The picture is taken by Wang Changming, an all-media reporter of the Three Gorges Daily, during a performance of 14 excellent national fitness programs from the counties and cities.

　　On August 8, the city celebrated the 11th National Fitness Day and the exhibition of mass events in the city sports center.

　　At the celebration conference, the National Fitness Initiative was read out, and commendation was given to Xiong Bengang, Chen Cheng and other top 10 social sports instructors in Yichang City in 2019, and to the representatives of 10 outstanding national fitness sites such as Gezhouba Street Sports Plaza Fitness Point in Xiling District.

　　In the mass event exhibition, more than 10 national fitness projects such as softball, roller skating and hip-hop were performed by fitness teams from urban areas and Dangyang and Zhijiang.

　　The City earnestly implements the "Yichang National Fitness Implementation Plan (2016-2020)" and "Opinions on the Implementation of Accelerating the Construction of a Strong Sports City". In the first half of this year, more than 20 mass events at or above the municipal level and more than 100 mass events at the county and urban levels were held. More and more people participate in the event and go to the arena through watching the game. With over 46% of the city's population taking up regular physical exercise, the concept of national fitness has gradually penetrated into the hearts of the people.

　　In 2018, 25 projects in our city were subsidized by 28.2 million yuan; in 2019, 47 projects have been supported by the "New National Fitness Project" in Hubei Province. Among them, there are 2 sports centers (parks) are at County level, 15 sports fitness centers in township streets (communities) and 30 sports squares in villages (central villages). The completion of the projects within this year will be greatly improved and promote the level of grass-roots fitness facilities.

　　It is reported that during the National Fitness Day, a series of fitness activities such as free opening of venues, commendation of demonstration sites and social sports instructors, demonstration of fitness qigong, national physical fitness monitoring and mass sports activities exhibition were carried out in the counties and municipalities with the theme of “advocating sports for all to create a better life”. (Journalist Bian Jianxin, intern journalist Wang Ke, correspondent Liu Zhengjin)