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Guangxi Gymnasium, also known as Jiangnan Gymnasium, stands at 3 Xingguang Avenue in Nanning's Jiangnan District, across the street from the Nanning Theatre. Completed in 1965, it has 12,000 sqm of floor area and a plaza of about 25,000 sqm, and remains one of the largest and oldest indoor arenas on the south bank of the Yong River. The design responds to Nanning's heat by using an open form rather than a sealed, air-conditioned box: the orientation, plan and massing all encourage natural ventilation and cooling, while artificial lighting and a high-capacity central air system were fitted later. The competition floor measures 50 m by 25 m under a 17 m clear height, with 4,500 seats after a 2023 reseating that reduced the original 5,502, and it can stage basketball, volleyball, handball, badminton, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling, gymnastics and dance as well as concerts, conferences and training. Ancillary facilities comprise one badminton hall, one basketball hall, a multi-purpose hall, a swimming pool and two five-a-side football pitches. For the autonomous region's 40th anniversary in 1998 the building was refitted inside and out, with central air conditioning and new electrical, lighting and sound systems; since 2003 more than three million yuan has gone into professional stage lighting and audio, and the hall has handled the sound and lighting production for concerts including Richard Clayderman's piano recital. The venue has long opened its fitness spaces to the public, fully implemented free and low-cost access in 2024, holds a national advanced-unit award for mass sport, was cited in 2023 as a model case of public venue opening, and is administered directly by the regional sports bureau.