August 8, 2022 is my country's 14th "National Fitness Day".

General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to the development of sports and closely linked sports with national development and national rejuvenation. He has repeatedly emphasized that sports "is an important part of realizing the Chinese dream", "a strong sports will make China strong, and national sports will prosper if sports are prosperous." .

Today, the Party Construction Network micro-platform has compiled some of the relevant important expositions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, and invites you to study together.

On January 31, 2019, Xi Jinping met with President of the International Olympic Committee Bach at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Tao

The popularization of comprehensive fitness is an important symbol of a country's modernization

  Sports is an important symbol of social development and human progress, and an important manifestation of comprehensive national strength and social civilization.

Sports play an irreplaceable and important role in improving people's physical fitness and health, promoting people's all-round development, enriching people's spiritual and cultural life, promoting economic and social development, and inspiring people of all ethnic groups in the country to carry forward the spirit of pursuing excellence and breaking through themselves.

  ——On August 31, 2013, Xi Jinping's speech when he met with the representatives who participated in the National Mass Sports Advanced Unit and Advanced Individual Commendation Meeting, and the National Sports System Advanced Collective and Advanced Worker Commendation Meeting

  Sports carry the dream of national prosperity and national rejuvenation.

If sports are strong, China will be strong, and if national sports are prosperous, sports will be prosperous.

To speed up the construction of a strong country in sports, we must adhere to the people-centered thinking, take the people as the main body of sports development, take meeting the people's fitness needs and promoting people's all-round development as the starting point and end point of sports work, and implement the national fitness strategy for the whole people. Continuously improve people's health.

  ——On August 27, 2017, Xi Jinping's speech when meeting with representatives of advanced units and individuals in national mass sports, representatives of advanced collectives and workers in the national sports system, and representatives of athletes who won prizes in mass competitions at the Tianjin National Games

  The popularity of national fitness and the degree of participation in international sports cooperation are also important signs of a country's modernization.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China 70 years ago, the health quality of the Chinese people has been greatly improved.

  ——On January 31, 2019, Xi Jinping's speech when he met with the President of the International Olympic Committee Bach

From January 18 to 20, 2021, Xi Jinping inspected Beijing and Hebei, and presided over a briefing on the preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics.

On the morning of the 18th, Xi Jinping inspected the Capital Gymnasium in Haidian District, Beijing.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Dawei

Promote the deep integration of national fitness and national health

  It is necessary to advocate a healthy and civilized way of life, establish the concept of general hygiene and general health, change the focus on medical treatment to the focus on people's health, establish and improve the health education system, improve the health literacy of the whole people, and promote the deep integration of national fitness and national health. .

  ——A speech by Xi Jinping at the National Health and Wellness Conference in August 2016

  "Developing sports and enhancing people's physique" is the fundamental task of my country's sports work.

It is hoped that comrades will continue to carry forward the Olympic spirit and Chinese sports spirit, further enhance the comprehensive strength of my country's competitive sports, make competitive sports better, faster, higher and stronger, improve the ability to win glory for the country in major international events, and effectively drive Mass sports development.

It is hoped that comrades will fully understand the positive significance of sports in improving people's health, implement the national strategy for national fitness, popularize national fitness, and promote the construction of a healthy China.

  ——On August 25, 2016, Xi Jinping's speech when meeting all members of the Chinese sports delegation to the 31st Olympic Games

  Sports is an important way to improve people's health, an important means to satisfy the people's yearning for a better life, and an important means to promote people's all-round development, an important driving force for economic and social development, and an important platform to demonstrate the country's cultural soft power.

  It is necessary to focus on meeting the needs of the people, coordinate the construction of national fitness venues and facilities, and build a higher-level public service system for national fitness.

It is necessary to move the health threshold forward, and establish a new model of sports and health promotion in which the sports and health departments are coordinated and the whole society participates.

  ——On September 22, 2020, Xi Jinping's speech at the symposium of experts in the fields of education, culture, health and sports

On April 8, 2022, the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games Summary and Commendation Conference was grandly held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Before the meeting, Xi Jinping and others met with representatives of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics with outstanding contributions, individuals with outstanding contributions and members of the Chinese sports delegation.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren

The foundation of a powerful country in sports lies in mass sports

  To speed up the construction of a sports power, we must grasp the position that the dream of a sports power is closely related to the Chinese dream, integrate sports into the overall pattern of achieving the "two centenary" goals, deepen sports reform, update sports concepts, and promote mass sports, Coordinated development of competitive sports and sports industry.

  ——On August 27, 2017, Xi Jinping's speech when meeting with representatives of advanced units and individuals in national mass sports, representatives of advanced collectives and workers in the national sports system, and representatives of athletes who won prizes in mass competitions at the Tianjin National Games

  The foundation of a strong sports country lies in mass sports.

It is necessary to promote the leap-forward development of ice and snow sports in my country through the holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, fill in the gaps, strengths and weaknesses, and gradually solve the problems of strong competitive sports, weak mass sports, and "strong in summer and weak in winter", "strong in ice and weak in snow" ” problem, and promote the high-quality development of sports in the new era.

  ——On January 18, 2021, Xi Jinping's speech during his inspection and investigation at the Capital Gymnasium

  We must adhere to the goal of enhancing the physical fitness of the people and improving the physical fitness and quality of life of the whole nation, attach great importance to and give full play to the important role of sports in promoting the all-round development of people, continue to promote sports reform and innovation, strengthen sports technology research and development, and improve national fitness. system, enhance the general public, especially the young people's awareness of physical fitness, enhance the comprehensive strength and international competitiveness of my country's competitive sports, and accelerate the pace of building a sports power.

  ——On April 8, 2022, Xi Jinping's speech at the summary and commendation meeting of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics