To celebrate the start of the 200-day countdown to the 14th National Winter Games, a fitness activity is held at Genghis Khan Square in Hailaar, Hulunbuir, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on July 31. [Photo/people.com.cn]

To celebrate the start of the 200-day countdown to the 14th National Winter Games, a fitness activity was held at Genghis Khan Square in Hailaar, Hulunbuir, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on July 31.

According to local media reports, the 14th National Winter Games will be held in Inner Mongolia on February 16, 2020. This is the first large comprehensive sports meet to be held in Inner Mongolia for over 70 years. It is also the largest, most professional, and highest-level winter sporting event that will be held in China before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

People in traditional Mongolian clothing perform a fitness dance at the square on July 31. [Photo/people.com.cn]

The event attracted nearly 3,000 people, who participated in a number of performances and fitness contests.

At the event, locals performed dances and choruses. One-hundred teenagers put on a roller-skating show and another 200 people performed a fitness dance.

That night, a total of six enterprises signed cooperative contracts with the organizing committee of the 14th National Winter Games. A total of 21 companies have now signed cooperation agreements worth a total of 176.8 million yuan ($25.95 million) with the organizing committee.