The China National Youth Games ( is a quadrennial

multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...

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

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in the second edition in 1991. It has been held every four years since then and was given its current name from 2015 onwards, matching the nomenclature for the newly launched

Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

. The purpose of the games was to improve the performance of China's best young athletes and promote widespread involvement in sport. Teams are organised on a city or district basis – in line with the designation of

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, athletes may come from the metropolitan area or its surrounding area. There are also teams sent by national organisations, such as the

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.People's Republic of China City Games
ET97. Retrieved on 2016-09-04. Following on from revelations of

doping in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), conducted a state-sanctioned doping programme on athletes in the 1980s and 1990s. The majority of revelations of Chinese doping have focused on swimmers and track and field athletes, such a ...

, the competition incorporated its first blood tests in the 1999 edition. This trend continued, with over 1200 out-of-competition drug tests happening as part of the 2007 City Games. One cyclist and one wushu competitor were disqualified as a result. Anti-doping educational events were also held for both athletes and coaches. The

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competition has provided high level performances including a women's

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world junior record by Jiang Bo in 1995, and another in the women's

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by Xue Juan in 2003. It has also featured future champions in the sport, including Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang and world marathon champion

Bai Xue Xue Bai (; name means ''White Snow''; born 15 December 1988 in Heilongjiang) is a female PR China, Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres. Career Bai won both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Asian Champions ...

.Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-23)
World youth medallists excel at Chinese City Games in Nanchang - Days 1-3
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-04.

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People's Republic of China City Games
ET97. Retrieved on 2016-09-04.

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2007 China City Games official website
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