China at the Paralympics

People's Republic of China first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984, at the Summer Games in New York City, United States and Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. Since the 2004 Summer Paralympics, China has topped the medal table with more gold medals, more silver medals and more medals overall than any other nation at every Summer Paralympics.

China at the
Paralympics
IPC codeCHN
NPCChina Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities
Websitewww.cdpf.org.cn
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
554
Silver
420
Bronze
325
Total
1,299
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

As of 2022, China finished first in the Summer Paralympics fifth times and first once in the Winter Paralympics. With the nation's 10th appearance at the Summer and 6th appearance at the Winter Paralympics, China is the most successful country overall in the Asia, making them the 3rd most successful country in the All-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Despite having competed at every Winter Games since Salt Lake City in 2002, China did not win a single medal until at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, where China won their first ever gold medal as well as the first medal in the wheelchair curling competition. While four years later at home during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, China won medals at all six sports, topped the medal table for the first time on Winter Paralympics, and became the most successful appearance of an Asian nation, as well as China's best appearance at a Winter Paralympics.

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