List of multi-sport events held by China explained

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

Mainland

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	August 8 - 24	204	10,942	28	302	CCP General Secretary & President Hu Jintao	China
	2008 Summer Paralympics	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	February 4 - 20	91	2,871	7	109	CCP General Secretary & President Xi Jinping	Norway
	2022 Winter Paralympics	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	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

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

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

List of multi-sport events