2010 Guangzhou Asian Games cum 16th Asian Games on November 12, 2010 -27 days in Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou is the second Chinese city to obtain the right to host the Games. Beijing had in 1990 held the 11th Asian Games. Guangzhou Asian Games set 42 events, historical events are the largest Asian Games ever.
There are four cities hosting the Asian Games: Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Amman; but the other three bidding cities have decided to quit competing. July 1, 2004, OCA announced that Canton was the right to host the 16th Asian Games.


In addition there are 28 Olympic Games, an official event of the Asian Games there are 14 non-Olympic projects, including the new Go, martial arts, dragon boat racing, sepak takraw, cricket and other Chinese traditional items.
Guangzhou Asian Games opening and closing ceremonies conducted in Guangzhou sea, sand island. This is the first time in the history of the Asian Games opening and closing ceremonies, held out of the stadium.

Sea, sand is located in the Pearl River in the middle east-west, central location in Guangzhou, from the air, sea, sand is like a sailboat, as far away from the Pearl River estuary, and therefore there by the Guangzhou Asian Games, Guangzhou, China hopes sailing to the world.

Sea, sand Venue Capacity: 30 meters large number of spectators in the stands can accommodate about 2.4 million people, but the increase in the stands late in the north and south sides, three grandstand audience capacity of about 3.5 million people.
  The core idea is that the opening ceremony: the Pearl River for the stage, to the city as the background. By the sea, sand beautiful Asian Games opening ceremony, showing to the outside world a better future.

  Sea, sand Asian Games opening ceremony in blue, all around the Pearl River for the stage. Not only do the romantic, dreamy, while there is a strong sense of shock. Done Guangzhou distinctive, Lingnan charm. After the Pearl River parade of athletes and officials arrive at the venue, the people in the strait with the music, fully embodies the "one river song" spectacular.