1990 Asian Games

XI Asian Games

Host city	Beijing, China
Motto	Unity, friendship and progress (Chinese: 团结、友谊、进步; pinyin: Tuánjié, yǒuyì, jìnbù)[1]
Nations	31
Athletes	6,122
Events	308 in 27 sports
Opening	22 September 1990
Closing	7 October 1990
Opened by	Yang Shangkun President of China
Closed by	Roy de Silva Acting President of Olympic Council of Asia
Athlete's Oath	Chen Longcan
Torch lighter	Xu Haifeng, Gao Min, and Zhang Rongfang
Main venue	Workers' Stadium
Summer
← Seoul 1986 Hiroshima 1994 →
Winter
← Sapporo 1990 Harbin 1996 →

The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games (Chinese: 第十一届亚洲运动会; pinyin: Dì shíyī jiè yàzhōu yùndònghuì), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Games held in China.^[2]

Along the 1993 East Asian Games, this event served as a precursor to China's further development in the sporting arena, as before the city went on to bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics (losing to Sydney) and eventually won the bids for the 2001 Summer Universiade,the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics . In a fact with precedent, China dominated the games, grabbing 60% of the gold medals and 34% of the total medal count. China set a new record by becoming the first nation in the history of the Asian Games to cross the 100-gold medal mark and the 300-total medal mark in one edition.

This also marked Taiwan's first participation in the Asian Games as Chinese Taipei.