Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games.

Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host city Erzurum.

Among the venues, the following are mentioned in the official web site: These venues were used for the Asian Games and were part of Harbin's unsuccessful application for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

There will be two athlete's villages, the main one in Harbin and the second one in Yabuli.

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