On July 1, 2004 (May 14, 2004 in the lunar calendar), Guangzhou won the right to host the 16th Asian Games in 2010. At 20:40 pm on July 1, 2004, news of Guangzhou's successful bid for Asia came from Doha. Ahmed, Chairman of the OCA, solemnly announced at the OCA Congress that Guangzhou had won the 16th Asian Games in 2010. Right to host. In March 2002, more than 20 deputies to the National People's Congress, including Hu Shusen, principal of Weilun Sports School in Guangzhou City, jointly proposed a motion that Guangzhou should bid for the Asian Games or the East Asian Games. In the middle of that year, the Guangzhou City Sports Bureau replied that Guangzhou was fully qualified to bid for the Asian Games and said it would follow up on the bid. During the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, based on the suggestion of the State Sports General Administration, the Guangdong Province Government and the Guangzhou City Government submitted instructions to the state for Guangzhou to bid for the 2010 Asian Games. On November 12, 2003, the Guangdong Province Government and the State Sports General Administration jointly submitted a request report to the State Council for Guangzhou City to bid for the 2010 Asian Games. After careful study, the State Council agreed to Guangzhou's bid to host the 2010 Asian Games. On December 22, 2003, Yu Zaiqing, Vice Chairman of the China Olympic Committee, revealed that the China Olympic Committee had officially submitted a letter of intent to bid for the Asian Games, with the bidding slogan of "Dynamic Asia, Touching the World." On March 31, 2004, the bidding committee of China for the 2010 Asian Games officially submitted its bid report to the Olympic Council of Asia. On April 8, 2004, the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games bidding committee was officially established, and Guangzhou held a launching ceremony for the Asian Games bid on the 10th. On April 14, 2004, a five-member inspection and evaluation team from the Olympic Council of Asia met with Serso, Vice Chairman of the Olympic Council of Asia and President of the Philippine Olympic Committee. Under the leadership of Drit, a two-and-a-half-day on-site inspection of Guangzhou's Asian application was conducted. On April 14, 2004, Malaysia announced that it would abandon its bid to bid for the Asian Games. At this point, Guangzhou became the only city to bid for the 16th Asian Games in 2010. Comments: The Asian Games chose Guangzhou, which proves the grandeur of ancient Guangzhou and the infinite charm of modern Guangzhou.