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{{confused|Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee}}
{{Short description|National Olympic Committee of China}}
{{Infobox National Olympic Committee
| title = Chinese Olympic Committee
| logo = Chinese Olympic Committee logo.svg
| size = 150px
| country = People's Republic of China
| code = CHN
| created = 1910 (as of Qing)<br />1922 (as of ROC)<br>1952 (as of PRC)
| recognized = 1954, then 1979
| association = OCA
| headquarters = [[Dongcheng, Beijing|Dongcheng]], [[Beijing]], [[China]]
| president = [[Gao Zhidan]]
| secretary general = Song Keqin
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
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The '''Chinese Olympic Committee''' ('''COC'''; {{zh|s=中国奥林匹克委员会|labels=no}}; [[List of IOC country codes|IOC code]]: '''CHN''') is the [[National Olympic Committee]] of [[China]]. It is headquartered in [[Dongcheng, Beijing|Dongcheng]], [[Beijing]], China.
{{Chinese
| t = 中國奧林匹克委員會
| s = 中国奥林匹克委员会
| w = Chung-Kuo Ao-Lin-P'i-K'o Wei-Yüan-Hui
| p = Zhōngguó Àolínpǐkè Wěiyuánhuì
}}

== Leaders ==
{{Main list|List of current leaders of the Chinese Olympic Committee
}}

==Timeline concerning Olympic recognition==
The following timeline concerns the different names and principle events concerning recognition of the ROC Olympic team:

*1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" ({{lang|zh|中國奧林匹克委員會}}) is created to represent China's interests in Olympic Games activities.
*1922: The IOC recognized this CNO.
*1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as "China"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707164120/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf |archive-date=2010-07-07 }}</ref>
*1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to [[Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee|Taipei]];<ref name="olympics1976">''The Times'', "The Latest Threat to the Olympics - And its all over a name", 10 July 1976</ref>
*1951: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is organized;<ref name="olympics1976"/>
*1952: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is invited to the Olympics for the first time, during the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. Only one athlete, [[Wu Chuanyu]], a swimmer, was able to participate, given that the Committee "was accepted for affiliation a mere two days before the opening of the Games".<ref name="report">Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, {{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf |title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf |archive-date=2008-04-11 }}&nbsp;{{small|(30.6&nbsp;MB)}} , Sulo Kolkka (ed.), Alex Matson (trans.), ''The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952'', 1952</ref>
*1954: The IOC adopts a resolution officially recognizing the "Chinese Olympic Committee" ({{lang|zh|中国奥林匹克委员会}}) of the People's Republic of China. The PRC is invited to the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Olympics]], and thus organizes a delegation, but withdraws in protest of the [[Two Chinas|two China's issue]];<ref name="olympics1976"/><ref name="olympic2004">{{Cite web |url=http://en.olympic.cn/china_oly/china_olympic/2004-03-30/124550.html |title=Chinese Olympic Committee website |access-date=2012-12-05 |archive-date=2016-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919084635/http://en.olympic.cn/china_oly/china_olympic/2004-03-30/124550.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*1958: PRC withdraws from the Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigns;<ref name="olympics1976"/>
*1979: The IOC officially recognizes the PRC Chinese Olympic Committee as the representative body for "China" under Communist rule. The ROC Chinese Olympic Committee is officially renamed the "[[Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee]]".<ref name="olympics1976"/><ref name="olympic2004"/>

==See also==
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*[[China at the Olympics]]
*[[China at the Asian Games]]
*[[List of current leaders of the Chinese Olympic Committee]]
*[[Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China]]
*[[Macau Sports and Olympic Committee]]
*[[Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee]]

==References==
*Berlioux, Monique, "Concerning China", ''Olympic Review'', No. 66-67 p.&nbsp;171–174, 1973 May–June. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100809032424/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1973/ore66/ore66c.pdf Olympic Information Center – China] (PDF), retrieved on 2008-08-24
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==External links==
* {{Official Website|https://www.olympic.cn/}}

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{{Sports governing bodies in China}}
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