National Games of China

Not to be confused with National Games of the Republic of China.

The National Games of the People's Republic of China is the highest-level comprehensive multi-sport event of China. It is hosted by the General Administration of Sport of China. The games is held every four years, usually in the summer or autumn of the year after the Summer Olympics.

National Games of the
People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国全国运动会

Abbreviation	All China Games
First event	1959
Occur every	4 years
Purpose	Multi-sport event for the elite athletes in the People's Republic of China
Website	en.olympic.cn/games/national

National Games of China
Simplified Chinese	中华人民共和国全国运动会
Traditional Chinese	中華人民共和國全國運動會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Quánguó Yùndònghuì Wade–Giles Chunghua Jenmin Kunghekuo Ch'üankuo Yüntunghui

The National Games was first held in 1959 in Beijing at the Workers' Stadium, when 10,658 athletes competed across 384 events in 42 sports.

List of the National Games

2013

1959, 1965, 1975, 1979, 1993

2017

2009

2021

2005

1983, 1997

1987, 2001, 2025

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Host cities of the National Games

Games	Host	Year	Dates	Teams	Athletes	Sports	Events	Ref
1	Beijing	1959	13 September–3 October	29	10,658	42	384
2		1965	11–28 September	29	5,014	23	300
3		1975	12–28 September	31	12,497	42	310
4		1979	15–30 September	31	15,189	36	469
5	Shanghai	1983	18 September–1 October	31	8,943	26	277
6	Guangdong	1987	20 November–5 December	37	7,228	44	343
7	Beijing	1993	4–15 September	45	7,481	43	374
8	Shanghai	1997	12–24 October	45	7,943	28	319
9	Guangdong	2001	11–25 November	45	8,608	30	345
10	Jiangsu	2005	12–23 October	42	9,986	32	483
11	Shandong	2009	16–28 October	46	10,991	33	551
12	Liaoning	2013	31 August–12 September	39	9,770	31	350
13	Tianjin	2017	27 August–8 September	38	8,478	33	417
14	Shaanxi	2021	15–27 September
15	Guangdong Hong Kong Macau	2025	9–21 November

Statistics

Main article: Statistics of the National Games of China

See also

• All-China Games
• Asian Games
• China National Youth Games
• East Asian Games
• Football at the National Games of China
• National Peasants' Games
• Olympic Games
• Sport in China

External links

• Partial list from the Chinese Olympic Committee