National Games of China

National Games of the People's Republic of China

Abbreviation	National Games of the PRC, All China Games
First event	1959
Occur every	4 years
Purpose	Sports for elite athletes in China

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

The National Games of the People's Republic 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; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Quánguó Yùndònghuì), sometimes known as the All China Games (though not to be confused with the All-China Games), is the premier sports event in China at national level. It is usually held once every four years, most recently in October 2013, when the 2013 National Games of China took place in Liaoning. The next games will be held in Tianjin in 2017.

The forerunner of the Games was the Chinese National Games, first held in 1910 during the Qing Dynasty. This ran until 1948 and the competition was relaunched under its current name in 1959, following the formation of the People's Republic of China.

Editions

Chinese National Games

Year	Edition	Date	Host city	No. of competitors (delegations)
1910	I		Nanking
1914	II		Peking
1924	III		Wuchang
1930	IV		Hangzhou
1933	V		Nanking
1935	VI		Shanghai
1948	VII		Shanghai

National Games of the People's Republic of China

Year	Edition	Date	Host	No. of competitors (delegations)
1959	I	13 September – 3 October	Beijing	10,600
1965	II	11–28 September	Beijing	5,922 (29)
1975	III	12–28 September	Beijing	10,669 (31)
1979	IV	15–30 September	Beijing	6,000+
1983	V	18 September – 1 October	Shanghai	8,943
1987	VI	20 November – 5 December	Guangdong	8,000+
1993	VII	15 August – 19 September	Beijing/Sichuan/Qinhuangdao	10,510 (45)
1997	VIII	12–24 October	Shanghai
2001	IX	11–25 November	Guangdong	8,608 (45)
2005	X	9–23 October	Jiangsu	9,986 (46)
2009	XI	16–28 October	Shandong	10,991 (46)
2013	XII	31 August - 12 September	Liaoning
2017	XIII	1–17 December	Tianjin
2021	XIV		Shaanxi

See also

• Football at the National Games of China
• Table tennis at the National Games of China
• Sport in the People's Republic of China
• National Peasants' Games
• All-China Games

External links

• Partial list from Chinese Olympic Committee