The International Wushu Federation (or IWUF) is an organization established in 1990 to promote competitive wushu (Chinese martial arts) internationally outside China, competitive wushu in this sense meaning generally the internationally recognized contemporary wushu forms, used in the Wushu World Championships for example. Since 1991, the IWUF has held seven World Championships for wushu, and the around 100 federations under the IWUF all around the world hold their own championships, for example the European Championships held by the European Wushu Federation. As Wushu is now being tried as a special event in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the IWUF will be organizing the events.