Fitness campaign building healthy community

Editor's note: The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics not only provide an important opportunity for China to showcase the strength of sports but also have a significant impact on relevant industries and sectors, as the Games will benefit the spirit of unity and improve people's interest in sports. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily.

Chinese athletes have achieved historic breakthroughs in many disciplines at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, demonstrating the benefits of a physically healthy population thanks to the policy of encouraging people to play sports or do regular physical exercise.

China held many activities to observe the 16th National Fitness Day on Aug 8, evoking an enthusiastic response from the people. The national fitness campaign and the Olympics have opened a new chapter in physical fitness. The authorities have vowed to improve the physical health of the Chinese people by building more parks or improving the existing ones and installing exercise equipment in them, in order to lay a solid foundation for building China into a strong sporting nation.