Source: People's Daily - International Channel Original draft
People's Daily Paris, November 17 (Reporter Liu Lingling) "Together to the Future - Beijing Winter Olympics Promotion Conference" was held at the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, France on the 16th, and more than 100 people from the cultural, artistic and sports circles of China and France, as well as representatives of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese attended the event.
She Mingyuan, director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, said in his speech that in 80 days, Beijing, the world's first "city of double Olympics", will welcome ice and snow athletes from all over the world with open arms. On this occasion, the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris specially held the Winter Olympics Promotion Conference to introduce the preparations made by China for the Winter Olympics and share with you the vision and concept of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The promotion meeting displayed the emblem, sports icon, mascot, torch, medal, etc. of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games through videos, images, texts, etc., and explained in detail the advanced technology used in the major venues of the Winter Olympics such as "Ice Cube", "Ice Ribbon" and "Snow Ruyi", as well as the concept of "green Olympics" upheld in the construction of venues and equipment and facilities of the Winter Olympics. In addition, the new media commissioner of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris also introduced the measures taken by the Winter Olympics to adhere to ecological priority, resource conservation and environmental friendliness, including how the "Water Cube" becomes an "Ice Cube", the Wukesong Stadium can achieve "ice basket conversion" in 6 hours, all competition venues will use 100% green electricity, four ice project venues will use new carbon dioxide refrigerants, and carbon emissions will be close to zero.
The promotion meeting was warmly received and was unanimously praised by the guests present. Bernard de Mouran, a French academician and a well-known French architect responsible for the renovation of the center's engineering, said after listening to the promotion meeting: "The Beijing Winter Olympic venues are magnificent and modern, and the technology and wisdom contained in them are even more shocking to me! I believe that the Beijing Winter Olympics will definitely bring surprises to the world. ”
French gymnast Gregory Arcón said: "Thanks to Beijing's hard work to create a convenient, comfortable, safe and humane competition environment for athletes, I believe that athletes will be able to create more achievements in such an advanced venue." Xia Weng, former chief correspondent of France's state-run television station in China, said: "I had the privilege of covering the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and witnessed the success of that Olympic Games, and I believe that next year's Winter Olympics will definitely attract more attention from the world." ”