16 sports training centers renamed as National Training Bases

August 28: The Chinese Sports General Administration (CSGA) released a statement on their official website, announcing that 16 sports training centers around China had been renamed as “National Sports Training Bases”, in order to have a better system of training bases. Six of the 16 organizations have been renamed as “National Multi-Sport Training Base”, while the remaining 10 will be called “National Sport-Specific Training Base”. 

The statement also said that these 16 organizations can keep their new names from August 22, 2017 to December 31, 2020 but need to reapply to the CSGA before the status expire. 

The full list is as follows:

‍‍1. National Multi-Sport Training Base

2. National Sport-Specific Training Base‍‍

Source: CSGA 

Proofread by Raymond Fitzpatrick