Changbai Times: "346 million people" witnessed the ice and snow sports stationed around the masses

On January 19, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee publicly released the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Legacy Report Collection (2022)". According to the data, from the successful bid for the Winter Olympic Games to October 2021, the number of residents across the country who have participated in ice and snow sports has reached 346 million, and the participation rate of ice and snow sports is 24.56%, and "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has gradually moved from vision to reality.

In Beijing, many citizens can experience the fun of skiing on the ski simulator in front of their homes; in Chongqing, ski enthusiasts can feel the speed of galloping in the dry snow field; in Jilin City, Jilin Province, citizens can go to the real snow field of "four seasons like winter" reconstructed by the civil air defense project... In recent years, various localities have built new venues, new scenes and new projects for ice and snow sports through scientific and technological means, and ice and snow sports are running through the four seasons and are stationed around the masses.

Since Beijing's successful bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015, how many people across the country have participated in ice and snow sports? How effective is the ice and snow sports "South Exhibition West Expansion East Expansion"? What is the attitude of the people to participating in ice and snow sports? The just-released Beijing 2022 Winter and Paralympic Games Legacy Report Collection (2022) gives a clear answer. In fact, at present, the atmosphere of the Winter Olympics across the country is getting hotter and hotter, ice and snow sports in various places have become popular activities for the people in winter, and many places in the south, west and east have long bid farewell to ice and snow sports.

Sport is an important way to improve the people's health level, an important means to meet the people's yearning for a better life, and to promote the all-round development of people. Under the guidance of the grand goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", the popularization and promotion of ice and snow sports in the mainland have been deepening, and ice and snow sports have shown unprecedented development vitality and potential. Seize the important opportunity of hosting the Winter Olympics, vigorously develop ice and snow sports, and burst out of the state of "fighting" everywhere. Ice and snow sports are rapidly promoted among young people, ice and snow sports for the disabled are widely carried out, the level of ice and snow sports competitions is improved by leaps and bounds, ice and snow sports events are vigorously carried out, ice and snow sports venues and facilities are accelerated, and the construction of ice and snow talent teams has achieved fruitful results, in this way, more and more people enjoy the fun brought by ice and snow sports, and ice and snow sports are gradually integrated into people's daily lives.

Moreover, the use of scientific and technological means has long changed the past. Once upon a time, skiers had to wait until winter came to enjoy the thrill of the wind and the beauty of snowflakes. Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of ice and snow sports facilities, ice and snow sports are no longer limited to the low temperature environment in winter, and the masses can have ice and snow experience at any time.

"Make full use of the upsurge formed by the hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games, adhere to the integrated promotion of competitive sports and mass sports, and promote the sustainable development of ice and snow sports on the mainland." To this end, all localities will continue to promote the development of ice and snow sports, enhance the momentum of sustainable development of ice and snow sports, maximize the comprehensive effect of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games, and benefit the people in an lasting way. (Li Qiang)