- National Games of the People's Republic of China
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National Games of the People's Republic of China 
Abbreviation National Games of the PRC, All China Games First event 1959 Occur every 4 Purpose Sports for elite athletes in China National Games of the People's Republic 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 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 2009, when the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China took place in Shandong. The next games will be held in Liaoning in 2013.The forerunner of the Games was the Chinese National Games, first held in 1910. 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.[1]
Contents
Editions
Chinese National Games
Year Edition Date Host city No. of competitors
(delegations)1910 I Nanjing 1914 II Beijing 1924 III Wuchang 1930 IV Hangzhou 1933 V Nanjing 1935 VI Shanghai 1948 VII Shanghai National Games of the People's Republic of China
Year Edition Date Host city 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 Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou 8,608 (45) 2005 X 9–23 October Jiangsu 9,986 (46) 2009 XI 16–28 October Shandong 10,991 (46) 2013 XII Shenyang See also
- Football at the National Games of China
- Sport in the People's Republic of China
- National Peasants' Games
- All-China Games
References
- ^ Chinese National Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-10-24.
External links
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