The Rally China (中国拉力赛) is the largest rally racing event held in China. The first event was run as the ''China Rally'' in 1997 in the province of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, as a replacement to the Hong Kong - Beijing Rally, and was an event on the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

(WRC) calendar in 1999. However it was replaced by the

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the following year. From 2000 to 2015, it has been part of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), moving initially to

Shaoguan Shaoguan (; Hakka: Seukoan) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province ( Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch ...

province. ''"Force majeure because of government"'', according to the organisers, led to the cancellation of the event in 2003. The event moved for a single year to

Huizhou Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyu ...

, Guangdong in 2004 before reverting to Shaoguan. From 2009 until 2015, the event was hosted in Longyou,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...

province. The event returned to the WRC calendar in 2016 after moving to

Huairou Huairou District () is situated in northern Beijing about from the city center (about a 1½ to 2 hour drive). History In 1995 during the United Nation's 4th World's Women Conference in Beijing, the Civil Society community was forced to meet in t ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, but was cancelled due to weather damage. China will continue to host a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in

Zhangye Zhangye (), formerly romanized as Changyeh or known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south. Its central district is Ga ...

, Gansu in 2016 too, while Longyou will continue to host a round of the Chinese Rally Championship.

List of previous winners

Rally China

References

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