Vietnam's Le Quang Liem is the top seed in the pack of 56 players from 5 countries.

The 9-round Swiss has a prize fund of equivalent US$30,000 and is the first international open in China after 7 years. The organisers have confirmed that this will be
an annual event with increase in prize fund every year.

The offical website http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chessen_ls.html with live games from the top 10 boards.