All the 63 Universiade venues were scheduled for training from Aug. 5, according to a meeting of the Games organizing committee.

There will be 24 sports including 306 events during the Games, a record number in the history of the Universiade.

The meeting also disclosed that a total of 2,466 technical officials had been accredited, including 402 international technical officials and 322 judges.

The accredited technical officials would begin arriving in Shenzhen in about a week.

A 590-member competition service team has received training by the General Administration of Sport of China. The administration has selected 43 teams for the venues.

A live broadcast of the opening and closing ceremonies would be screened by China Central Television because only selected people would attend the ceremonies.

Rehearsals for the opening ceremony will be conducted Aug. 3 and 8, following Aug.6.

An estimated 5,000 journalists from home and abroad would cover the events.

Meanwhile, more than 6.2 million people had taken part in the Games virtual torch relay by July 21.