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

Yao Ming(C) talks to young players during the last exhibition game of the Yao Foundation basketball season in Beichuan County of Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province,on July 16, 2014. 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/Xue Yubin)