HOHHOT, China, July 21 -- More than 360 young contestants gathered Tuesday in Erenhot, a border city of northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, for an international youth taekwondo invitational.

A total of 20 teams compete in individual competition, team competition and other categories. They come from South Korea, Mongolia, as well as China's Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and other provinces or autonomous regions.

The two-day tournament is sponsored by Chinese Taekwondo Cymnasium Alliance and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Sports Bureau.