Chinanews.com, Beijing, August 8, 2020. August 8, 2020 is China’s 12th “National Fitness Day”. In order to cope with the epidemic prevention and control, the 5th “Ten Thousand Steps” Walk Incentive Contest was officially held on the day of “Cloud "start up. Experts pointed out that patients with chronic diseases face higher health risks during the epidemic, and the task of prevention and control of chronic diseases is very arduous. The "Ten Thousand Steps with a Contract" event fulfilled the requirements of building a healthy China and met the people's strong health needs.
The Fifth "Ten Thousand Steps Have a Date" Hiking Encouragement Competition is guided by the National Health Commission's Disease Control Bureau, and hosted by the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chronic Disease Center and Huairou District, Beijing, China Red Cross Foundation, Deshi Group and Wanbu Net support. Up to now, the five contests have covered 1,098 districts and counties across the country, with more than 1 million contestants.
The host of the 2020 competition will be Huairou District, Beijing. 200,000 people from more than 500 districts and counties across the country will participate in the classic competition. This year’s competition will also launch a 10,000-step expansion competition in September to encourage more people to practice healthy lifestyles and improve Health level. In order to cope with the prevention and control of the epidemic, this competition adopted a cloud-based start method, attracting hundreds of thousands of people to watch the live broadcast online. The nine academicians jointly issued a proposal to the public to keep promise and keep healthy.
Lu Jiang, party secretary of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out that after experiencing the epidemic, people have become more aware of the value of health. Four of the 15 special projects of the Healthy China 2030 Action Plan are for chronic diseases, and the task of prevention and control of chronic diseases is very arduous. The "Ten Thousand Steps with Contracts" activity fulfilled the requirements of building a healthy China and met the people's strong health needs. Within five years, it has grown to cover thousands of counties and districts with millions of people participating. I believe that if we persist for a few years, significant results will be achieved.
Dai Tao, who lives in Fangxian, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, still walked tens of thousands of steps a day at home during the epidemic. Dai Tao believes that only when everyone is healthier can the entire China be healthy and that one healthy self can form an indestructible and healthy China. There are still many people who are silently continuing to walk for ten thousand steps. Walking at home under the epidemic is a stubborn persistence. It is a silent declaration of war on the virus. It is an ordinary citizen who is contributing his own strength to the prevention and control of the epidemic.
There are currently more than 300 million patients with chronic diseases in China. Wu Jing, director of the Chronic Disease Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out that the results of an epidemiological analysis of the new crown cases reported in China show that compared with patients with non-chronic diseases, patients with chronic diseases have a worse prognosis and a higher case fatality rate. The risk of death is also higher, and they need more attention and protection.
The prevention and control of the epidemic cannot be relaxed, and the prevention and control of chronic diseases cannot be "slow." In recent years, the Chronic Disease Center of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has carried out monitoring and research on chronic diseases of the population, advocated healthy lifestyles, strengthened the prevention and control of preventable and controllable risk factors, actively carried out health management for high-risk populations, and promoted the integration of medicine and prevention to promote chronic disease management. The "Ten Thousand Steps with a Date" fitness walking competition also explored a new path for the prevention and control of chronic diseases that mobilizes social participation.
It is understood that on the basis of summarizing the successful experience of previous years, the 2020 "Ten Thousand Steps with a Schedule" Strike Walk Incentive Competition is based on the principles of enhancing people’s immunity, helping epidemic prevention and control, expanding influence, and reducing the burden on the grassroots. , Technology, content and management have been pioneering and innovative, and also introduced the concept of "cloud ten thousand steps", through diversified platforms through online and offline activities to enhance the fun and participation of the game. (Finish)