The China Lions is a professional rugby union team that was formed in 2020 to compete in the Global Rapid Rugby competition across the Asia-Pacific region.

[1] It is a joint venture between the China Rugby Football Association and New Zealand's Bay of Plenty Rugby Union.

[2][3] For their first season in 2020 the Lions intended to host three of their home games in China at Shanghai and two in New Zealand at the Rotorua International Stadium.

[4][5] Due to health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Lions only played one match in the schedule,[6][7] a 29–22 away win over the Fijian Latui in Suva.

[8] China Lions – 2020 Global Rapid Rugby [A] Notes: Bold denotes player is internationally capped.