Zhangjiakou has hosted more than 300 international and domestic ice and snow events (times)

The picture shows tourists skiing at the Fulong Ski Resort in Chongli District (data picture) Zhao Danmei photo

Shijiazhuang, China, January 26 (Zhao Danmei, Li Xiaowei) The online theme collective interview activity of the Zhangjiakou Division of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held on the 26th. According to Liu Haifeng, vice mayor of Zhangjiakou Municipal Government, as of the end of the 2020-2021 snow season, Zhangjiakou has hosted more than 300 international and domestic ice and snow events(s), and the cumulative number of people participating in ice and snow sports has exceeded 5 million.

According to reports, the foundation for the popularization and promotion of ice and snow sports in Zhangjiakou has been comprehensively consolidated. The city has comprehensively improved the level of ice and snow venue facilities, and the city has built 9 large ski resorts, with 177 high, medium and primary ski slopes, with a total length of 164 kilometers. 20 skating halls were built, and accurate subsidy measures were implemented, and the ice skating halls were opened to the public for free or low fees, and the number of people directly involved in skating experience and training exceeded 60,000.

Zhangjiakou comprehensively launched the ice and snow talent training plan, vigorously carried out the construction of ice and snow sports characteristic schools, ice and snow sports academic education platforms, ice and snow sports training bases, etc., and is committed to building a world ice and snow talent training base. At the same time, a series of ice and snow sports into the campus are widely carried out in primary and secondary schools. At present, the city has built 113 national Olympic education demonstration schools and ice and snow sports characteristic schools; built 59 ice and snow sports training bases, trained nearly 1,000 ice and snow sports talents, and developed nearly 10,000 campus counselors and social sports instructors.

In addition, Zhangjiakou has extensively carried out ice and snow events, successively held a series of mass ice and snow activities such as the 20th China Chongli International Ski Festival, organized and carried out ice and snow sports knowledge and skills into the campus activities, and directly participated in nearly 900,000 ice and snow sports. In recent years, as the Winter Olympics have continued to heat up, national teams from Russia, Finland, Norway, Japan, and South Korea have also trained in the snow fields of Chongli District. By the end of the 2020-2021 snow season, Zhangjiakou has hosted more than 300 international and domestic ice and snow events, and the cumulative number of people participating in ice and snow sports has exceeded 5 million. (End)