National Games of China

National Games of the
People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国全国运动会
AbbreviationAll China Games
First event1959
Occur every4 years
PurposeMulti-sport event for the elite athletes in the People's Republic of China
Websiteen.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 PinyinZhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Quánguó Yùndònghuì
Wade–GilesChunghua Jenmin Kunghekuo Ch'üankuo Yüntunghui

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.[1][2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ "中華人民共和國第十四屆全國運動會香港特區代表團". www.lcsd.gov.hk. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ^ "大运会、亚运会、全运会 你都分得清吗?|大运会小科普 - 封面新闻". www.thecover.cn. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. ^ "9月13日:第一届全运会在北京开幕". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

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