How to pass the torch in the closed loop of the Winter Olympics

The closed-loop torch relay for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will take place on February 4 at 10:30 a.m. in the South Park of the Olympic Forest Park. According to Wan Xuejun, deputy director of the International Liaison Department of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee and deputy director of the Olympic Family Hotel Venue, the overall transmission route is from the south gate of the South Park of the Olympic Forest Park, in a counterclockwise direction, through the east gate and north gate of the South Park of the Olympic Forest Park, and finally to the Olympic Declaration Square to collect the fire, with an average passing distance of about 110 meters per torchbearer.

Why choose this route?

"As the symbol of the 'City of The Two Olympics' and the pearl of the ancient central axis, in the forest park named after the 'Olympic', the Olympic family members will experience the feeling of 'home'." Yang Haibin, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau and deputy director of the Torch Relay Special Team Operation of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, said.

On the day of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, in addition to the torch relay, the torch relay of the two parks of the Summer Palace and the Grand Canal Forest Park will be arranged before and after it.

Talking about the guarantee of the torch relay in the ring, Wan Xuejun said that more than 30 volunteers in the closed loop from many colleges and universities will serve as the torchlight driver, point staff and escort, and they will provide quality services for the torchbearer. Before and after the pass, in order to minimize the waiting time of the torchbearer in the cold environment outside the car, the team carefully deduced and accurately calculated the time when the torchbearer landed and the torchbearer received. On the eve of the all-element drill on January 20, the team regarded the snow in Beijing as an important part of the "all-element" and tested the snow and ice shoveling exercises. "On the day of the relay, the torchbearers will arrive at the South Gate of Aosen by vehicle from their respective stations, and after completing the transfer process, there will be a special vehicle to return to the assembly point, in addition to the relay link, there are volunteers to provide seamless docking and service for the torchbearers throughout the process." The torch will be handed over to the torchbearer himself as a souvenir after the fuel system has been dismantled by professionals upon return to the assembly point. ”

In addition to the torch relay guarantee work, epidemic prevention and control is also an important part.

Yang Haibin introduced that from 00:00 on February 3 to 00:00 on February 5, the South Park of the Olympic Forest Park (including the square outside the South Gate) will be designated as a closed management area, and from 12:00 noon on February 3 to the end of the transfer, the torch relay road of the South Park of the Olympic Forest Park and the toilets and squares outside the South Gate along the way will be accurately designated as a closed-loop management area. After the torch relay, the territorial government will carry out a comprehensive disinfection of the closed-loop area.

"In response to the slogan of the torch relay 'Health, Joy and Vitality', we advocate that the torchbearers can not wear masks during the pass, and all staff should scientifically wear N95/KN95 medical masks all the rest of the time, and abide by closed-loop epidemic prevention policies such as maintaining scientific social distancing and completing hand washing and disinfection." At the same time, the closed-loop torch relay mainly relies on the strength of the Olympic family hotel operation team to minimize the entry of personnel outside the closed loop into the closed loop operation, and the personnel entering the closed loop are implemented in accordance with the "Guidelines for the Administration of Epidemic Prevention of Personnel Involved in the Winter Olympic Games After the Race" after the transfer. Yang Haibin said.

Guangming Daily reporter Wang Dong huang Xiaoyi

Guangming Daily ( 2022-01-29 06 edition)

Source: Guangming Daily