Art performance at the closing ceremony of the 16th Asian Games, held in Guangzhou on Saturday evening.

16th Asian Games concludes

The 16th Asian Games concluded in Guangzhou, China's Guangdong Province, on Saturday.

The Asian Games in Guangzhou would go down in history as "one of the best ever", Olympic Council of Asia President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah said at a press conference on Saturday.

The 16th Asian Games were unprecedented in both size and scale in the 59-year history of the quadrennial event. More than 10,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions have participated in a record 42 sports ranging from archery to chess.

On the last day of the two-week-long competition, Sheikh Ahmad said that the OCA was satisfied with the Chinese organizers' work.

"The city of Guangzhou has done a very great job for the Asian Olympic Movement and for the Asian Olympic family," he said.  

"It was one of the best ever (edition) in the history of Asian Olympic Movement," said he.