On August 8th, 2019 National Fitness Day - Chongqing Open Water Swimming Competition was held at Taiyang Lake, Huangshui Town, Shizhu.

On August 8th, a series of activities of 2019 Datianwan National Fitness Day was held at Datianwan Stadium, attracting about 1,000 runners. 

On August 7th, villagers of Xinghe Village, Jinqiao Town, Wansheng Economic and Technological Development Zone did exercise in the village. (Photographed by Cao Yonglong)

On August 7th, a male was playing basketball at Dashuijing Sports Culture Park, Jiangbei, which is under construction.

On August 8th, the Opening Ceremony of 2019 Yuzhong National Fitness Day - National Health Qigong Exchange Activity was held at Tongyuan Gate.

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Swimming, shadowboxing, night run, Flash Mob and other activities were held on August 8th, the 11th “National Fitness Day”. On that day, Chongqing held various fitness activities, attracting many people.

On the morning of August 8th, the Opening Ceremony of 2019 Yuzhong National Fitness Day - National Health Qigong Exchange Activity was held at Tongyuan Gate. Hundreds of Wushu amateurs performed Kungfu fan, shadowboxing, health Qigong and other traditional fitness projects at the old gate wall, displaying the charm of national fitness and the positive living style.

More than 500 swimmers competed in the 2019 Chongqing Open Water Swimming Competition held in Huangshui Town, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County at noon. Chongqing Open Water Swimming Competition, founded in 2009, is a traditional brand competition in Chongqing. It attracted 60 local representative teams.

At night, 2019 Datianwan National Fitness Day was held. It attracted about 1,000 runners to run in Datianwan Stadium, with colorful wears on. The competition was divided into 2km parent-child run and 4km happy run. Many people were running with their families in the stadium.

In fact, the active participation of Chongqing people in various fitness activities on August 8th is just a microcosm of the vigorous development of nationwide fitness activities in Chongqing. In recent years, Chongqing has made many efforts to promote national fitness and makes a new round of national fitness boom.

In addition, Chongqing also vigorously promotes the construction of urban community 15-minute fitness circle, builds and updates a number of urban sports parks, social football grounds, township fitness squares, community path projects and multi-functional sports fields. At the same time, a batch of community fitness zones and other fitness zones are built to promote the civil project. (Translated by Mao Qiao, Fathom Language Limited)