The Olympic spirit of unity, friendship and peace | Guanlan is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in China

Source: People's Daily client

Source: People's Daily client

On January 4, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. This is the morning of the 4th, Xi Jinping inspected the internal layout of the venue and the track in the podium area of the National Speed Skating Hall. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Hong

The Olympic torch is about to rekindle the night sky of Beijing.

"As early as the bid, I proposed that the biggest purpose of China's Olympic Games this time is to bring 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports. Through unremitting efforts, this vision has been successfully realized. On January 25, President Xi Jinping stressed during a meeting with IOC President Bach.

The Dream of the Winter Olympics meets the Chinese Dream. When the curtain opened on the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's ice and snow sports also unfolded a magnificent long roll.

During his invitation to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February 2014, President Xi Jinping told Bach: "In China, ice and snow sports do not enter Shanhaiguan. If the ice and snow project can be promoted in Guannei, it is expected to bring 200 million to 300 million people to participate, thus igniting the torch of China's ice and snow sports. ”

As of October 2021, the number of participants in ice and snow sports nationwide reached 346 million, achieving the grand goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports".

Bach lamented that with "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports", the history of ice and snow sports in the world will be divided by the Beijing Winter Olympics. Therefore, the Beijing Winter Olympics will become a milestone in the development of ice and snow sports in the world.

This milestone bears witness to the hard work of Chinese ice and snow athletes, and there are countless ice and snow stories gathered by ordinary people.

Beijing's Yanqing "Yang Qi" has become a ski captain, Shanghai's Huangpu River business district has built an indoor ice rink, Inner Mongolia's XiangshaWan hides a desert ski resort, Xinjiang Altay tourists travel on "fur skis", Guizhou Liupanshui Ski Resort is full of people...

Strong demand is driving the growth of snow and ice venues. As of the beginning of 2021, there are 654 standard ice rinks in the country, and a total of 803 indoor and outdoor ski resorts, an increase of 317% and 41% respectively over 2015. Even sanya city, the "end of the world", has built an indoor ice rink. Ice and snow sports have moved from the north to the whole country, from winter to the four seasons.

"Let more people participate in the ice and snow sports, which is also the meaning of the Olympic movement."

In 1980, the Chinese sports delegation participated in the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in the United States for the first time; in 1984, Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for China at the Los Angeles Olympic Games; in 2008, Beijing hosted an "unparalleled" Summer Olympic Games; in 2014, the second Youth Olympic Games with the theme of "sharing youth, building the future together" was held in Nanjing; today, the Goal of "Driving 300 Million People to Participate in Ice and Snow Sports" has been achieved, opening a new era of global ice and snow sports...

Along the way with the Olympics, Chinese sports have written page after page of brilliant chapters. It has stimulated the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for the Olympic Movement, promoted the development of China's sports industry, and played an important role in spreading the Olympic spirit around the world.

Sport can not only improve the health of the people, but also promote mutual understanding and friendship among the peoples of all countries. The Olympic spirit of unity, friendship and peace is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in China.

The Beijing Winter Olympics is the first global comprehensive sports event held as scheduled since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, contributing unique Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the Olympic Games.

Meet under the banner of the Five Rings, meet inside and outside the Great Wall. On the stage of the Winter Olympics, athletes from all over the world will use sports, a language that transcends borders, to tell the Olympic story of "faster, higher, stronger – more united". The colorful Chinese civilization Chinese the hospitality of the people will once again focus on the eyes of the world.

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that the countries of the world have a better future together than in more than 190 small boats, not as if they were in one big boat, so we put forward the slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics of "together to the future". China will make new and greater contributions to the Olympic Movement and to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Beijing, the only "double Olympic city" in the history of the Olympic Games. When the Winter Olympics meet the Spring Festival, when the ice and snow athletes compete on the field, gather in the Winter Olympic Village, when the Olympic torch illuminates the road ahead of "unity, friendship and peace" for the world...

"We will fulfill all our commitments and work with the peoples of the world and the International Olympic Committee to witness a new realm of development of the Olympic winter sport and the spread of the Olympic spirit."

Hand in hand with the Olympics, let us move forward into the future together.

Coordinator: Zhao Jiaming, Wang Fangjie

Author: Li Shuo

Planner: Xue Yuan, Du Shangze