Inscription on Physical Culture and Sports
(June 10, 1952)

Source: RMRB (June 22. 1952), 1. Other Chinese Texts: RMRB (June 10,
1972, 1, Available English Translation; PR, 14:45 (Nov. 5, 1971), 19.

The date June 10, 1952, for this inscription is provided by the RMRB (June 10, 1972)
source. According to a news release in RMRB (June 22, 1952), 1. the All-China Fed-eration of Physical Culture was established on June 20, 1952, when inaugural ceremonies were held in Beijing. Mao's inscription was for this occasion, The same
Inscription was also written for the PLA Sports Convention in commemoration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the “August 1" Army Day (i.e., the day of the founding of
the Red Army). See RMRB (Aug. 2, 1952). 1-

Promote physical culture and sports;
strengthen the People’s physique.

Mao Zedong

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