Editing Harbin (section)

===Events===
The [[1996 Asian Winter Games]] were held in Harbin. While ice games were mainly held in Harbin city, the skiing events were held in [[Yabuli Ski Resort|Yabuli ski resort]], [[Shangzhi|Shangzhi City]]. In the frame of this campaign to assert its role on the world scene, Harbin hosted the [[2009 Winter Universiade]]. Local Government spent 3.6&nbsp;billion yuan for this event, with 2.63&nbsp;billion used in construction and renovation of its sport infrastructure for this Universiade.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.china.com.cn/news/txt/2008-09/19/content_16508043.htm | work=www.china.com.cn | script-title=zh:第24届大冬会09年2月18举行 共设12大项82小项 | date=2008-09-19 | access-date=17 May 2014 | language=zh | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071959/http://www.china.com.cn/news/txt/2008-09/19/content_16508043.htm | archive-date=6 October 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Harbin hosted the [[2003 ABC Championship|Asian Basketball Confederation Championship]] in 2003, in which [[China men's national basketball team|China]] won the championship on their home court for the thirteenth time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://todor66.com/basketball/Asia/Men_2003.html|title=Men Basketball Asia Championship 2003 Harbin (CHN)- 23.09-01.10 Winner China|website=Todor66.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194011/http://www.todor66.com/basketball/Asia/Men_2003.html|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=live}}</ref>

Harbin bid to host the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], which was ultimately awarded to Vancouver, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamesbids.com/eng/past-bid-results/|title=Past Bid Results|date=14 December 2013|website=Gamesbids.com|access-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724170633/http://gamesbids.com/eng/past-bid-results/|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The second China-Russia University Winter Sports Carnival was inaugurated 12 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.xinhuanet.com/c/2017-12/13/c_1122100057.htm|title=Google Translate|website=Translate.google.co.uk|access-date=22 December 2018}}{{dead link|date=July 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> This marked the first international [[bandy]] in Harbin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2017-12-12/doc-ifypnqvn3716096.shtml|title=Google Översätt|website=Translate.google.se|date=12 December 2017|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref> The Russian participation came from {{ill|DVGAFK|ru|Дальневосточная государственная академия физической культуры|vertical-align=sup}} in [[Khabarovsk]] among men and [[IrGTU]] in [[Irkutsk]] among women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/11505/|title=Google Translate|website=Translate.google.co.uk|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>

Being the national centre of bandy, Harbin organised Division B of the [[2018 Bandy World Championship]] and China improved its placing to 12th from a total field of 16 teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1046600/womens-world-bandy-championship-awarded-to-china|title=Women's World Bandy Championship awarded to China|website=Insidethegames.biz|date=3 February 2017 |access-date=22 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328230836/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1046600/womens-world-bandy-championship-awarded-to-china|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbandy.com/filer/Agenda_for_Annual_Congress.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171204144410/http://www.worldbandy.com/filer/Agenda_for_Annual_Congress.pdf|title=FIB Annual Congress, Gävle, Sweden|date=2017-01-30|archive-date=2017-12-04|access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/10347/|title=Google Translate|website=Translate.google.co.uk|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>