On August 31, 2013 (July 25, 2013 in the lunar calendar), the 12th National Games opened. The 12th National Games was held in Liaoning Province from August 31 to September 12, 2013. This is the first national comprehensive sports event with the largest scale and highest level hosted by Liaoning Province. It became the seventh province (city, autonomous region) to host the National Games after Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangsu and Shandong. Mascot of the 12th National Games The mascot unveiling party of the 12th National Games of the People's Republic of China was grandly held at the Liaoning Grand Theater in Shenyang on June 2, 2012. The mascot has finally unveiled its mysterious veil-the lively and lovely spotted seal "Ning Ning" was born! The spotted seal "Ningning" held high the torch, opened its arms, and issued a passionate invitation, which was a reflection of the spiritual outlook of the Liaoning people with a broad mind. It is full of the Liaoning people's beautiful longing for the National Games, good wishes to athletes across the country, and a warm welcome to guests and friends from all over the world. The creative inspiration of "Ningning" comes from the spotted seal known as the "Pearl of Bohai Sea". The spotted seal comes from the Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea, commonly known as the seal seal. It is the only marine mammal of the order iji that breeds in my country's waters. It belongs to the national second-class protected animal and has high aquatic animal value. There is the main breeding and habitat of spotted seals in my country; there is my country's only national-level spotted seal nature reserve established in 1997; there is the tacit understanding and trust between the people and the government to jointly protect the habitat of spotted seals; It is the only coastal province in Northeast China that embraces the Liaodong Bay and Liaoning is rich in marine cultural heritage. The name "Ningning" comes from "Liaoning, Anning". There is a folk legend that "sea dogs open the door", which means waiting for the peace and prosperity of one place. Liaoning, the host country, is a large coastal province with a coastline accounting for 12% of the country's total. It is the future shipping center of Northeast Asia; as an important junction between the Northeast Economic Zone and the Bohai Rim Economic Zone, it is an important gateway and frontier of the Eurasian Continental Bridge. The strong rise of the coastal economy has injected surging impetus into Liaoning's economic take-off. While people are cheering for the high starting point and high level of development and opening up of Liaoning's coastal economic belt, the harmonious simultaneous development of environmental protection and development and construction is increasingly becoming a topic of common concern to Liaoning people. The curtain call of the 12th National Games On September 12, athletes from all over the country fought fiercely for 12 days. With the theme of "National Fitness, Sharing the National Games", the 12th National Games was a wonderful, civilized, frugal and green National Games. The curtain call was successful. A total of 31 major events and 350 minor events were set up in the 12th Games, producing 420 gold medals. Gold medals were produced in 14 competition areas across the province. The positioning of this National Games to "strive for frugality, return to sports, and fully participate" has been widely praised by all walks of life. Among them, the duration of the "frugal and exciting" opening ceremony has been greatly reduced. No celebrities, no fireworks, no cultural performances, and no sports and the protagonists of the masses have been restored. In accordance with the requirements of simplicity and frugality, reliability, convenience, high quality and efficiency, this National Games carefully arranged service guarantees such as administrative reception, and made every effort to provide warm and meticulous services to the guests; at the same time, it adhered to the concepts of reasonable layout, strong guarantee, purity and fairness to conduct competitions. Organizing work fully demonstrated the spiritual outlook of the Liaoning people and the style of the host. At 16:00 on September 12, the closing ceremony of the 12th National Games, which adheres to the principle of "returning to sports and the masses", will be held at the Comprehensive Training Hall of the Sports Training Base of Liaoning Province. The closing ceremony of the 12th National Games lasts about 50 minutes and includes two stages: the ceremony and the display of mass sports events. The mass sports event display consists entirely of sports elements, including martial arts, rhythmic gymnastics, fancy rope skipping and fancy shuttlecock kicking displays.