Today, the Chinese sports delegation of the Rio Olympic Games and the Chinese sports delegation of the Rio Paralympic Games were formally established in Beijing. According to Tencent Sports News, at the Rio Olympic Games, there were 416 Chinese delegation athletes, including 27 London Olympic champions such as Lin Dan, Sun Yang, Zhang Jike. The Chinese team will participate in 26 major events, 34 sub-events, 210 minor events Competition.

According to China News.com, 416 athletes from 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country, as well as the People's Liberation Army, many of them are ethnic minorities. The youngest is Ai Yanhan, who is 14 in the swimming team, and Chen Ying, 39, who is the shooting team. The average age of all athletes is 24 years.

113 people have participated in the Olympic Games before, accounting for 27% of the total. Among them, female shooter Chen Ying, female diving athlete Wu Minxia, male badminton player Lin Dan, and male basketball player Yi Jianlian have participated in the 3rd Olympic Games and are the most experienced athletes.

Among the participating athletes were 35 Olympic champions from 12 events, 27 of whom won the London Olympics.