Guo Guangchang (center), chairman of Fosun Group practices Tai Chi with Parkinson's patients at the opening ceremony for the third phase of public Tai Chi class, August 6, 2017. [Photo by Liu Yilin/Eastday]

The opening ceremony for the third phase of the public Tai Chi class for Parkinson adjuvant therapy was held in Shanghai Fosun Art Center on August 6.

The public-interest class was organized by the Fosun Foundation and Shanghai Ruijin Hospital with the aim of providing adjuvant treatment to Parkinson's patients who suffer from long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system through the practicing of Tai Chi, a quintessential art form of China which offers its practitioners philosophical grounding as well as health benefits.

At the ceremony, Parkinson's sufferers shared their experience of physical and spiritual changes after participating in the program.

According to Chen Shengdi, Director Of The Neurology Department of Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, tracking records of the patients who entered the Tai Chi class revealed that 90 percent of them improved their condition.