The 54-year-old health official has more than one million followers on Sina Weibo.

这位54岁的卫生厅厅长在新浪微博上吸引了100多万人关注。

Yet Chinese netizens soon fought back with negative comments.

不过，对此，中国的网民们很快做出了负面的回应。

One online writer going by the name "Da Xia" asked whether Liu was a kung fu master or a health official.

一位署名“大侠”的网友质问刘维忠究竟是功夫大师还是卫生厅官员。

Others wondered why medical workers would be practicing kung fu instead of practicing medicine.

一些网友则表示困惑，医务人员不行医，却跑去练功。

In response, Liu said that the term he used had nothing to do with kung fu, and that the term had been appropriated from traditional Chinese medicine by the writers of popular novels.

刘维忠回应称，他所说的这个术语源自传统中医，常出现在当代小说家的笔下，跟功夫没啥关系。

"To achieve that by practicing qigong one can get healthier," he said.

“练习气功，打通任督二脉，身体会更健康。”他这么说道。

Liu has long been promoting knowledge about traditional health and folk remedies through his micro blog, though he was not a major in traditional Chinese medicine.

尽管刘维忠并非中医方面的专业人士，但是一直以来，他都在借助微博来推广传统的健康知识和民间偏方。

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