China at the 2022 Asian Games

China at the
2022 Asian Games
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
external link (in Chinese and English)
in Hangzhou, China
23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) – 8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)
Competitors886 (449 men and 437 women)
Flag bearers (opening)Yang Liwei (basketball)
Qin Haiyang (Swimming)
Flag bearer (closing)Xie Zhenye
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
201
Silver
111
Bronze
71
Total
383
Asian Games appearances (overview)

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2022 Asian Games as the host country, as the games were held in Hangzhou, capital of the Zhejiang province.[1][2]

Earlier the event was scheduled to be held in September 2022[3] but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to September–October 2023.[4][5]

The host nation, China crossed the 200 gold medal mark for the first time in a single edition of the Asian Games, reaching a total of 201 gold medals, becoming the first country in the history to do so and surpassing their previous record of 199 golds in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.[6][7][8]

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