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| Abbreviation | All China Games |
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| First event | 1959 |
| Occur every | 4 years |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for the elite athletes in thePeople's Republic of China |
| Website | en |
| National Games of China | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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TheNational Games of the People's Republic of China is the highest-level comprehensivemulti-sport event of China. It is hosted by theGeneral 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 theWorkers' Stadium, when 10,658 athletes competed across 384 events in 42 sports.[3]
| Games | Host | Year | Dates | Teams | Athletes | Sports | Events | Ref |
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| 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 | 36 | 412 | |||
| 15 | Guangdong Hong Kong Macau | 2025 | 9–21 November | 34 |
