On December 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference.
Q: Today is the 50-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics. We have seen that with the steady progress of the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the world's enthusiasm for the arrival of the ice and snow sports event is increasing. What does the spokesperson think about this?
A: The spokesperson of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has briefed you on the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics on many occasions, and all the work is basically ready. On the special day of the 50-day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics today, I feel the same as everyone else and am full of expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics. I also bought a commemorative badge for the 50-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

As far as I know, athletes from all over the world are eagerly looking forward to participating in China, and are using these last 50 days to participate in relevant test competitions, stepping up hard training, and striving to show their style and the charm of ice and snow sports in Beijing. We sincerely wish athletes from all over the world a new breakthrough in the Winter Olympics, and I will applaud the wonderful performances of athletes from all over the world. I hope that everyone will be like the cute Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier" and "Snow Melting", hand in hand to warm the world and move towards the future together.