The Asian Games is a once-in-a-four-year large comprehensive games, which are held by Asian Olympic Council members in turn. This year's location is Jakarta, Indonesia. Last night, the Asian Games officially closed. Where will the next Asian Games be held? Let's have a look.
Where will the 2022 Asian Games be held
It will be held in Hangzhou, China from September 10, 2022 to September 25, 2022.
The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, the 19th Asian Games, will be held in Hangzhou, China, in 2022. Hangzhou is the third city in China to win the right to host the Asian Games. Beijing held the 11th Asian Games in 1990 and Guangzhou held the 16th Asian Games in 2010.
As of the end of March 2018, 34 events are planned for the Hangzhou Asian Games, including 27 Olympic events and 7 non Olympic events.
The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games will adhere to the concept of "green, intelligent, thrifty and civilized", adhere to the principle of "focusing on Hangzhou and sharing in the whole province", take Hangzhou as the host city and radiate some cities in the province.
The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games
The 19th Asian Games held a campaign:
On September 16, 2015, the 34th OCA Congress was held in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. The first topic of the conference was to hear the statement of Hangzhou bid delegation.
Liu Peng, chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee and director of the General Administration of sport of China, the core member of Hangzhou bid delegation, Zhang Hongming, mayor of Hangzhou, Luo Xuejuan, image ambassador of Shenya, and Jin Jianhang, President of Alibaba Group successively made statements. Chen Yongxin, a bilingual anchor of Hangzhou TV station, made an English statement. The female anchor with a received pronunciation accent grew up in the UK, graduated from London School of economics and politics, and then worked on CNN International Channel.
Last December, she also hosted Hangzhou's bid for the 2018 World Short Pool Swimming Championships in Doha, Qatar. Chen Yongxin's proficient English expression ability is highly praised by all parties.
Liu Peng, director of the General Administration of sports of the people's Republic of China, called him "little Yang Lan" for his dignified and generous hosting style and skillful and pure language expression in the on-site statement of the Asian Games bid. After the presentation, the delegation broadcast the Shenya promotional film of Hangzhou. Finally, Zheng Jiwei, vice governor of Zhejiang Province, made a summary statement on behalf of Zhejiang provincial government. He solemnly promised that the Zhejiang provincial government will give full play to support Hangzhou to hold the 19th Asian Games in 2022.
At 13:03 on September 16, 2015 Beijing time, at the 34th Congress of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, after the vote of the Congress of the Asian Olympic Council, Prince Ahmed, President of the Council solemnly announced: 'Hangzhou, China has won the right to host the 2022 Asian Games'. As the only bidding city, Hangzhou became the third city in China to hold the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou.
The Asian Games are held every few years
The Asian Games, abbreviated as the Asian Games, is the largest comprehensive Games in Asia. It is hosted by the member countries of the Asian Olympic Council in turn. It is held every four years and alternates with the Olympic Games. It is divided into the Asian Summer Games (Asian Games), the Asian Winter Games (Asian Winter Games), the Asian Youth Games (Asian Youth Games), and the Asian Paralympic Games (Asian Paralympic Games).
The first session has been held since 1951, and 18 sessions have been held up to 2018, once every four years. The participating countries are mainly in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia and Central Asia, including China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Pakistan and other countries. Originally hosted by the Asian Games Federation, it was hosted by the Olympic Council of Asia after 1982.