The competition includes three events—difficulty climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering—divided into five age groups for both male and female categories.
Age groups are as follows (based on year of birth):
Youth Group: 18–19 years old (born in 1994–1995)
Junior A Group: 16–17 years old (born in 1996–1997)
Junior B Group: 14–15 years old (born in 1998–1999)
Junior C Group: 11–13 years old (born in 2000–2002)
Junior D Group: 8–10 years old (born in 2003–2005)
Competition format is as follows:
1. Each age group will have men’s and women’s divisions in difficulty climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering.
2. The difficulty climbing event for the Youth Group, Junior A Group, and Junior B Group will use lead climbing.
3. The difficulty climbing event for the Junior C Group and Junior D Group will use top-rope climbing.
4. The difficulty climbing event will have a preliminary round and a final. The top 8 from the preliminaries will advance to the finals.
5. The speed climbing event will have a preliminary round (ranking round) and a final (elimination round), with the top 8 from the preliminaries advancing to the finals.
6. The bouldering event will have a preliminary round and a final, with the top 6 from the preliminaries advancing to the finals.
7. If the number of participants in an age group is fewer than 3 (including 3), that group will be merged with the next older age group (except for the oldest age group).
8. Competition rules will be formulated by the Chinese Mountaineering Association based on the latest international rock climbing regulations, adapted to domestic conditions.
The host of the Sixth National Youth Rock Climbing Championships, Suzhou Liuchangzhong Rock Climbing Co., Ltd., is a well-known Chinese rock climbing training and event organization, led by national rock climbing champion Liu Changzhong. “Liu Changzhong Rock Climbing School” is one of its associated brands, primarily offering various rock climbing trainings and climbing activities, including adult training, youth classes, summer camps, winter camps, Liu Changzhong Rock Climbing Training Camp nationwide lecture tours, as well as other outdoor sports and adventure training. Established in May 2008, the training base of “Liu Changzhong Rock Climbing School” is mainly located at “Suzhou Dushu Lake Liu Changzhong Rock Climbing Gym” at No. 1 Cuiwei Street, Suzhou Industrial Park, and “Shenzhen Tonglai Liu Changzhong Rock Climbing Gym” in Crown Technology Park, Tairan 9th Road, Chegongmiao, Futian District, Shenzhen. The founder of “Liu Changzhong Rock Climbing School,” Liu Changzhong, is a former national team member who has represented China on multiple occasions with outstanding results. Since starting rock climbing in 1996, he has won numerous national championships.