, in turn, "Fitness every day, happy every day", "Good health, good life", "national fitness, you and I walk together".
2015 "National Fitness Day", with the theme of "National Fitness, Promote health, Build the Chinese Dream together". [2]
2016 "National Fitness Day", with the theme of "National Fitness promotes health, Build the Chinese Dream together" and "I am a champion". [3]
2017 "National Fitness Day", with "Fitness every day, welcome the 19th National Congress" as the activity theme, the activity time has been extended to August 5 to 13. [4]
The 2018 "National Fitness Day", with the theme of "National Fitness in the New Era", has been extended to August 4 to 12. [5]
2019 "National Fitness Day", with "Healthy China you and I walk together" as the activity theme. [1] [6]
"National Fitness Day" in 2021, with the theme of "National Fitness and Olympic Games". [8]

Historical evolution

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On January 7, 2009, with the approval of The State Council, August 8 every year since 2009 has been designated as "National Fitness Day".
April 29, 2009 sponsored by the State General Administration of Sport, China Sports Press Agency The National Fitness Day logo and theme slogan collection and selection activities were launched, which were widely disseminated by more than 100 news media across the country. Attracted the enthusiastic participation of the general public.
On May 8, 2009, China Sports Press Headquarters invited the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, the Department of Art and Design of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, the Olympic Art and Design Research Center, Capital Normal University Department of Art Design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts China Academy of Art and other professional colleges participated in the logo creation.
On May 14, 2009, China Sports Press Headquarters and Beijing Sport University Jointly issued a notice, calling on the whole school to participate in the logo and theme slogan creation.
National Fitness Day
On May 19, 2009, the "National Fitness Day logo, theme slogan collection and selection activities into Tsinghua" was successfully held.
Call for submissions May 29, 2009. In just one month, the collection office received information from 32 provinces, Municipality directly under the central government And autonomous region and China Hong Kong 1,315 logos and 9,320 slogans from Australia and other places. The candidates include more than 20 ethnic groups, most industries and classes, and the outstanding candidates are eight-year-old kindergarten students, rural candidates preparing for the college entrance examination, Renmin University A 79-year-old professor.
From May 31 to June 12, 2009, the logo and theme slogan entered the judging process, with expert judges from the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University He Jie Vice President, Olympic emblem One of the designers is Zhang Wu, Xinhua News Agency Sports department Gao Dianmin Director, People's Daily Sports Department Director Liu Xiaoming, CCTV Sports Channel Cen Chuanli Deputy Director, and State General Administration of Sport Feng Jianzhong Deputy Director, Assistant Director Xiao Min, Director Sheng Zhiguo, Director of the Department of Public Groups, Director Zhang Haifeng, Director of the Department of Publicity, Director Zhang Jian, Director of the Department of Policies and Regulations, President Tu Xiaodong of the General Press Agency, Director Sun Daguang of the Cultural Development Center and other 22 members of the jury made initial and final comments on the works. After that, the author and experts went through several rounds of revisions. In the meantime, State Administration for Industry and Commerce Trademark Office Fully recognize the significance of the National Fitness Day logo and theme slogan to the people of the whole country, and warmly cooperate with the trademark inquiry and filing protection.
On July 28, 2009, a full 90 days after the launch of the collection, the National Fitness Day logo and theme slogan ushered in a grand and enthusiastic birth ceremony.
On August 8, 2021, China's 13th National Fitness Day, in order to do a good job of regular epidemic prevention and control, the 2021 Shanghai "National Fitness Day" activities are all adjusted to be held online, and this activity also opened the curtain of Shanghai Urban Amateur League online sports games, the theme of the activity is "National fitness and Olympic Games". This "National Fitness Day" online live broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games, especially the wonderful performance of the Shanghai athletes as a starting point, through the video to relive their Olympic Games to challenge the limit and break through the moment. [9]
August 8, 2022 is China's 14th "National Fitness Day". In order to further promote the construction of a higher level of national fitness public service system and fully demonstrate the dynamic development of mass sports, the General Administration of Sport organized the theme of "National Fitness Day" nationwide around August 8 this year . [10]
On August 8, 2022, the first National Fitness Day after the Beijing Winter Olympics, the National Aquatics Center (" Water Cube "/" Ice Cube ") ice sports center was officially opened on the same day Open for business. [11]
August 8, 2023 is China's 15th National Fitness Day. [12]

Activity arrangement

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National Fitness Day information conference
It is understood that the State General Administration of Sport sports departments at all levels and social sports organizations according to the characteristics of different regions and different industries, have carefully organized and planned a series of colorful, close to the people, strong participation in the national fitness series activities.
Beijing Main venue
Feng Jianzhong, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of the State, introduced that the Beijing main venue activities are divided into two major plates, the first plate is the morning of August 8 Olympic Park The launch ceremony of the country's first "National Fitness Day" held on Landscape Avenue will organize nearly 40,000 people to perform tai Chi demonstration activities, thus opening the prelude of "National Fitness Day" activities across the country; The second section runs from August 7 to August 9, in National Olympic Sports Center A series of "National Fitness Carnival" activities were held. For three days, all the facilities of the Olympic Sports Center are open to the public free of charge. At the same time, for the public organizations to carry out national fitness scientific reports, national physical fitness monitoring, Table tennis , Swimming A total of 32 sports and fitness activities.
In addition to the main venue activities in Beijing, 31 provinces (municipalities and districts) across the country have also formulated specific implementation plans for organizing and carrying out "National Fitness Day" activities, and theme activities with strong local characteristics will be organized throughout the country, so that fitness activities will enter the community and enter the masses. Shanghai The "National Fitness Linkage in the Yangtze River Delta" will be held, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will hold the "Happy Grassland - the Whole Region Leisure Conference". Henan (Province) It will carry out "physical monitoring miles", "Provincial farmers Basketball League" and "the first National elderly sports and Fitness Conference". Liaoning (Province) The activities of "millions of students driving families and tens of millions of people to participate in fitness" will be held.
The first sports festival in Guangxi
National Fitness Day
Guangxi The People's Government of the Zhuang Autonomous Region on July 24, 2009 Nanning A press conference was held to announce that from August 8 to September 28, Guangxi will hold the first 50-day sports festival across the autonomous region. According to reports, the first sports festival with "everyone participation, everyone health, everyone happiness" as the theme, divided into "action Guangxi", "rotating Guangxi", "emotional Guangxi", "swimming Guangxi" four plates. "Action Guangxi" highlights the participation of the whole people, and will hold ten thousand village farmers basketball competition, one million citizens fitness walk, ten million primary and secondary school radio gymnastics evaluation and minority traditions Sports event Exhibitions and other activities. "Rotating Guangxi" with the "Guangxi Sports Caravan" as the main body, the popular sports events combined with various sports cultural elements, the formation of a sports performance, sports photography exhibition, stamp exhibition, sports promotion, national physical fitness monitoring in one of the "mobile stage". "Emotional Guangxi" has mobilized the enthusiasm of the whole people for sports and fitness by holding 10,000 sports themed movies, national fitness lectures, and sports songs and concerts at home and abroad. "Travel Guangxi" combines tourism and sports, and launches activities such as the bicycle road race around the Beibu Gulf, the transnational assembly race of cars, and the bicycle border tour Leisure tourism At the same time, enjoy the health and happiness brought by sports.
"Let people enjoy a happy life in sports"! Rong Xiaoning, director of the sports bureau of the autonomous region, said that this year is the first year that The State Council approved the establishment of August 8 as the "National Fitness Day", and the first sports festival in Guangxi can not only stimulate the enthusiasm of the people for fitness and revitalize Guangxi competitive sports, but also become a new business card of Guangxi, expand foreign exchanges, and enhance the visibility and reputation of Guangxi.
Shaanxi Activity Arrangement
Shaanxi Province will hold a series of mass fitness activities from late July to mid-October to celebrate the first "National Fitness Day" and welcome the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China. Deputy Director of Sports Bureau of Shaanxi Province Wu Changling According to the introduction, the provincial Sports Bureau will carry out more than 10 large-scale national fitness activities in the province together with 14 departments and bureaus such as the Provincial Civilization Office, the Department of Education and the Provincial Civil Affairs Committee.
These activities include: from July to September in the province held "ten thousand people ten famous mountain climbing activities"; From the middle of August to the middle of October in the province to implement the "farmer fitness project" in 3,000 villages to carry out the "ten thousand thousand villages" farmers basketball league; In early August, 1,000 people will be held Social sports instructor Skills coaching Week activities; 5-7 August in Ankang Hoa Hanzhong Organize the activities of thousands of people from Shaanxi Province crossing the Han River; On August 7th Xi 'an City Hold the "National Fitness Day" 10,000 people walking activities; From August 6 to 8 Xi 'an Datang Hibiscus Garden The city wall of Tang Dynasty Ruins park Wushu fitness show and traditional characteristics of Shaanxi Province Sports exhibition The General Assembly; On August 8, Shaanxi Provincial Staff Fitness line Dance Competition was held; It will be held on August 8 The first women's Sports meeting in Shaanxi Province Let's wait.
According to reports, in the middle of these rich mass activities, the Shaanxi Provincial Sports Bureau will also tour 20 counties (districts) in the province for farmers to conduct free physical monitoring Chinese Olympic Committee Held the 14th President of the International Olympic Committee Cup National 100 Cities cycling Race.
Sports Lotteries issue themed lotteries
In order to commemorate the first national fitness Day in China on August 8, the National Sports Lottery center will also issue the "National Fitness Day" theme instant sports lottery, the ticket points are 5 yuan and 10 yuan two, the jackpot prize is 100,000 yuan and 250,000 yuan, the ticket theme reflects a variety of national fitness activities, with collection value, I believe that lottery fans in the lucky win at the same time, You can also participate in the national fitness atmosphere in a different way.
Guangdong National Fitness Day activities
The Guangdong National Fitness Day and Guangzhou's Eighth Sports Festival will open at the Tianhe Sports Center, with 485 sports venues across the province open to the public for free or at discounted rates.
According to Zeng Xiaohong, deputy director of the Sports Bureau of Guangdong Province, according to incomplete statistics, 506 mass sports competitions and activities at all levels were planned and organized throughout the province during the "National Fitness Day", with a total of more than 20 million people participating. At the same time, 485 public sports venues across the province will be open to the public for free or discount, including table tennis, badminton, tennis, football, basketball and many other events.
The 2019 National "National Fitness Day" main venue broadcast gymnastics, interwork exercises and "Healthy China Action" theme promotion activities were held in Shaanxi Province Stadium. 780 representatives of broadcast gymnastics from all over the country collectively demonstrated the ninth set of broadcast gymnastics, which opened the prelude of national fitness exhibition and activities. At the event site, the national fitness exhibition and performance activities such as square dance, soft ball and shuttlecock were also held [6] .
Schedule of "National Fitness Day" in 2021. 14 July 2021," Notice of the General Administration of Sport on launching the "National Fitness Day" in 2021 "Issued. [8]
On August 5, 2022, Ding Dong, director of the Group Department of the State General Administration of Sport, said at the media briefing that with the principle of "close to the masses, convenient participation, colorful and effective", according to incomplete statistics, more than 4,000 theme activities will be organized throughout the country during this year's "National Fitness Day". It covers 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), cities separately planned and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The 21 General Administration of Sports project centers, units and 23 national individual sports associations held more than 200 activities, and the industry sports associations held more than 300 activities. In order to give full play to the demonstration and leading role of brand events, the General Administration of Sports will work with the Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to carry out the national "Walk the Grand Canal" national fitness walking activities in a combination of online and offline. At the same time, the All-China Sports Federation launched the "Sports Cup" national Community Games street basketball series in more than 50 cities across the country, with more than 2,000 participants in each city, covering all ages, and widely attracting community participation. [10]

Promulgation of regulations

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On November 5, 2008, the Legislative Affairs Office of The State Council published on its official website the "Regulations on National Fitness (Draft for Comment)" to solicit public opinions. Article 13 defines August 8 as National Fitness Day and requires that "people's governments at all levels and sports administrative departments shall organize and carry out fitness publicity, education and activities on National Fitness Day, and state organs, enterprises, institutions, social organizations and other organizations shall actively participate in accordance with their own conditions." The draft also said that "public sports facilities should be open to the public for free or at a discount on national fitness Day, and provide fitness guidance services free of charge." Other sports facilities are encouraged to open to the public for free or at reduced rates on National Fitness Day."
On August 4, 2009, Liu Peng, director of the General Administration of Sport of the State, said at the "National Fitness Day" press conference that the long-brewing "National fitness Regulations" will be introduced, and national fitness will be based on the law and be long-term. Promulgated by The State Council on June 20, 1995 Outline of the national fitness program Since then, China's national fitness cause has developed vigorously, but the national fitness lacks legal norms. In recent years, the State General Administration of Sport and the relevant ministries and commissions of the State have formulated the" National fitness regulations In-depth research has been carried out, and the text part has been basically mature. The formulation and promulgation of the regulation will lay a legal and regulatory foundation for the national fitness long-term machine.
Liu Peng said that under the guidance of the Regulations, the administration will continue to increase the construction of fitness venues around the people; We will continue to strengthen the work of building sports organizations around the masses, and strengthen the standardized management of social sports instructors to include them National vocational qualification Scope of identification; We will continue to strengthen the organization of sports activities around the masses in accordance with the characteristics of different regions.
On August 30, 2009, Premier Wen Jiabao of The State Council signed a decree of The State Council and promulgated the Regulations on National Fitness, which came into effect on October 1, 2009. [7]
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