On January 16 (yesterday) local time in the United States, Atlanta ushered in the first snowfall, which can be described as a snow mega year.
On this snowy night, the U.S.-China reporter interviewed Mr. Jiang Wei, the newspaper that witnessed the Centennial Olympics (26th Olympic Games) held in Atlanta in 1996 and the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China in 2010. President Jiang Wei was interviewed by US and Chinese reporters on his expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics and his praise for Beijing as the world's only "double Olympic" city at present.
Mr. Jiang Wei is being interviewed by reporters
(1) President Jiang Wei has a relationship with the Olympic Games
President Jiang Wei said that he and his family are related to the Olympic Games. 1996 was the centenary of the birth of the modern Olympic Games, and the 26th Olympic Games, held in Atlanta, USA from July 19 to August 4, achieved the great reunion of the Olympic family. President Jiang Wei lives in Atlanta. As a reporter for China Tribune, he participated in the news interview of the Olympic Games throughout the process, and participated in the support team of the Chinese Olympic Team in Atlanta, witnessing the historical moment when the Chinese Olympic Team Wang Junxia, Le Jingyi, Xiong Ni, Fu Mingxia, Li Xiaoshuang, Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Deng Yaping, Qiao Hong, Ge Fei, Gu Jun, Yang Ling, Li Xianghong, Tang Lingsheng, Zhan Xugang and Sun Fuming bravely won 16 gold medals, and together with the teammates of the support team, It provides the most powerful support service for the Chinese Olympic Team. That year, Jiang Wei's daughter Jiang Nuoheng was only two years old, and she watched the Olympic games such as the Chinese women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's football team and the Chinese swimming team with her parents.
Olympic and Asian Games commemorative certificates
Eighteen years later, in 2014, his daughter Jiang Nuoheng represented the United States and was elected as a volunteer for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, serving in the news and media department of the Winter Olympics. In January 2022, her daughter Nuo Heng was applying for a visa from the relevant Chinese government departments to beijing to provide security services for the US Olympic delegation.
In 2010, President Jiang Wei went to Guangzhou and participated in the interview and reporting of the 16th Asian Games.
In 2009, officials from the Chinese Ministry of Culture accompanied President Jiang Wei and his daughter on a tour of Olympic venues such as the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube in Beijing to relive the glory of the Beijing Olympic Games a year ago (2008).
In September 2017, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Beijing Invited President Jiang Wei and other overseas guests to visit the venues and facilities of the Beijing Winter Olympics under construction.
Souvenir of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Mascot "Fuwa"
(2) The expectations and praise of overseas Chinese and American friends in the United States for the Beijing Winter Olympics
President Jiang Wei said that overseas Chinese and American friends in the United States are pleased to learn that China's ice and snow sports have developed rapidly in recent years with the preparation of the Winter Olympics as an opportunity. According to data just released by China's State General Administration of Sports, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports has reached 346 million. By the end of 2020, there were 654 standard ice rinks and 803 indoor and outdoor ski resorts in the country. The ambitious goal of bringing 300 million people to ice and snow sports has become a reality. ”
Olympic support team documents and Asian Games philatelic passports, etc
President Jiang Wei also said that they were also pleased to learn that the Beijing Winter Olympics used 6 2008 Olympic venues, fully drawing on the experience of post-game utilization, all the newly built venues have formulated post-game utilization plans, and fully considered the post-game utilization problem when planning and designing, overall planning, synchronous design, effectively reducing costs.
President Jiang Wei has always been adhering to the concept of "green, shared, open and clean" in the preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. From "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports" to maximizing the use of the heritage of Beijing Olympic venues, Beijing, which has created countless histories, will become a new benchmark for the international Olympic movement.
IOC President Bach said bluntly: "Beijing will become the first city in history to host the Olympic Games in summer and winter." The Beijing Winter Olympics will connect Chinese people with the world, and China will welcome the best winter athletes, and the world will feel this enthusiasm. ”
Asian Games mascot souvenir
At the end of the interview, President Jiang Wei quoted Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech today at the 2022 World Economic Forum video conference: "... Davos is the world's ice and snow sports destination. The Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games are about to open. China is confident to dedicate a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world. The theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is "Together for the Future". Let us join hands and walk with confidence to the future together! ”
The U.S.-China Report is a member of the World Chinese-language Media Beijing Winter Olympics Coverage Alliance. It will cover the Beijing Winter Olympics to readers in the United States and China in an all-round way with print media and new media, which is exciting and exciting, so stay tuned.
(Source: U.S.-China Report)
END