Have fun in old age! The "Lao Jian Hui" is just one of their stages. They always have something to "compete" and always have something to "move".
In Shanghai, which is committed to building a world-class sports event capital and a world-famous sports city, elderly people also come to compete! On the afternoon of the 6th, the 12th Shanghai Sports and Fitness Conference for the Elderly kicked off at the Shanghai Sports Palace, followed by the 2nd Shanghai Sports Exhibition Conference for the Elderly.
This year's "Elderly Health Association" will be held from May to October 2024, with a total of 34 exchange activities, including 24 competitions and 10 exhibitions. This senior health association adheres to the purpose of active aging and healthy aging, and takes the policy of focusing on participation, health, happiness, communication and safety, striving to create a "safe and diverse, exemplary and leading" , frugal and honest, outstanding communication” fitness event for the elderly.
After the opening ceremony, the atmosphere at the Second Shanghai Senior Sports Exhibition Conference was lively and extraordinary, with twelve performances including martial arts skewers, cane exercises, hand drumming, square dance, aerobics, fan dance, scarf dance, Latin dance, and waltz. The programs were staged in turn and were brilliant. The performers used their strong and vigorous postures to interpret their high-spirited spirit and positive and optimistic attitude towards life, showing the elderly people in Shanghai's yearning for a better life. The audience voted for their favorite performing team.
In recent years, it has become a common practice for the elderly in Shanghai to actively participate in various fitness and health activities, becoming the most beautiful scenery in Shanghai's efforts to build an international sports metropolis. This is also one of the results of Shanghai’s active promotion of “ageing-friendly” construction over the years. As the first city in the country to enter an aging society, "aging appropriately" has become a "hot word" in the lives of Shanghai citizens. Xu Bin, director of the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, said that Shanghai’s sports work continues to make efforts in serving the health of the elderly, and the construction and service provision of “aging-friendly” national fitness facilities is an important part of it. "In order to meet the growing fitness and health care needs of the elderly, Shanghai has pioneered the first sports and health homes for the elderly in the country in recent years. By May this year, we will work with the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau to build 136 sports and health homes for the elderly in the city. Home, relying on age-appropriate and intelligent equipment, provides basic health testing, scientific fitness guidance, sports rehabilitation training, leisure and socialization and other services for the elderly.”
Various mass sports events, including the "Elderly Health Club", also give the elderly more and more stages to showcase themselves. It is understood that this year's Shanghai Citizens' Games will further cover the entire population, and provide a larger stage for Shanghai citizens to participate in sports by holding various sports carnivals and organizing a number of mass sports events and activities. At the same time, the project setting is also more abundant. The sports meeting has two major sections: competition and activities. The competition section includes 65 competition events such as football, basketball, and volleyball, as well as 15 performance events such as Health Qigong and Tai Chi. The national physical exercise standards and There are two qualifying competitions for "Everyone learns to swim through sports"; the activity section includes 40 municipal-level brand activities and 16 district-level brand activities.
Participating in sports and events is becoming more and more convenient and considerate, and it has also enhanced the sense of happiness and gain among the elderly in Shanghai.
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