China won Olympic team silver in Paris and world team silver in Antwerp, both times behind Japan. In 2026 they beat Japan to the Asian Games team title. In Rotterdam they open the second day of men's qualification, already knowing the score they have to beat.
Squad
- Zou Jingyuan – two-time Olympic parallel bars champion
- Yang Haonan
- Lan Xingyu
- Li Hongyan
- Tian Hao
- Hong Yanming – reserve
Zhang Boheng, all-around silver medallist at the Paris Olympics, is not part of this squad.
Strengths
China's team score is usually built on pommel horse, rings and parallel bars. Zou Jingyuan is the reference on parallel bars, where he has two Olympic and four world titles, and he is also an Olympic medallist on rings. Those apparatus give China a scoring cushion that few teams can match.
The target
Japan set 254.529 on the first day of qualification. China do not need to beat it to reach the final, as the top eight go through. But qualification order decides the starting apparatus in the final, and a strong qualification also sends a message ahead of Tuesday's team final.
LA28 stakes
A top-three finish among eligible nations in the team final on 20 October would book China's team place at the 2028 Olympics. See our LA28 qualification guide.
