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The 2014 Asian Games officially opened in this western port city of South Korea on Friday evening. It attracts more than 14,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries and regions all over the world. 

South Korean president Park Geun-hye declared the games open in front of a watching IOC chief Thomas Bach. The 17th Asian Games, which will run from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, offer 439 gold medals in 36 sports. 

China attached great importance on this event. Liu Peng, chef de mission of the Chinese delegation for the Incheon Asian Games, said that "we've been the leaders on both medals and gold medal tables of Asian Games, and we want to keep on winning." China sends more than 1,300 athletes and officials for the sporting event. The 897-athlete China Team will take part in all 36 sports. It aims to dominate the Asian Games medal table for the ninth consecutive time.

Since the 1982 games in New Delhi, China has topped every Asiad medal table, and four years ago, it got 199 golds from the Guangzhou Asiad. 

The Asian Games was first held in 1951, and China and Japan are the only two nations to have finished first in the medal standings. In terms of overall gold medals, China leads Japan by 1,191 to 910, while South Korea ranks third at 617. 

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