Beijing's 10th Mass Fitness Festival kicked off

Hundreds of thousands of people took part in various sports activities in Beijing on Sunday as the city's 10th Mass Fitness Festival kicked off.

The Mass Fitness Festival started with a Four-season Run in Beijing's Fengtai District on Sunday, which also saw the culmination of a Long Walk Series in Beijing that had been held in 33 cities across China.

The rest of the Festival will see multiple large-scale events throughout Beijing and Zhangjiakou including numerous bike marathons and a thousand-person shadow boxing performance.

These events illustrated China's widespread passion for sport and local residents' fervent support behind the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Bid, a little more than a month before the International Olympic Committee choose the host city.