National Winter Games of China

The National Winter Games of China is a nationwide Chinese winter sports competition typically held every 4 to 5 years in conjunction with the National Games of China. The 2016 games featured 1,388 participants from 52 delegations, including Hong Kong and Macau.[1] The 2020 winter games, which were to take place in February in Inner Mongolia, have been postponed to 2024 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Editions

Year Games Host Date
1959 1st Jilin and Harbin 1–5 and 10–20 February 1959
1965 2nd Jilin (canceled) N/a
1976 3rd Harbin and Shangzhi 21–26 January 1976
1979 4th Shangzhi, Ürümqi, and Beijing 14–20 February, 4–9 March, and 8–17 September 1979
1983 5th Harbin 12–23 March 1983
1987 6th Jilin 8–17 March 1987
1991 7th Harbin 2–9 February 1991
1995 8th Jilin 14–24 January 1995
1999 9th Changchun 10–19 January 1999
2003 10th Harbin 5–18 January 2003
2008 11th Qiqihar 18–28 January 2008
2012 12th Changchun and |Jilin[3] 3–13 January 2012
2016 13th Ürümqi and Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 20–31 January 2016
2024 14th Hulunbuir originally scheduled to be held from 16–26 February 2020, rescheduled to 17–27 February 2024
2028 15th Shenyang and Fushun

References

  1. ^ "Chinese National Winter Games hailed "clean" event by organisers". 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Chinese National Winter Games postponed due to coronavirus outbreak - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ "Jilin 2012 official website". Archived from the original on 2011-03-25.


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