The National Games of the People's Republic of China (), sometimes known as the All China Games (though not to be confused with the
All-China Games
The All-China Games () is a quadrennial national multi-sports event for non-Olympic sports in the People's Republic of China. The events are to "give priority to promoting national physical fitness and providing lots of fun for amateur athletes".
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), is the premier sports event in
China at national level. It is usually held once every four years, most recently in September 2021, when the
14th National Games of China took place in
Xi'an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...
.
The forerunner of the Games was the Chinese National Games, first held in 1910 during the
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...
. This tournament ran until 1948 and the competition was relaunched under its current name in 1959, following the
formation of the People's Republic of China. On the other hand, the Chinese National Games continues to be held by the
Republic of China which is now based in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
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List of the National Games of China
Statistics
See also
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All-China Games
The All-China Games () is a quadrennial national multi-sports event for non-Olympic sports in the People's Republic of China. The events are to "give priority to promoting national physical fitness and providing lots of fun for amateur athletes".
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Asian Games
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China National Youth Games
The China National Youth Games ( is a quadrennial multi-sport event for Chinese athletes under the age of twenty-one. It was first held in 1988 as the China City Games. The competition switched to be held the year before the Summer Olympics in th ...
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East Asian Games
The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic ...
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Football at the National Games of China
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National Peasants' Games
The National Peasants' Games () are a quadrennial multi-sport event in China in which competitors from among the country's 750 million rural residents take part in sports, both conventional - including basketball, athletics, table tennis, shooting ...
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
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Sport in China
Sport in China has been long associated with the martial arts. Today, China (including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) consists of a variety of competitive sports. Traditional Chinese culture regards physical fitness as an important chara ...
References
External links
Partial list from the Chinese Olympic Committee
{{International multi-sport events
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Multi-sport events in China
1910 establishments in China
Recurring sporting events established in 1910
1959 establishments in China
Recurring sporting events established in 1959