The '''Chinese Boxing Federation''' (CBF, {{lang-zh|中国拳击协会}}) is a national sports non-profit organization that was established in 1986. It is under the supervision of the State General Administration of Sports and is dedicated to the promotion of the technical advancement and popularization of boxing.<ref name="x756">{{cite book | title=中国社会团体大辞典 | publisher=警官敎育出版社 | year=1995 | isbn=978-7-81027-614-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irUMAAAAYAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-09-18 | page=352}}</ref>
== History == Deng Xiaoping stated that "boxing can also be a channel to enhance the understanding and friendship between the people of China and the U.S." during Muhammad Ali's inaugural visit to China in December 1979.<ref name="q372">{{cite book | title=邓小平新时期重要活动纪略 | publisher=Chinese Overseas Publishing House | year=1994 | isbn=978-7-80074-962-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVGvAAAAIAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-09-18 | page=92}}</ref><ref name="o905">{{cite book | title=邓小平时代的中国 | publisher=Guangming Daily Press | issue=v. 1 | year=1996 | isbn=978-7-80091-669-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dnS6AAAAIAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-09-18 | page=261}}</ref> The Chinese Boxing Association (CBA) was established in 1986; the sport of boxing resumed in March; the CBA formally joined the International Boxing Federation (IBF) in June 1987; and the Chinese boxing team was formally established in 1988.<ref name="d774">{{cite book | title=中国党派社团辞典 | publisher=Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House | year=1989 | isbn=978-7-80023-070-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EAUNAAAAYAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-09-18 | page=273}}</ref> The Chinese boxing team was officially established in 1988 to prepare for the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.<ref name="k997">{{cite book | title=论中国体育社团: 国家与社会关系转变下的体育社团改革 | publisher=Beijing Sport University Press | year=2004 | isbn=978-7-81100-232-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_FFAAAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-09-18 | page=61}}</ref>
The Sixth National Congress of the Chinese Boxing Association was conducted in Beijing on February 7, 2018.<ref name="f744">{{cite web | title=中国拳击协会第六次全国代表大会在京召开_体育_腾讯网 | website=qq.com | date=2018-02-08 | url=https://sports.qq.com/a/20180208/016931.htm | language=zh | access-date=2024-09-18}}</ref>
== References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.chnboxing.com/ Official website]
{{Sports governing bodies in China}} {{National Members of World Boxing}} {{National members of the International Boxing Association}}
Category:Boxing in China Category:Amateur boxing governing bodies Category:National members of the International Boxing Association Category:1986 in Beijing Category:Sports organizations established in 1986