List of multi-sport events held by China

This article lists multi-sport events held by the People's Republic of China (PRC), including Hong Kong (after 1997) and Macau (after 1999).

2008 Summer Olympics.

Mainland edit

Host city Event Date Teams Athletes Sports Events Officially opened by Top placed team
Beijing 1990 Asian Games September 22 - October 7 36 6,122 29 310 President Yang Shangkun   China
1994 FESPIC Games September 4 - 10 42 2,081 Unknown
2001 Summer Universiade August 22 - September 1 165 6,757 12 170 CCP General Secretary & President Jiang Zemin   China
2008 Summer Olympics[a] August 8 - 24 204 10,942 28 302 CCP General Secretary & President Hu Jintao   China
2008 Summer Paralympics[b] September 6 - 17 146 3,951 20 472 CCP General Secretary & President Hu Jintao   China
2008 World Mind Sports Games October 3 - 18 143 2,763 5 35 N/A   China
2010 World Combat Games August 28 - September 4 96 1,108 12 118 N/A   Russia
2022 Winter Olympics[c] February 4 - 20 91 2,871 7 109 CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping   Norway
2022 Winter Paralympics[d] March 4 - 13 46 564 6 78 CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping   China
Tianjin 2013 East Asian Games October 6 - 15 9 2,422 24 254 Vice Premier Liu Yandong   China
Shanghai 1993 East Asian Games May 9 - 18 8 1,021 12 170 CCP General Secretary & President Jiang Zemin   China
1998 Gymnasiade December 12 - 19 Unknown
2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games October 2 - 11 165 7,291 25 CCP General Secretary & President Hu Jintao Unknown
Changchun, Jilin 2007 Asian Winter Games January 28 - February 4 25 796 5 47 CCP General Secretary & President Hu Jintao   China
Harbin, Heilongjiang 1996 Asian Winter Games February 4 - 11 15 453 8 43 CCP General Secretary & President Jiang Zemin   China
2009 Winter Universiade February 18 - February 28 44 2,326 12 82 State Councilor Liu Yandong   China
2025 Asian Winter Games February 7-14 TBD Future event
Nanjing, Jiangsu 2013 Asian Youth Games August 16 - 24 45 2,404 16 122 Vice Premier Liu Yandong   China
2014 Summer Youth Olympics August 16 - 28 203 3,579 28 222 CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping   China
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 2022 Asian Games 23 September - 8 October 2023 (due to COVID-19 pandemic) 45 11,109 40 481 CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping   China
2022 Asian Para Games October 22 - 28 2023 (due to COVID-19 pandemic) 44 3,100 22 501 CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping   China
Jinjiang, Fujian 2021 Gymnasiade U18 November 26 - December 3 2022 TBD 18 241 TBD Future event
Haiyang, Shandong 2012 Asian Beach Games June 16 - 22 43 1,336 13 49 State Councilor Ma Kai   China
Wuhan, Hubei 2019 Military World Games October 18 - 27 109 9,308 27 329 CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping   China
Guangzhou, Guangdong 2010 Asian Games[e] November 12 - 27 45 9,704 42 476 Premier Wen Jiabao   China
2010 Asian Para Games December 12 - 19 41 2,405 19 341 Vice Premier Li Keqiang   China
2017 BRICS Games June 17 - 21 5 c.300 3 10 N/A   China
Shenzhen, Guangdong 2011 Summer Universiade August 12 - 23 165 7,999 24 306 CCP General Secretary & President Hu Jintao   China
Chengdu, Sichuan 2019 World Police and Fire Games August 8 - 18 79 10,678 60 N/A Governor of Sichuan Yin Li   China
2021 Summer World University Games 28 July - 8 August 2023 (due to COVID-19 pandemic; also replaced cancelled 2023 Summer World University Games) 116 5,059 18 269 CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping   China
2025 World Games 7 - 17 August 2025 TBD 35 TBD Future event

Hong Kong edit

Host city Event Date Teams Athletes Sports Events Officially opened by Top placed team
Hong Kong 2003 FESPIC Youth Games December 24 - 27 15 584 Unknown
2009 East Asian Games December 5 - 13 9 2,377 22 262 State Councilor Liu Yandong   China
2023 Gay Games (co-hosted with Guadalajara, Mexico) November 3 - 11, 2023 (due to COVID-19 pandemic) 30 TBD 36 TBD

Macau edit

Host city Event Date Teams Athletes Sports Events Officially opened by Top placed team
Macau 2005 East Asian Games October 29 - November 6 9 1,919 17 235 Vice Premier Wu Yi   China
2006 Lusophony Games October 7 - 15 11 733 8 48 Chief Executive Edmund Ho   Brazil
2007 Asian Indoor Games October 26 - November 3 44 1,792 17 151 Chief Executive Edmund Ho   China

See also edit

List of multi-sport events

Notes edit

  1. ^ Qingdao, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao were the co-host cities.
  2. ^ Qingdao and Hong Kong were the co-host cities.
  3. ^ With Zhangjiakou as co-host city.
  4. ^ With Zhangjiakou as co-host city.
  5. ^ Foshan, Dongguan and Shanwei were the co-host cities.