On January 20, a snow fell on the capital. On this day, there are still 15 days before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics. As the Beijing Winter Olympics approach, participating athletes and officials of national Olympic committees will enter the country intensively. On January 21, the arrival and departure work will usher in the peak of entry, showing the characteristics of many flights, large numbers of people and complex personnel composition.
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Beijing Capital Airport is the only channel for overseas Olympic-related personnel to enter and exit the three major competition areas of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Since January 4, the arrival and departure of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games has entered the closed-loop management stage, and the Capital Airport has officially begun to ensure the entry and exit of Olympic-related personnel in and out of Beijing in accordance with the standards of the game, and the relevant support units have been put into operation in accordance with the requirements of the game.
In the face of the continuous spread of the global COVID-19 epidemic, epidemic prevention work has become the top priority of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Yan Jiarong, spokesman for the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that strict closed-loop management will be implemented for all personnel involved in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games (including relevant domestic staff), and at the same time, warm services and guarantees will be provided for all parties in the closed loop, "so that epidemic prevention is strong and the service has temperature."
How will China achieve "good to go fast"?
According to the current arrival and departure process, all parties should carry out daily health monitoring and complete the whole process of vaccination before coming to China 14 days ago, conduct two nucleic acid tests 96 hours before the flight departure, and board the plane with a green code; after arriving at the Capital International Airport, they need to make customs health declarations and nucleic acid testing and sampling at the airport; and then through transportation transfer, take the arrival and departure shuttle provided by the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee to the designated accommodation.
Zhang Liang, director of the Arrival and Departure Center of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that the arrival and departure work is actually to provide end-to-end arrival and departure services to the host country and the host city for all parties involved in the competition. We want to provide timely, safe, orderly, smooth and convenient arrival and departure services, so that our guests from all sides can achieve good and fast walking.
At present, 19 Chinese and foreign airlines, including Air China, Cathay Pacific Airways, Japan Airlines and Singapore Airlines, will operate temporary flights from Beijing to 18 cities (airports) such as Hong Kong, Paris and Singapore during the competition. During peak arrivals and departures, an average of at least 15 inbound and 13 outbound flights are available per day. In addition, London, Bangkok and other cities can open temporary flights to and from Beijing according to the needs of Austrian-related personnel.
Zhang Liang said, "At the time of customs clearance, we have increased the efficiency of customs clearance, so that his stay at the airport is shorter and the customs clearance is faster." ”
The official reception hotel of the Winter Olympics has entered the closed-loop management mode since the 20th
In 2021, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee issued two editions of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympic and Paralympic Epidemic Prevention Manual (hereinafter referred to as the "Epidemic Prevention Manual") to minimize the risk of the epidemic.
According to the "Epidemic Prevention Manual", since the arrival of overseas participants at the airport, from the accommodation hotel to the competition venue, to the safe departure, as well as the isolation and observation of the organizers after the game, the closed-loop management is strictly done. Coordinate and promote the epidemic prevention of the test match and the prevention of the city epidemic, and ensure that the Olympic-related personnel participate in the activities from point to point after entering the country, do not have contact with the public, and leave the country safely and quickly after the game.
Except for athletes and some accompanying officials staying in the Winter Olympic Village, all registered personnel will stay at the official reception hotel of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee. From 00:00 on January 20, 82 official reception hotels fully entered the closed-loop management mode.
Staff in the lobby of shangri-la hotel, Beijing, on Jan. 14. Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing is one of the seven contracted hotels in Haidian District, Beijing, which plans to host broadcasters, market development partners, national Olympic committees and a small number of news media during the games. (Photo by Han Haidan, China News Agency)
One of the official reception hotels, the lobby entrance of the Radisson Hotel In Beijing, hangs a large Chinese knot, and there is a "spring" character about 2 meters high in the center of the lobby. During the closed-loop period, it is catching up with the Spring Festival, in addition to the atmosphere creation, the hotel also has adjustments on the menu, Chinese New Year's Eve, dumplings that break the fifth, and the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month are prepared.
The closed loop time is long, and most of the people staying are young people, so the hotel has set up a hair salon, convenience store, gym, psychological counseling room, etc., and the Internet bandwidth has increased from 100 megabytes to 300 trillion.
Bus team: Complete the opening ceremony spectator transportation within 45 minutes
Traffic guaranteed parking spots for the opening ceremony around the National Stadium. (Image courtesy of Beijing Radio and Television)
After the opening ceremony on February 4, athletes and media personnel will be evacuated within 45 minutes. Liu Zeyang, the head of the Transportation Department of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, which is responsible for the transportation of nearly 10,000 people in the closed loop, said: "Our goal is to complete the evacuation of all personnel in 45 minutes like the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. ”
According to Dong Ning, head of the bus team in Beijing, "We are responsible for transporting a total of 3,250 people. From the main media center, 20 minutes one way, a circle of circular lines in the mode is 40 minutes, considering its peak, the limit interval can reach one minute to send a car. We have 50 buses, but we have 60 drivers, distributed at different points, and we can make up for it in time if there is an emergency. ”
Hard isolation for buses. (Image courtesy of Beijing Radio and Television)
The Yanqing Bus team will transport more than 600 athletes from Yanqing Winter Olympic Village to and from the National Stadium. Li Jian, head of the team, said: "A total of 28 buses are configured, all the operating vehicles are equipped with hard isolation devices, and our drivers and the athletes behind have a physical separation. At the same time, the driver is equipped with N95 masks, disposable gloves, and there are also professional disinfection companies in Yanqingchang Station to kill every day to ensure the best quality and safest completion of traffic service guarantee tasks. ”
On November 27, social vehicles passed by the signs of the Winter Olympic Lane on Zizhuyuan Road in Beijing. (Photo by Zhao Jun, China News Service)
The Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games transportation service guarantee period is a total of 55 days, and the Olympic lanes will be used in phases. Among them, the Winter Olympics will be opened from January 21 to February 25, involving 42 roads, a total of 239.5 kilometers. The Winter Paralympic Games will run from 26 February to 16 March and will involve 29 roads for a total of 196.7 km.
November 13, 2021, Beijing Olin West Road, the special lane sign for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics within the urban area. (Photo by Niu Yungang, China News Service)
The relevant departments of traffic protection for the Winter Olympics have proposed that all units in the concentrated areas of the venue actively implement the flexible working system, reduce commuter traffic, alleviate the pressure of surrounding road traffic, and advocate that all units adopt flexible working systems such as home office, remote work, and staggered commuting, and adjust the overall traffic volume of society from multiple dimensions such as source, time and space.