On the afternoon of February 1, "Ice Cube" completed the pre-game broadcast rehearsal, and the opening match of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games - Curling Mixed Doubles Will be launched in the "Ice Cube" at the National Aquatics Center on the evening of February 2. As the owner of the venue of the National Aquatics Center, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation escorted the opening battle of the Winter Olympics with the highest standards and went all out to ensure the smooth start and wonderful start of the Winter Olympic Games.
"Ice Cube" competition hall
"Water Ice Conversion" amazes the world Venue facilities have been praised by all parties
Ice Cube is the largest curling venue in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, the world's only double Olympic venue where both water and ice sports can run at the same time, and the world's first Olympic venue to set up a curling track on the pool. The "Water Cube", which was once the swimming, diving and synchronized swimming competition venue of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, has now been transformed into the "Ice Cube" for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics to undertake curling and wheelchair curling events, which amazed athletes, coaches and sports officials from all over the world.
In the construction and transformation of the Winter Olympic venues, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation adheres to the implementation of the concept of sustainable development of the Olympic Bid and contributes to the "Chinese Plan" for the construction and transformation of Olympic venues. Through the "water ice conversion", the National Aquatics Center completed the renovation project of the venue in November 2020, realized the gorgeous transformation of the "Water Cube" to the "Ice Cube", and successfully passed the actual test of the "Meet in Beijing" test activity and the "Meet in Beijing" international test competition. Kate Kesnis, President of the World Curling Federation, praised: "The National Aquatics Centre is the best curling venue I have ever experienced at the Winter Olympics. Athletes' locker rooms, barrier-free ramps and other facilities are very well designed, very thoughtful, and various epidemic prevention measures are also in place. ”
The "Ice Cube" stadium runs team pre-match oaths
The "Double Olympic State-Owned Enterprises" Went All Out to Escort the Winter Olympics with One Mind
As a "double Olympic state-owned enterprise", during the Beijing Summer Olympic Cycle, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation has completed the investment and construction of five major Olympic venues such as the National Stadium, the National Aquatics Center, the National Tennis Center, the Hockey Stadium and the Archery Range at a high level, and won wide praise from all walks of life. In the preparation of the Winter Olympic Games, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation adheres to the concept of "green, sharing, openness and integrity", bravely undertakes the construction and transformation of "Bird's Nest", "Ice Cube" and "Ice Ribbon" venues and the service guarantee during the game, coordinates its North Olympic Group to become the official sports display and award ceremony service sponsor of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, and realizes the "double support" for the hardware provision of the Winter Olympic venues and the dissemination of winter Olympic culture.
In addition to building world-class venue facilities, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation also gathers the strength of the whole system to strive for excellence in the service guarantee of the "Ice Cube" competition. The Curling event of the Beijing Winter Olympics is the most frequent and longest-running event of the event, lasting from February 2, 2022 to February 20, 2022, starting two days before the opening and ending all competitions on the closing day. In addition, the Ice Cube will also compete in wheelchair curling at the Winter Paralympic Games. In order to do a good job in the transformation of the "Ice Cube" venue and the service guarantee during the game, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation has established a leading group for the Winter Olympics work headed by Yue Peng, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board, and set up 4 special working groups including the national aquatics center working group, and Zhang Jie, deputy secretary of the party committee of the company, concurrently serves as the director of the national aquatics center venue operation team. At the same time, in addition to the staff of the National Aquatics Center, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation has drawn personnel from the whole group to enrich the venue operation team, formed a strong Winter Olympic service guarantee team, completed the work of ice making, equipment and system commissioning of the venue, and actively cooperated with the venue operation team to do a good job in infrastructure, power protection, waste cleaning, image landscape, media operation and other work to ensure the provision of high-level service guarantee during the game. In the operation team of the "Ice Cube" venue, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation sent 88 people, many of whom participated in the service guarantee work of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, and have rich experience in event service, which is the backbone of the service guarantee during the game. At present, the National Aquatics Center has fully entered the actual combat state, all the staff are in place, and the work in all fields is running in an orderly manner to ensure the smooth and smooth progress of the event.
Pictured: "Ice Cube" Ice Sports Center
The results of the Olympic Games are beneficial to the long term
At the beginning of the transformation of the Winter Olympic venues, the Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation planned in advance the post-game utilization of the Winter Olympic venues. After the Winter Olympics, the competition hall of the National Aquatics Center will realize the free switching between "water function" and "ice function" on the basis of the original comprehensive development and operation mode of sports events, tourism and leisure, mass fitness, cultural experience, exhibition and display, etc., which can not only retain the true color of "Water Cube" to undertake water performance projects, but also add the charm of "Ice Cube", becoming the only venue in the world that can hold summer and winter events at the same time.
At the same time, the newly built "Ice Cube" Ice Sports Center in the South Underground Square of the National Aquatics Center will focus on national fitness after the game, become the experience base of the curling project in the Olympic Center Area, hold ice project competitions and performances at all levels, and widely carry out mass ice sports training and experience activities. The "Ice Cube" Ice Sports Center will become an important carrier for promoting ice sports and better serve "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports".
The opening battle of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games is about to start, and the Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation and the "Water Cube" people will work hard and redouble their efforts, carry forward the spirit of continuous combat, go all out to do a good job in all aspects of the Winter Olympic Games in the best state and the highest standards, and contribute to the strength of the capital's state-owned enterprises for holding a simple, safe and wonderful Winter Olympic event.