For China’s competitive sports, 2008 is an extremely brilliant year. In the post-Olympic era, a mass sport is bound to be more and more attention. In order to satisfy people's growing demand for physical fitness and in order to commemorate the success of the Beijing Olympic Games, the State Council approved on August 8 as "National Fitness Day", to convey healthy sporting spirit to the public and to promote the concept of healthy living.
對于中國競技體育，2008年是非常輝煌的一年。在后奧運時期，大眾體育是越來越受到關注。為了滿足人民群眾日益增長的健身需求，為了紀念北京奧運會的成功舉辦，國務院把八月八日定為“全民健身日”，來傳達健康體育精神，促進公眾健康的生活理念。

The establishment of National Fitness Day is to adapt to people’s sports needs, to promote the national fitness campaign，to further develop the comprehensive functions of sport and social effect，to rich sporting and cultural life and to promote human’s comprehensive development. The most important is that National Fitness Day is the best way to commemorate the Beijing Olympic Games.
全民健身日的成立，是適應人民群眾的體育需求，促進全民健身運動，以進一步全面發展體育和社會影響，豐富體育文化生活，促進人的全面發展。最重要的是，全民健身日是為了紀念北京奧運會的最好方式。

Liu Peng, the department head of State Sports General Administration, said that Hu Jintao had told four major. Firstly, sports have become an important way to promote civilized way of life. Secondly, spots have become an important method of enhancing youth physical fitness. Thirdly, sports have become the important force to promote economic and social development and the important bridge to communicate and contact the world. Therefore, the "National Fitness Day" is a benchmark and a driving force. 
劉鵬，國家體育總局局長，說胡錦濤曾講了四個重要。首先，體育已經成為推廣文明生活方式的重要途徑。其次，體育已成為增強青少年體質的重要方法。第三，體育已經成為推動經濟和社會發展的重要力量和溝通世界、聯系世界的重要橋梁。因此，“全民健身日”是一個標桿，是一個推動力。

Through the publicity and driving of 'National Fitness Day’, to make fitness will be a part of people's lives. The people will really enjoy health and happiness brought by the sports. So the sports will play a more active role in the construction of harmonious society!
通過 “全民健身日”的宣傳和驅動，讓健身成為人們生活的一部分。人民群眾才可以真正享受到體育帶來的健康和快樂。因此，體育在構建和諧社會中發揮著更積極的作用！