Always a strong team, China brings 251 athletes to Tokyo, 132 female, 119 male, competing in 21 sports.
China’s team brings strength at all ages. A key one to watch in Para swimming is Jiang Yuyan, nicknamed the 'flying fish', who in 
making her debut at 16 is the youngest of China’s team. With the support of the team around her, she’s focused on doing her best 
and setting herself up for the future.
Everyone on the Chinese team, all of my elder brothers and elder sisters, are all incredible. As someone from the new generation,
I feel like I have to work as hard as I can, so that I can follow in their footsteps and take over their mantle,” she said.
In table tennis China’s oldest athlete Zhao Ping, 56 years old, looks to follow on his gold medal win from Rio 
2016.
Ranked No. 1 in the world, badminton player Qu Zimo is the one to watch in this new Paralympic sport. The teenager had a 
sensational 2019, becoming world champion in the men’s singles WH 1 and men’s doubles WH 1-2. He finished the year with
three golds in front of a home crowd at the China badminton International.
Seventeen-year-old Liu Yutong also dreams of Paralympic gold in badminton. Despite her youth she’s also made a 
name for herself already in the badminton international scene, capturing double gold by winning both the singles
and doubles events at the 2019 World Championships in Basel, Switzerland.
Every athlete's dream is to win Paralympic gold, that is my goal; but I cannot take it for granted just because I have won world
 titles.”
Athletics has always been China’s most successful sport, with 377 medals through the years. For Tokyo, Rio 2016
 double champion Zhou Xia defends her titles, while Liu Cuiqing competes in the T11 100m, 200m and 400m. Women’s
 T47 400m champion Li Lu, and T36 200m gold medallist Shi Yiting, defend their titles, and T37 long jumper Wen 
Xiaoyan will look to retain the title she took in Brazil.