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Wide of group of employees during mass exercise routine.2. Mid of a man listening to fitness instructor3. Mid of the group listening to fitness instructor4. Mid of employees during mass exercise...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eBeijing -  3 March, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of group of employees during mass exercise routine.\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of a man listening to fitness instructor\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of the group listening to fitness instructor\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of employees during mass exercise routine\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of a girl stretching during the exercise routine\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhang Xin, Office Worker:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can exercise here. We invited a coach here to teach us to make sure we train properly and do not get any injuries. Also the company is organising a competition for us to encourage people to do exercise.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of employees during mass exercise routine\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of man exercising\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of fitness instructor talking to the employees \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Cao Jingni, Fitness Trainer: \u003cbr/\u003e\"It is good exercise for the public, but it wasn't practiced widely. Now the government is encouraging all companies do exercise. We have a saying that if we practice for an hour a day, we can work healthily for 50 years and live happily for our whole life. Now people who work in offices are always on computers. They are busy with work, they do not have enough exercise. We only need to practice once at 10 am and once at 3pm. If we keep doing that it will benefit everybody.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of group exercising\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of employees lunging\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of group of employees\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eBeijing - 24 February, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of men exercising together in a park\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of a man performing traditional Chinese exercise\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of spinning top on the ground\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of man performing traditional Chinese exercise\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Beijing Resident (no name available): \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that young people are too busy working.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of man exercising with a large black whip\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of whip on the ground\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of man exercising with a whip\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of man exercising with whip\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eBeijing - 3 March, 2011, Olympic Park\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid of Zhang Zhenying exercising at the Olympic stadium\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close of feet\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhang Zhenying, Vice Secretary-General, Beijing Workers Sports Association:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can provide different ways for different people. Beijing's trade union sports bureau and the public health bureau should work together to issue a programme. Companies can choose different ways to exercise which suits them to promote mass exercise and promote health awareness.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of Zhang Zhenying exercising at the Olympic stadium.\u003cbr/\u003eBeing too busy to work out is a common complaint in today's world of hectic lifestyles. \u003cbr/\u003ePeople in sedentary jobs often admit to never taking any form of exercise.\u003cbr/\u003eNow China has come up with an idea to get everybody up and jogging - compulsory mass exercise classes. \u003cbr/\u003eIt looks like an average fitness class - minus the lycra. \u003cbr/\u003eBut this has just become part of a normal work day for these office workers in Beijing. \u003cbr/\u003eThe company they work for have signed them up to a twice weekly in-office fitness regime. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the past, mass exercise classes were common in Beijing, but they were largely suspended three years ago due to a lack of interest from employees.\u003cbr/\u003eNow the Beijing Federation of Trade unions says it wants routines like these to become compulsory for all state-owned companies in Beijing. \u003cbr/\u003eTheir aim is for 60 per cent of all workers across the capital to be taking part in a daily routine by the end of this year.\u003cbr/\u003e28 year-old Zhang Xin is desk bound for most of the day.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can exercise here. We invited a coach here to teach us to make sure we train properly and do not get any injuries. Also the company is organising a competition for us to encourage people to do exercise,\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003eThe government is training around 5,000 fitness instructors in a bid to get the nation healthy. \u003cbr/\u003eCao Jingni, is one of them. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It is good exercise for the public, but it wasn't practiced widely. Now the government is encouraging all companies do exercise. We have a saying that if we practice for an hour a day, we can work healthily for 50 years and live happily for our whole life. Now people who work in offices are always on computers. They are busy with work, they do not have enough exercise. We only need to practice once at 10 am and once at 3pm. If we keep doing that it will benefit everybody,\" she says. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the past, group calisthenics included a range of Chinese traditional pursuits. In 1951 Chairman Mao (Mao Zedong) launched an initiative for large groups of elderly people to gather to exercise together.\u003cbr/\u003eBut as China gets richer, diets and lifestyles are changing. Experts say that there is a generation gap when it comes to how health and exercise is perceived in China.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that young people are too busy working,\" says one Beijing resident. \u003cbr/\u003eEvery morning he trains in a park in northern Beijing. It has long been part of his daily routine.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the revival of mass exercise is also coming up against criticism. \u003cbr/\u003eSome doubt that the routine could have a real place in modern China. \u003cbr/\u003eZhang Zhenying - vice secretary-general for the Beijing Workers Sports Association - has instructed mass exercise classes for more than 20 years. \u003cbr/\u003eHe agrees with exercising in principle but feels classes should be more tailor made. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We can provide different ways for different people. Beijing's trade union sports bureau and the public health bureau should work together to issue a programme. 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