In pics: professional sports and national fitness promote prosperity of sports

Some 10,000 peoples from Beijing, Yongnian County of northern Hebei Province and overseas Chinese from abroad take part in the Taijiquan performance at central Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 15, 1998. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, professional sports and national fitness have developed in coordination to jointly promote the prosperity of sports. (Xinhua/Li Jundong)