National Fitness Day marked across China
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An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 8, 2025 shows amateurs riding bikes in Sujiawa Town of Zunhua City, north China’s Hebei Province. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
Kids practice freestyle basketball at a kindergarten in Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)
People attend a group exercise event at a square in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County of Huaihua City, central China’s Hunan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Su Yongzhu/Xinhua)
A woman practices dragon dance at a fitness center in Wuzhi County, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Wang Linfeng/Xinhua)
Kids practice rope jumping at a training center in Chang’an District of Shijiazhuang City, north China’s Hebei Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Chen Qibao/Xinhua)
People take exercise at a riverside square in Fushan District of Yantai City, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Sun Wentan/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Aug. 8, 2025 shows people paddling canoes at the Xuanwu Lake Park in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Shi Jun/Xinhua)
Amateurs take exercise at a park in Qionghai City, south China’s Hainan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Meng Zhongde/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 8, 2025 shows people practicing Tai Chi at a park in Yangzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Meng Delong/Xinhua)
Senior citizens practice Tai Chi at a park in Tengzhou City, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Li Zhijun/Xinhua)
Amateurs practice waist drum at a park in Nantong City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Aug. 8, 2025. As the country marks National Fitness Day this Friday, a legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, more people are embracing active lifestyles. (Photo by Zhai Huiyong/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
