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

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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

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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

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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

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List of multi-sport events

Notes

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  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.