World Conference on Sport for All opens in Beijing

Some 600 sports and government representatives, delegates from UN agencies, NGOs and academics from around the world are meeting in Beijing as the 14th World Conference on Sport for All opened Wednesday in the Chinese capital city.

The three-day Conference, organized by the International Olympic Committee, in cooperation with the World Health Organization and SportAccord, will focus on the practical implementation of sport for all programs and consist of discussions on such subjects as "Follow-up of the 2010 World Conference on Sport for All", "Programs and policies: the practical and theoretical foundations of Sport for All", "Development and promotion of Sport for All, in particular the roles of different stakeholders", "Health and social benefits of physical activity" and "Future directions".

(Source: Xinhua)