The Hangzhou Asian Games will be held from September 23 to October 8, 2023. 

A total of 12,527 athletes from delegations from 45 Asian countries and regions have signed up for the Games, the highest number of applicants ever. Among them, 6 delegations from China, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, India, and Hong Kong, China had more than 600 applicants. 

In the name of the Asian Games for the third time, China will build a platform for peace and friendship for people of different regions and colors, and take the Asian Games as an opportunity to build a higher-level national fitness public service system.