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All People's Exercise Day approved for August 8
By Tom Qian |
January 14, 2009, Wednesday
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IT'S time to get off that couch and move your body.
The State Council approved All People's Exercise Day to be held on August 8 every year beginning with this one.
It was set up to meet the increasing demand for a healthy lifestyle as well as to commemorate the great success of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Xinhua news agency reported today.
"I hope everybody can do some exercise happily and healthily on the day." Liu Peng, director of the General Administration of Sports, said yesterday in Beijing.
All People's Exercise Day has already been set up in some cities and areas where people could enjoy free sports facilities. In Shanghai, it was held in May in recent years.
The Beijing Olympics opened on August 8. More than 2 billion people around the world watched the extravaganza.
The State Council approved All People's Exercise Day to be held on August 8 every year beginning with this one.
It was set up to meet the increasing demand for a healthy lifestyle as well as to commemorate the great success of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Xinhua news agency reported today.
"I hope everybody can do some exercise happily and healthily on the day." Liu Peng, director of the General Administration of Sports, said yesterday in Beijing.
All People's Exercise Day has already been set up in some cities and areas where people could enjoy free sports facilities. In Shanghai, it was held in May in recent years.
The Beijing Olympics opened on August 8. More than 2 billion people around the world watched the extravaganza.
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