Chinese golfers will learn much from participating in the PGA Tour China Series, an official told the Global Times on Tuesday in Haikou, where the series starting Haikou Open is underway.

Jin Hongwen, a senior official with the China Golf Association, said he expects domestic golfers to improve themselves through this rare event.

"Of course I want them to achieve good ­results, they have a chance of winning world ranking points, that's very precious," Jin told the Global Times.

The qualification for the golf event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will be based on the players' world ranking points.

"This is the first time for such an event to be held in China," said Jin, who is also a ­deputy ­director of Division 1 of the Multi-ball Games ­Administrative Center in China.

"Those high-level events means there will be higher competition, so I just hope our domestic players act as they did in training, feel no pressure and learn there."

China has two national teams in golf. One is professional while the other is amateur. The ­latter team, which is based around young golfers, will compete in the Asian Games later this year in Incheon, South Korea.

"Generally we have more young players here than elder players," Jin said.

"For those kids who are 16 or 17, while they have played many events, they are still inexperienced on the global stage. So at this time, ­competing for a top-ranking result is not the ­priority for them."

Jin went on to say that the national golf team will make some changes due to form, and will ­offer players better training facilities.

He also pointed out the main function of the national team.

"Winning prizes is one of the functions for the national team, but that's for the golfers who have already turned professional," Jin said. "The main focus right now is to cultivate more young ­players, to have more people joining the sport."