On June 10, 1952, Mao Zedong’s inscription “Develop Sports and Enhance People’s Physical Fitness” was published

On June 10, 1952, Mao Zedong inscribed “Develop Sports” for New China’s sports work Exercise, enhance people's physical fitness" 12 characters. This inscription was written by Mao Zedong for the founding meeting of the All-China Sports Federation.

On the eve of the founding meeting of the National Sports Federation, Huang Zhong, deputy secretary-general of the preparatory meeting of the National Sports Federation, conveyed Mao Zedong’s inscription to all members of the preparatory team. At that time, some intellectuals who looked down on sports work felt refreshed after hearing the message, and gradually changed their superficial understanding that sports are just "playing ball" and "having fun".

When Mao Zedong’s inscription was officially conveyed at the founding meeting of the National Sports Federation, the venue burst into warm applause. During the discussion, people were beaming with joy, especially some well-known physical education professors from the old society such as Ma John, Wu Yunrui, and Xu Yingchao. They said in unison: "Chairman Mao has captured the true meaning of sports."

New Sports, the only sports publication at that time, published Chairman Mao's inscription on a full page and highlighted it. The important idea of ??"developing sports and enhancing people's physical fitness" to serve production and national defense construction was publicized. This inscription reflects the Communist Party’s highest purpose of serving the people and seeking benefits for the people, clarifies the fundamental purpose and development direction of sports in New China, and promotes the development of sports in our country.

The inscription emphasizes improving the people's physical fitness, which is of profound historical significance. In old China, the Chinese were slandered as the "sick men of East Asia", and all descendants of Yan and Huang felt sad about it. As early as in the article "Research on Sports", Mao Zedong loudly advocated for changing the weak physical condition of the Chinese nation.

Mao Zedong’s inscription focused on improving the physical fitness of the people, which opened a new page for China’s sports industry. The masses are no longer the forgotten objects of sports, but have become the masters of sports, which has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm and initiative of the people to develop sports. Since then, mass sports in our country have flourished, people's health has improved day by day, and people's average life span has been much longer than in the early days of liberation.

On the basis of the extensive development of mass sports activities, the technical level of our country's athletes has also been greatly improved. To avenge the shame of being the "sick man of East Asia" and develop sports, generations of athletes in our country have worked hard and united. Work hard and create outstanding performance. Since Chen Jingkai set the first world record and Rong Guotuan won the first world championship, Chinese athletes have won more than 1,000 world championships, created and surpassed more than 1,000 world records, and more than 1/3 of the events Reach and approach world level. The successful hosting of the Beijing Asian Games and the efforts to bid for the Olympic Games have shown that Chinese sports are moving towards the world, and the Chinese nation has become a great and vibrant nation standing in the forest of the world.