Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix

Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix
An example road of Taicang, where the competition is held
Date	March, April, or May
Location	Taicang, Jiangsu, China
Event type	Race walking
World Athletics Cat.	A (World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold)
Distance	20 km race walk 35 km race walk 50 km race walk Marathon race walk mixed relay
Established	2011

The Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix, formerly known as the Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge, is an annual race walking competition held in Taicang, China. As of 2023, it is a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold level meeting – the highest-level circuit of international race walking competitions.^[1]

The meeting is organized by the Chinese Athletic Association, and it is typically held in March, April, or May. There was a domestic race walking competition held in Taicang as far back as 2010, but the meeting became sponsored by World Athletics (then IAAF) and attracted international talent starting in 2011.^[2][3] In 2014, it served as the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and in 2018 it hosted the championship again under its new name 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships.^[4][5] In 2024, it also served as the 2024 Olympic trials for China in the race walk.^[1] The citizens of Taicang were reported to have a "deep passion" for walking, and the city fielded a race walking team at the 2014 edition.^[5]

The competition was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and it did not return until 2023, rebranded as the Chinese Race Walking Grand Prix (or National Race Walking Grand Prix).^[6] There was a separate National Race Walking Grand Prix in Taicang in the past, but it did not receive Tour / IAAF Challenge status before 2023.^[7]