"We all have love, come and open all the doors..."
The slogan promotion song "Together to the Future" for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is being sung in the streets. Just like "Beijing Welcomes You" 13 years ago, the Olympic Festival will come to Beijing again, and Beijing will become the only "double Olympic city" in the world that has hosted both the Summer Olympic Games and the upcoming Winter Olympic Games.
There are only more than 40 days left before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4, 2022, and the preparatory work has entered the sprint stage. At present, all 12 competition venues in 3 competition areas have been completed and certified by international winter sports organizations, and they are fully equipped with the conditions for running competitions. Three non-competition venues such as the Winter Olympic Village and the Main Media Center have been delivered for use.
The testing activities comprehensively test the operation of the venue
The "Meet in Beijing" snow test activity and the ice test activity were held in February and April this year respectively, in line with the principle of "measuring exhaustion" and "due diligence", the two test activities focused on testing the five aspects of venue infrastructure and hardware inspection, team running-in, venue operation, event command system construction, and epidemic prevention and control. From October 5 to December 31, 8 competition venues in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou will host 10 international events, 3 international training weeks and 2 domestic test activities.
The Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee adopted the expert opinions of the International Winter Sports Federation and invited top experts in the industry from all over the world to form a professional team with Chinese personnel, and the work effect was remarkable. During the test match, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee also strengthened the timeliness and operational standardization of medical treatment, verified the effectiveness of general policies, and reflected the high level of medical care.
In the operation of the venue, a series of important issues were organized around the test match, such as visa invitation, flight arrangement, epidemic prevention and control, closed-loop management, emergency incident handling during the game, etc., and the operation command and its dispatch center were carefully deployed, scientifically decided, coordinated scheduling, and efficient command, which provided a strong guarantee for the smooth holding of the test match.
The dispatching center is responsible for implementing the decision-making and deployment of the operation command, and together with the organizing committees and venue teams of each division, it has carried out tests such as event tracking, information submission, instruction release, and two-way reporting. The organizing committees and venue teams of each division continue to strengthen the linkage between regional and business areas, carry out daily evaluations, post-game reviews, timely discovery of problems, solve problems, and rapid optimization and improvement.
Under the overall command of the operation headquarters, the territorial governments of each venue have strengthened environmental improvement, traffic order maintenance, and image landscape layout around the venues, and achieved satisfactory results. Judging from the test match, the event was in good condition, achieved the set test goal, and won positive reviews from international sports organizations, participating athletes and domestic and foreign media. In this process, the organizing committee of the relevant test match and the venue team fully run in with the international winter single sports organization, benchmark the competition rules and technical specifications during the Winter Olympic Games, and orderly complete the competition registration, schedule preparation, venue preparation, equipment support and other work, fully train the internal training of the competition organization team, and the competition operation process can be fully tested.
The epidemic prevention measures are scientific and effective
On December 13, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee released the second edition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympic and Paralympic Epidemic Prevention Manual, which supplemented the first edition of the manual and provided more detailed information on vaccination, customs entry requirements, air ticket booking, pre-departure testing, Winter Olympic Games, and closed-loop management.
Epidemic prevention and control is the key to the successful holding of test matches and the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the previous test matches and testing activities, the epidemic prevention measures fully practiced the relevant policies and measures in the Epidemic Prevention Manual, and after repeated verification, they were proved to be scientifically effective. Christopher Duby, Executive Director of the IOC's Olympic Division, said: "By creating a safe environment, the Beijing Winter Olympics will create a unique in-time experience designed to help athletes focus their attention on sports, which is the most fundamental element of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. ”
Beijing extends a sincere invitation to the world
On the first anniversary of the countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4 this year, the beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games torch "Flying" was unveiled, igniting the enthusiasm and expectations of the world for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
On 20 July, the 138th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee voted to join "more solidarity" after the Olympic motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger". This coincides with the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, "Together for the Future". "Together for the Future" is a sincere invitation from China to the world, conveying the beautiful expectations of 1.4 billion Chinese people: under the inspiration of the Olympic spirit, we will work together with the people of the world to help each other and create a better future. In the context of the global response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the voice of the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics is convergence, sharing and the future.
In the design of the medal "One Heart" for the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the concept of "unity" also runs through it. The medal is composed of a ring and a center, and the image is derived from the ancient Chinese concentric circle jade bi, with a total of five rings. The five rings are concentric and concentric, expressing the Chinese cultural connotation of "the unity of heaven and earth and the unity of the people", and also symbolizes that the Olympic spirit brings together the people of the world to share the glory of the Winter Olympics. The beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic medals were released at the 100-day countdown, marking that preparations for the Winter Olympics are ready, which means that Beijing and Zhangjiakou are ready for the arrival of athletes from all over the world.
Carrying the Olympic spirit, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics torch was successfully collected in Greece and welcomed back to Beijing, and after more than 40 days, the Olympic flame will once again burn over the "Bird's Nest" in Beijing. The final mystery of how Beijing will once again present a wonderful visual feast for the opening ceremony, how the main torch tower will be lit and by whom, will be revealed one by one on the evening of February 4, 2022.
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