On January 27, the Beijing Winter Olympics Village officially opened, and the Five-Story Windows of an apartment building in the village have hoisted the South Korean flag. Photo by Guo Chaokai
(Beijing Winter Olympics) The opening village of the three competition areas of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games The delegations and large troops will enter one after another
Beijing, 27 Jan (China News Network) -- On 27 January, the winter olympic villages of the three divisions of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou were officially opened, and large delegations and troops will successively enter the competition areas.
Beijing Division: 46 advance delegations have been received
On the afternoon of the 27th, the reporter visited the Beijing Winter Olympic Village. In line with the principle of non-gathering and simplicity, there is no special opening ceremony in the Winter Olympic Village. Zhang Guannan, deputy director of the external liaison department of the Operation Team of Beijing Winter Olympic Village, told China News Network that the opening village of Beijing Winter Olympic Village welcomed nearly 360 athletes and accompanying officials from more than 20 delegations on the same day, and it is expected to usher in the peak of athletes' stay in the next 5 days. According to statistics, since the pre-opening of the village on the 23rd, the Beijing Winter Olympic Village has received 46 delegation advance delegations, and after partially completing the registration, they went to Yanqing Winter Olympic Village and Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village.
The residential area of Beijing Winter Olympic Village is composed of 20 apartment buildings, divided into east and west districts, and the appearance of the apartment building adopts the cool and warm colors of orange and silver. The members of the delegation who had previously stayed in had their own image landscapes on the living floor, including the team flag, team emblem, etc., and the building body showed the iconic colors of chinese red, Dutch orange and other delegations. The reporter saw at the scene that the windows of an orange apartment building with 5 floors were hung with the Korean flag, and a window of another silver-white apartment was hung with the Czech flag.
During the Winter Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympic Village is expected to receive nearly 1,700 athletes and team officials from 44 countries, regions and Olympic Committees, providing them with 24-hour support services.
It is understood that the Beijing Winter Olympic Village is divided into three major areas: the operation area, the residential area and the square area. The operating area includes functional spaces such as reception centers and visitor centers, media centers, and so on. The reception center is the first stop for athletes and accompanying officers to enter the living area after completing the formalities. The residential area provides "warm and comfortable" accommodation services for athletes, and provides functional spaces such as fitness centers, entertainment centers, and comprehensive clinics, as well as health, safety, and a variety of catering services. The athletes menu has a total of 678 dishes, with an 8-day cycle. The competition coincides with the Chinese New Year, and the catering service of the Winter Olympic Village will also focus on the theme of the Chinese New Year festival, adding the supply of Chinese and Western specialty catering and food, so that athletes can better experience the charm of food and cultural exchange. The square area provides franchise stores, banks, postal services, haircuts, convenience stores and other supporting commercial services. In addition, the square area also set up a traditional Chinese culture display experience space to jointly create a cultural exchange platform of "mutual learning among civilizations, beauty and commonality".
Photo by Guo Chaokai, the flags of various countries flying in the square area of Beijing's Winter Olympic Village
Yanqing Division: Ushered in the first arrival peak
The Yanqing Winter Olympic Village, which officially opened on the 27th, ushered in the first peak of arrival, and more than 170 people from 17 delegations, including the United States and Canada, are expected to arrive at the Yanqing Winter Olympic Village on the same day. Residents of various countries, led by the staff of the National Olympic and Paralympic Committees in the fields of services, logistics, accommodation, etc., go to the information center to check in.
At about 15:00 on the same day, 8 Members of the Chinese delegation also arrived at the Yanqing Winter Olympic Village and stayed in the second group. During the Winter Olympics, it is expected that 26 athletes from the Chinese delegation will stay in Yanqing Winter Olympic Village, and they will participate in 4 sub-events and 21 sub-events in Yanqing, including alpine skiing, snowmobiles, steel frame snowmobiles and sledding. Some athletes and team officials will travel to the Bird's Nest on February 4 to participate in the opening ceremony, and the opening ceremony is being intensively and orderly.
At present, Yanqing Winter Olympic Village has made various preparations, athletes' main restaurant, fitness center, entertainment center, super resident center, square area of various formats, etc. began to operate in an all-round way, will provide athletes with eating, living, traveling, medical, healthy and happy 24-hour convenient services to effectively create a safe, warm and comfortable athlete's home for athletes.
Photo by Guo Chaokai, Beijing Winter Olympic Village
Zhangjiakou Division: 26 members of the Chinese cross-country skiing team arrived
Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village officially opened on the 27th, and officially launched the operation mode of the game. At 10:00 a.m. on the same day, 26 members of the Chinese cross-country skiing team arrived at the Winter Olympic Village, becoming the first sports team of the Chinese delegation to stay in the Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village. It is expected that more than 300 delegation members from 23 countries, including France, Australia, South Korea, Poland and Finland, will stay all day on the 27th.
The Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village will run until February 23, during which the Beijing Winter Olympics are expected to host 2,020 athletes and accompanying officials from 79 national and regional delegations. Zhangjiakou Winter Paralympic Village will open on February 25 and close on March 16. During the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, it is expected to host 644 athletes and accompanying officials from delegations from 39 countries and regions. (End)