Tour launched to promote fitness

BEIJING - China is boosting its effort to get more people involved in sports with the enhancement of one of its nationwide fitness campaigns.

The 2011 National Fitness Tour will ask star athletes, coaches and fitness instructors to act as volunteers and go into communities and universities to promote physical fitness.

The tour, which is supported by State General Administration of Sport (SGAS) and domestic sportswear company Xidelong, was initiated in 2009 and visited 358 communities in 35 cities that year. Last year, the tour went to 103 universities in 22 cities.