China registered its best ever Olympic swimming result in London by finishing second overall, only after the United States, with 10 medals, and went on to finish runner-up at the short course world championships in Istanbul.
- China decided in October to launch a three-year program to monitor students' health and fitness from 2013. The monitoring will be conducted by a third-party institution and the results will be released to the students' parents. For schools and regions whose students' health keeps declining for three consecutive years, they will be lowly graded in evaluation of educational competence.
- Guangzhou Evergrande became the first team ever to have defended its Chinese Super League title on October 27 after beating Liaoning Hongyun 1-0 at home in the penultimate round.
Three weeks later, Evergrande beat Guizhou Renhe 4-2 in the China's FA Cup final, claiming the second title of the season with an aggregate score of 5-3.
- A first-ever Asian branch of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was established in Shanghai on November 12.
The Shanghai branch is tasked with resolving sports-related disputes.
- Chinese boxer Xiong Chaozhong won over Mexican Javier "Demonio" Martinez in Kunming, Southwest China, on November 24 for the vacant World Boxing Council minimum weight title.
The 29-year-old former WBC Asian super flyweight champion won a unanimous 12-round decision, becoming China's first professional world champion in the sport.
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