The National Games is held every four years, usually around the year of the Olympic Games. The first nine National Games were held by Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong in turn. 2021September 15 to September 27th, the 14th National Games was held in Shaanxi Province. The events of the National Games are basically the same as those of the Olympic Games except martial arts. Its original intention is to train new people and select talents for the national Olympic strategy.

The first nine National Games were held by Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong in turn. At the beginning of 200 1, the General Office of the State Council officially issued the Letter on Cancelling the Restriction that Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong hold the National Games in turn. 2011June 20 17 Tianjin won the right to host the 13th National Games after three rounds of secret ballot.

National Games events

The National Games consists of 36 events and 6 performances.

Events include football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, badminton, handball, baseball, women's softball, water polo, polo, track and field, road cycling, gymnastics, acrobatics, weightlifting, swimming, diving, rowing, martial arts, Chinese wrestling, archery, China chess, Go, horse racing, shooting, motorcycle cross-country and so on.

There are six performances: cycling, fencing, freestyle wrestling, greco-Roman wrestling, chess and jet skiing.

With the participation of various mass events, the National Games is no longer exclusive to professional athletes, but has become a sports event with the participation of the whole people. The National Games is not only to train new people and select talents for the country's Olympic strategy, but also to show the elegance and achievements of China's national fitness.