(Yicai) Sept. 25 -- China won 20 gold, seven silver, and three bronze medals in 31 events on the first day of the much-anticipated 19th Asian Games, which opened in Hangzhou on Sept. 23. The Chinese team garnered seven golds and set six swimming records for the Asian Games.

Zou Jiaqi (left) and Qiu Xiuping (right) pose with their gold medals after the women's lightweight double sculls final, winning the first gold medal of the Asian Games.

Sun Peiyuan in action before scoring 9.840 to finish first in the men's changquan final in wushu.

Huang Yuting stands with her rifle during the women's 10-meter air rifle event, where she won gold and set a new Asian Games record.

Tong Xin competes during the women's taijiquan and taijijian all-round final in wushu to take gold.

Wang Shun celebrates at the end of the men's 200m individual medley final after winning the gold and breaking his Asian record with a time of 1 minute and 54.62 seconds.

Gold medallists Zhang Yufei, Wu Qingfeng, Cheng Yujie, and Yang Junyi (left to right) are all smiles during the awards ceremony of the women's 4x100m freestyle relay after setting a new Asian Games record.

Editor: Martin Kadiev