"Hope Marathon Henan Trip" Image Ambassador Sun Tiantian (third from left)
On October 22, the opening ceremony of the 23rd Hope Marathon was held in Zhengzhou, with Olympic champion Sun Tiantian taking the lead.
In this "Henan Trip" activity, image ambassadors, anti-cancer stars and caring citizens participated in the charity run, and organized donations from caring enterprises and individuals. The funds raised were all handed over to the China Cancer Foundation by the Henan Cancer Foundation, which was used to popularize scientific anti-cancer knowledge, fund poor cancer patients, and promote cancer prevention and control research.
Zhang Jiangong, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Henan Provincial Cancer Hospital
Zhang Jiangong, secretary of the party committee and president of Henan Provincial Cancer Hospital, said at the opening ceremony that in the Healthy China Action, cancer prevention and treatment is one of the 15 major special projects and is in an important strategic position. Under the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Health Commission, the hospital benchmarked the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, compared with the national cancer regional medical center construction standards, implemented the "Accompanying Flight Plan", promoted the "collaborative innovation of medical research enterprises", and gave full play to the leading role of radiation.
According to reports, the "Hope Marathon" charity run is the world's largest public welfare activity for cancer patients and cancer prevention and control research. In the past 23 years, the Hope Marathon Special Fund has helped more than 1,000 poor cancer patients in 11 provinces across the country. Funded more than 1,000 cancer prevention and treatment research projects in 20 provinces across the country, involving multiple fields such as tumor prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment, and some research results have been applied to the clinic, bringing good news to cancer patients.
Sun Tiantian, image ambassador and Olympic champion of the Hope Marathon Henan Trip, said, "I hope that through today's activities, we will remind everyone to strengthen physical exercise, improve physical fitness, and win the marathon of health." At the same time, I would also like to appeal to the whole society to care for cancer patients, support the cause of cancer prevention and control, and build a great wall of health. ”
Among the athletes participating in this year's "Hope Marathon • Henan Trip", there are also many "anti-cancer stars", some of whom have been fighting cancer for 20 or 30 years. They hope to use their own experience and practical actions to tell everyone: cancer is not equal to death, to maintain a good attitude, active life.
(Correspondents: Chang Rong, Li Ang)
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The Hope Marathon was launched in Canada in 1981 in honor of cancer hero Terry Fox. In 1980, Fox dragged his right leg prosthetic leg after bone cancer amputation and began a charity run across Canada, calling on people to donate a love for cancer research.
In 1999, the Hope Marathon began its trip to China and became the largest public welfare activity for cancer research in China. From the first starting gun sounded, with the footsteps of "scientific cancer prevention and running for love", adhering to the purpose of "popularizing scientific anti-cancer knowledge, promoting cancer prevention and treatment research, and funding poor cancer patients", we opened the journey of "running to light up hope".
In the past 23 years, the Hope Marathon Special Fund has helped more than 1,000 poor cancer patients in 11 provinces across the country. Funded more than 1,000 cancer prevention and control research projects in 20 provinces across the country, involving tumor prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment, bringing good news to cancer patients.