All-China Games
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The All-China Games (simplified Chinese: 全国体育大会; traditional Chinese: 全國體育大會; pinyin: Quánguó Tǐyù Dàhuì) is a quadrennial national multi-sports event for non-Olympic sports in the People's Republic of China. The events are to "give priority to promoting national physical fitness and providing lots of fun for amateur athletes".[1]
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Events include: dragon boat racing, lion dancing, shuai jiao (Chinese wrestling), trampoline, dance sports, bridge, golf, aerobics, water skiing, parachuting, body building and fitness, billiards, chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), mountaineering and climbing, squash, orienteering, hobby craft, wireless location hunt, bowling, roller sports, open water swimming, tug of war; fin swimming, goal ball, boules, bridge, fin swimming, billiards and "Go (game)".
One of the aims is to promote sport and the whole event is dubbed a "national fitness program". So there are no medal rankings.
The Games are organised by the State General Administration of Sports (SGAS). In the past the games have not been widely publicised.
Chongqing was scheduled to hold the 5th Games 2014, but in December 2012, they were informed that the games had been canceled.[2]