31 August 2013 - The 12th National Games of the People's Republic of China opened at the Olympic Sports Center in Shenyang, Liaoning Province on 31 August 2013. Pictures show athletes marching in at the opening ceremony of the quadrennial Games. (Photos China SportsOnline/Yu Zhiyong, An Lingjun, Bai Yu, Ni Minzhe & Wang Jiang)

The opening ceremony of the 12th National Games held at the Olympic Sports 
Center in northeast China's Shenyang, Liaoning Province on 31 August 2013.

Chinese President Xi Jinping opens the 12th National
 Games on 31 Aug. 2013. Picture shows the president 
waving to the spectators during the opening Ceremony. 

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