{"id":41679,"date":"2025-11-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4830639_CN30639_0"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:00:00","slug":"chinas-15th-national-games-dashing-forward-in-the-greater-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=41679","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s 15th National Games: Dashing forward in the Greater Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 21, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;A news report from China.org.cn on <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> 15th National Games and the Greater Bay Area:<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder5281\" align=\"center\" readability=\"8\">\n<p title=\"China\u2019s 15th National Games: Dashing forward in the Greater Bay Area\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sKnHRsMoLkM\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><br \/><span>China\u2019s 15th National Games: Dashing forward in the Greater Bay Area<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"spanHghlt2804\">The<\/span> gigantic ring-shaped cauldron is &#8220;ablaze&#8221; above the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center, as 34 sporting disciplines unfold over the past fortnight or so. One might wonder: Is China hosting another major international sporting event?<\/p>\n<p>In fact, this is nothing other than <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> own National Games.<\/p>\n<p>Held every four years, the National Games are akin to <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> version of the Olympics, which also share a similar competition line-up as that of the Olympic Games. The 15th National Games (the Games) is special \u2014 it is the first edition that has been jointly hosted by <span class=\"xn-location\">Guangdong<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Macao<\/span>. That means, the Games is crossing two social systems and three customs territories.<\/p>\n<p>In the cycling road race event, athletes set off from Zhuhai Museum in <span class=\"xn-location\">Guangdong Province<\/span> and pedaled all the way across the Macao Bridge, past <span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span> International Airport and Hong Kong Disneyland, ticking off a series of Greater Bay Area landmarks, all while in medal contention.<\/p>\n<p>These few hours of competition are, in essence, a vivid footnote to the ongoing journey of development in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Guangdong<\/span>-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).<\/p>\n<p>The GBA is an urban cluster consisting of the two special administrative regions (SAR) of <span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Macao<\/span>, together with a group of cities in <span class=\"xn-location\">Guangdong Province<\/span>. In 2019, the development of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Guangdong<\/span>-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was elevated to a national strategy. By then, <span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Macao<\/span> had returned to their motherland for about two decades, and great changes had taken place in their social and economic landscapes. Meanwhile, the industrial structure in the Pearl River Delta was in urgent need of transformation and upgrading. Thus, by advancing the development of the GBA, <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> sought to deepen reform and drive institutional innovation, boosting integrated growth in the three regions, and fostering a new engine of economic expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The cyclists at the 15th National Games were able to shuttle among the three regions within half a day, thanks to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge jointly built by the three places. As the world&#8217;s longest sea-crossing bridge, it has handled over 90 million passenger trips since it opened seven years ago. Since 2023, private vehicles from the two SARs can apply for digital plates, stick the RFID cards onto their cars, then smoothly travel to <span class=\"xn-location\">Guangdong Province<\/span> via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Without altering existing systems, the three regions have innovatively facilitated the flow of vehicles, data and talent. Now, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Guangzhou<\/span>-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link operates so frequently and routinely, that it&#8217;s almost like an intercity shuttle; the <span class=\"xn-location\">Shenzhen<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"xn-location\">Guangzhou<\/span> tech hub has ranked among the world&#8217;s leading innovation hubs for years; at the ports of entry across the GBA, ordinary citizens of all profiles are often seen passing through customs with bikes. The GBA, with less than 0.6% of <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> land area, has generated one-ninth of the country&#8217;s GDP.<\/p>\n<p>Some say, the 15th National Games offers a condensed glimpse into the past, present, and future of the Greater Bay Area. Over a century ago, <span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Macao<\/span> were forced to separate from the motherland; now, a scene of people running forward side-by-side in the GBA is being depicted through the sporting event.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>China Mosaic&nbsp;<br \/><\/i><\/b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/chinamosaic.china.com.cn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/chinamosaic.china.com.cn\/<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Nov. 21, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;A news report from China.org.cn on China&#8217;s 15th National Games and the Greater Bay Area: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;China\u2019s 15th National Games: Dashing forward in the Greater Bay Area The gigantic ring-shaped cauldron is &#8220;ablaze&#8221; above the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center, as 34 sporting disciplines unfold over the past fortnight or so. 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