| Visits Between Chinese and Foreign Sports Delegations | ||||||
| Item | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Foreign Sports Delegations Visiting China | ||||||
| Number of Times (time) | 1000 | 938 | ||||
| Person-Times (person-time) | 20320 | 23357 | ||||
| Chinese Sports Delegations Visiting Foreign Countries |
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| Number of Times (time) | 3880 | 3075 | 3348 | 5615 | ||
| Persons-Times (person-time) | 22789 | 19747 | 11733 | 7436 | ||
| a) Number of times and persons of foreign
delegations visiting China and these of Chinese sports delegations visiting foreign countries include visits organized by the local sports commissions since 1995. Since 2002, the statistics on number of times and person-times of foreign delegations visiting China have not been available. |
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