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.