(October 2, 1955)
Promote physical culture and sports, and build up the people’s physique.
On October 3, 1955, Mao Zedong, together with Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, He Long and other Party and state leaders, attended the opening ceremony of the First National Workers’ Athletic Games.
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On October 2, 1955, the First National Workers’ Athletic Games opened in Beijing. Mao Zedong paid close attention to the working class’s own games and wrote an inscription for the games: Promote physical culture and sports, and build up the people’s physique.