Feature: China's National Winter Games ready to open

HOHHOT, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The 14th National Winter Games of China, featuring more than 3,000 athletes nationwide, is ready to open here in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday night.

Marking China's premier national-level winter sports event following the Beijing Winter Olympics, the National Games will feature 176 events across eight sports, said Zhang Xin, an official with the General Administrat