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Northwest China's Shaanxi province will mark the one-year countdown to the 14th National Games with a ceremony on September 15, according to the media release of the event's organizing committee on Thursday.

Shaanxi will hold a series of celebration activities from September 12-15. During the period, Olympic champions Qin Kai and Guo Wenjun, will take apart in some activities as ambassadors for the tournament.

Ahead of the one-year countdown, construction and renovation of all 53 venues for the National Games have been completed.

The organizers have yet to announce the official schedule of the National Games. Some unnamed sources told Xinhua that, some mass sport events of the National Games such as chess and bridge will kick off the next spring. 

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