# National Games of China > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/National_Games_of_China > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/National_Games_of_China.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Games_of_China > Source revision: 1341478500 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Four-year multi-sport event Not to be confused with [National Games of the Republic of China](/source/National_Games_of_the_Republic_of_China). National Games of the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国全国运动会 Abbreviation All China Games First event 1959 Occur every 4 years Purpose Multi-sport event for the elite athletes in the People's Republic of China Website en.olympic.cn/games/national ‹[See RfD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2026_May_22#Template:Chinese)› National Games 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 Literal meaning All-People's Republic of China Games Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Quánguó Yùndònghuì Wade–Giles Chunghua Jenmin Kunghekuo Ch'üankuo Yüntunghui Abbreviation Simplified Chinese 全国运动会 Traditional Chinese 全國運動會 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Quánguó Yùndònghuì Wade–Giles Ch'üankuo Yüntunghui Alternative abbreviation Simplified Chinese 全运会 Traditional Chinese 全運會 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Quányùnhuì Wade–Giles Ch'üanyünhui The **National Games of the People's Republic of China** is the highest-level comprehensive [multi-sport event](/source/Multi-sport_event) of China. It is hosted by the [General Administration of Sport of China](/source/General_Administration_of_Sport_of_China). The games is held every four years, usually in the summer or autumn of the year after the Summer Olympics.[1][2] The National Games was first held in 1959 in Beijing at the [Workers' Stadium](/source/Workers'_Stadium), when 10,658 athletes competed across 384 events in 42 sports.[3] ## List of the National Games **[2013](/source/Shenyang)** **[1959, 1965, 1975, 1979, 1993](/source/Beijing)** **[2017](/source/Tianjin)** **[2009](/source/Jinan)** **[2021](/source/Xi'an)** **[2005](/source/Jiangsu)** **[1983, 1997](/source/Shanghai)** **[1987, 2001, 2025](/source/Guangzhou)** **[2029](/source/Hunan)** Host cities of the National Games Games Host Year Dates Teams Athletes Sports Events Ref 1 Beijing 1959 13 September – 3 October 29 10,658 42 384 2 1965 11–28 September 29 5,014 23 300 3 1975 12–28 September 31 12,497 42 310 4 1979 15–30 September 31 15,189 36 469 5 Shanghai 1983 18 September – 1 October 31 8,943 26 277 6 Guangdong 1987 20 November – 5 December 37 7,228 44 343 7 Beijing 1993 4–15 September 45 7,481 43 374 8 Shanghai 1997 12–24 October 45 7,943 28 319 9 Guangdong 2001 11–25 November 45 8,608 30 345 10 Jiangsu 2005 12–23 October 42 9,986 32 483 11 Shandong 2009 16–28 October 46 10,991 33 551 12 Liaoning 2013 31 August – 12 September 39 9,770 31 350 13 Tianjin 2017 27 August – 8 September 38 8,478 33 417 14 Shaanxi 2021 15–27 September ~39 ~12,000 36 412 [4] 15 Guangdong Hong Kong Macau 2025 9–21 November 14,252 34 419 16 Hunan 2029 ## Statistics Main article: [Statistics of the National Games of China](/source/Statistics_of_the_National_Games_of_China) ## See also - [All-China Games](/source/All-China_Games) - [Asian Games](/source/Asian_Games) - [China National Youth Games](/source/China_National_Youth_Games) - [East Asian Games](/source/East_Asian_Games) - [Football at the National Games of China](/source/Football_at_the_National_Games_of_China) - [Artistic Gymnastics at the National Games of China](/source/Artistic_Gymnastics_at_the_National_Games_of_China) - [National Peasants' Games](/source/National_Peasants'_Games) - [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) - [Sport in China](/source/Sport_in_China) - [2025 National Games for Persons with Disabilities of China](/source/2025_National_Games_for_Persons_with_Disabilities_of_China) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["中華人民共和國第十四屆全國運動會香港特區代表團"](https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/tc/ngames/2021/index.html). *www.lcsd.gov.hk*. Retrieved 21 September 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["大运会、亚运会、全运会 你都分得清吗？｜大运会小科普 - 封面新闻"](https://www.thecover.cn/news/2rh9YZAqtD+H90qSdq8Jkw==). *www.thecover.cn*. Retrieved 21 September 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["9月13日：第一届全运会在北京开幕"](https://www.gov.cn/lssdjt/content_1945809.htm). *www.gov.cn*. Retrieved 21 September 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["第十四届全运会"](https://www.sport.gov.cn/n4/n23367606/n23367832/c23595224/content.html). *www.sport.gov.cn*. 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