Source: Overseas Network
At the foot of the Great Wall, the Winter Olympic train is speeding all the way. Outside the car window, the five-ring sign erected high, the mascot with a cute posture, the welcome flag fluttering in the wind...
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Running the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games well is a major event of the party and the country, and it is our solemn commitment to the international community. ”
Big countries do great things, and big responsibilities have great deeds. From "bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" to "striving to hand over two excellent answer sheets for the preparation of the Winter Olympics and local development", the ice and snow grand plan has become a reality in just a few years.
From the moment of the successful bid for the 2015 Winter Olympics, along the direction of progress pointed out by General Secretary Xi Jinping, adhering to the olympic concept of "green, sharing, openness and integrity", the preparatory work has moved forward step by step. One by one, the details of excellence have converged into a big hand of the Winter Olympics that has been admired by the world.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "Through the preparation of the Winter Olympics, not only the competitive level of ice and snow sports has caught up, but also the popularization and promotion of ice and snow sports, and the quality and quantity of sports have improved." From a strong sports country to a healthy China, the health of the people, the physique of the people, and the happiness of the people are all in the same vein. This is the meaning of the topic of all-round well-off and all-round modernization. Its significance, small in the big. ”
Looking at the Winter Olympics, the code of Chinese wisdom, Chinese power, and Chinese miracles is hidden in it.
The road to preparation
Sustainable, for the future
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that the preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games once again reflects the institutional advantages of the party's leadership and the national system and the concentration of forces on major events.
More than six years ago, when the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee was established, it was faced with a general list of work covering 51 business areas and decomposing into more than 3,000 tasks. Tens of thousands of Winter Olympics rolled up their sleeves and worked hard.
IOC President Bach has said that the Olympics may be one of the most complex events on the planet, as if it were a huge and very difficult jigsaw puzzle.
Time passed, and the "Winter Olympic Puzzle" was completed as scheduled.
There are exclamations in international public opinion, "Despite the impact of the epidemic, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics are progressing very smoothly, which is almost a miracle"; there are also explorations, feeling "why China can" from the steady and far-reaching road of the Winter Olympics.
Preparations for the Winter Olympics are endless, and venue and infrastructure construction are the top priorities. Looking around, the challenges are arduous: Yanqing Division, the mountains are reckless, no water, no roads, no electricity, no communication; Zhangjiakou Chongli ancient poplar stadium group, the amount of engineering is large, the local October is winter, the construction is more difficult in the cold...
Where is the breakthrough? "Pay attention to the use of advanced scientific and technological means, pay attention to practicality, and protect the ecology", "scientifically and rationally formulate plans, save intensive use of resources", "reflect Chinese elements and local characteristics"... The Winter Olympics preparations find ideas for solving the problem.
The right road is not afraid of the distance. The two places and three divisions "rush early and not late", a game of chess, a picture, a force, handed over a list of bright spots.
The National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" achieves temperature stratification through intelligent management, Wukesong Sports Center completes the "ice basket conversion" in 6 hours, and the National Ski Jumping Center "Snow Ruyi" will recycle and store melted snow water for remaking snow... One by one, the details full of green and scientific and technological gold content embody the ingenuity of the builders of the Winter Olympics.
The big account of the Beijing Winter Olympics is not only the down-to-earth principle of adhering to the century-old plan and building world-class high-quality projects, but also the Chinese experience of "sustainable, usable and beneficial".
The National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon", 1/3 below the track, a relatively gentle side of the road specially reserved an entrance. This departure area, designed for the public, is convenient for opening up to the society after the Winter Olympics, so that more people can personally experience the charm of this sport.
The post-game use plan will be placed in front, so that the legacy of the Winter Olympics can be integrated into the trajectory of the development of the host area, benefiting the people and staying in life for a long time. The vision of "sustainable and future- is transformed into a well-being of the people that can be seen and used.
The preparation of the Winter Olympics is a systematic project. "Gather the wisdom of all parties, gather the strength of all walks of life, and form a strong joint force to do a good job in organizing the work" "Make the Winter Olympics as pure and flawless as ice and snow"... Since the beginning of the preparations, the concept of running the Olympic Games has been consistent. The requirements of "highlighting the characteristics of science and technology, wisdom, green and thrift" are implemented in the preparatory process of linking one link and one link.
Walking into the Mountain News Center of Yanqing Division, looking up, the skylights on the roof make people wonder: Why are the windows used for light transmission dark? Originally, these sunroofs were equipped with dark photovoltaic power generation modules, which had the dual functions of lighting and power generation. It is estimated that this design can reduce CO2 emissions by 36.7 tons per year.
Innovations abound. In the "ice ribbon", the carbon emissions tend to be close to zero "a piece of ice"; on the "snow dragon", "a bend" that breaks the monopoly of foreign concrete spraying process... The Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions contributed by the Beijing Winter Olympic Games echo the IOC's reform direction of "affordability, profitability and sustainability", setting a new benchmark for the preparation and operation of the Olympic Games.
In the Shougang Park on the western outskirts of Beijing, Bach once climbed the No. 3 blast furnace to overlook it. He felt it: "When it comes to sustainability, you just have to look at it here. ”
Around the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Shougang moved out of Beijing to contribute to "returning the capital to a blue sky". Today, this century-old industrial relic has been "gorgeously transformed" by means of the East Wind of the Winter Olympics. The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee moved in, and the abandoned workshop was transformed into a training base for ice and snow projects. The rebirth of Shougang Park is also the epitome of the continued glory of the City of The Double Olympic Games.
When bidding for the Beijing Winter Olympics, a series of sustainability commitments were put forward in the fields of sustainability goals, venue construction, ecological protection, carbon neutrality and other fields, which have been achieved so far 98%, and the remaining 2% will be completed after the game. The vision of "the environment is affecting, the new development of the region, and a better life" has been given by the Beijing Winter Olympics more and more clearly.
The path to change
Promote transformation and benefit people's livelihood
The speed skating hall of the ice and snow project training base of Beijing Erqi Factory, which is the training base of the national team, also displays the "Exhibition of Driving 300 Million People to Participate in Ice and Snow Sports Achievements".
With the footsteps of the preparation of the Winter Olympics, the ice and snow sports "south exhibition west expansion east", flying into the homes of ordinary people, playing a "song of the four seasons".
The extraordinary course of the leapfrog development of ice and snow sports in the mainland is formed by the convergence of ordinary ice and snow "small stories".
Lang Enge, a villager in Zhangshanying Town, Yanqing, was a "sheep" with more than 300 sheep a few years ago. Since his doorstep became the host of alpine skiing and bobsleigh competitions at the Winter Olympics, he led the villagers to set up the country's first farmers' ski team and became a ski instructor. I used to take a sheep shovel, now I wear a snowboard, and I "didn't expect to turn my hobby into a career."
"Ice and snow teenager" Hou Yuchen, when he was in the second grade of primary school, participated in the ski winter camp, and an "ice and snow seed" has since taken root. In the past 5 years, his skiing skills have been promoted to the 7th level of volkswagen skiing, and he has also become a "little teacher" in the school winter Olympic knowledge.
Benefiting and growing up from the preparation of the Winter Olympics, the torch of ice and snow sports ignited the land of Shenzhou.
An outdoor ice rink has been built in the business district of Shanghai's Huangpu River, a desert ski resort is hidden in Xiangsha Bay in Inner Mongolia, and tourists in Xinjiang Altay experience "fur skis"... New ice and snow venue facilities have sprung up, the enthusiasm for public participation has never been higher, and the national fitness has a new grip.
Since the successful bid for the 2015 Winter Olympics, 346 million people across the country have participated in ice and snow sports. In such a vivid ice and snow story, the data "lights up".
Zhao Chunxin, a 55-year-old Chongli person, was busy as soon as he saw the snowflakes fluttering. Chongli has a snow storage period of up to 150 days, and in the past, the snow closed the mountain and could only stay at home, and now the "snow economy" has become a "golden rice bowl". After the completion of the Prince City Ice and Snow Town, Zhao Chunxin's family all started to work related to the ice and snow economy. From the bungalow in the village to the third house of Liangtang, the days are getting more and more prosperous.
"Ice and snow are also golden mountains and silver mountains." From one road in the city to "one high-speed rail, multiple trunk lines"; from a state-level poverty-stricken county to a poverty alleviation hat to promote rural revitalization; from a small town in the mountains to a ski resort with global focus. Chongli has changed greatly in the past and present, and the local people have "thanked the Winter Olympics" from the bottom of their hearts.
Give full play to the traction role of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games in the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and put the finishing touches on the plate vividly. Transportation, environment, industry, public services and other areas of greatest concern to the masses, Beijing and Zhangzhou have made joint efforts and explored bit by bit, which have been integrated into a vivid sample of the new development concept.
A DC power grid closely connects clean energy in Zhangbei with the Beijing Winter Olympics. The completion and use of the Zhangbei Flexible DC Project has achieved full coverage of green electricity in the venues for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, and the 1110 photovoltaic poverty alleviation power stations involved in the project have benefited 104896 poor households. "The wind of Zhangbei lights up the lights of Beijing", this road of scientific and technological innovation is also the road of people's livelihood and well-being.
In the "big gift package" brought by the Beijing Winter Olympics, there are the convenience of the "one-hour economic circle" of Beijing and Zhang, the scenery of blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters; there are the booming ice and snow industrial park, and there is also the "Beijing-Zhang sports and cultural tourism belt" with unlimited potential; there are urban barrier-free facilities with temperature, and there are also low-carbon lifestyles that are silent and silent...
On the journey of building a sports power and a healthy China, the Winter Olympics pressed the "acceleration button".
The Path of Opportunity
The dream of the Winter Olympics, the dream of a strong country
When the Beijing Winter Olympics were held, it was precisely the time node to realize the first centenary goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The coincidence of history paints the contours of dreams.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The Beijing Winter Olympics is a major landmark event at an important historical node of the mainland, an important opportunity to show the national image, promote national development and invigorate the national spirit, and has a strong traction effect on the coordinated development of Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei." ”
Looking back at the preparations, a group of Winter Olympic builders worked hard and only raced for the day. In the face of the challenges of the epidemic, the work has been continuous, the intensity has not been reduced, and the standards have not been lowered. The Winter Olympics competition venues were completed ahead of schedule, and the Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway was opened to traffic, behind how many times day and night, to overcome difficulties. Wu Xiaonan, who has experienced the construction of the double Olympic venues, sighed: "It is our luck to catch up with the two Olympic Games at our doorstep. ”
With a "recruitment order", the number of volunteers registered for the Winter Olympics exceeded one million. Nearly 20,000 volunteers and about 200,000 city volunteers showed the hospitality of Chinese people. The little shimmer of each post illuminates the "smiling business card". During the Winter Olympics testing activities, they frequently received praise: "This is a group of young people with responsibility. ”
In the snow field of the ice rink, the national teams of various ice and snow projects raced against the clock and went all out. When the Bid for the Winter Olympics was successful, about 1/3 of the 109 Winter Olympics were still blank in the mainland, but now, "the whole project is carried out, the whole project is built, and the whole project is trained." Some of the original weak projects have reached the world's advanced level in just over two years. The expedition was imminent, and the ice and snow athletes were full of pride: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while." Don't beat at this time, let alone when! ”
The dream of personal, the dream of a sports power and the dream of national rejuvenation have merged into the torrent of the times, and this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has stirred up the pride of countless people who "have a mission on their shoulders and struggle with me".
An open China is open to hosting the Winter Olympics. Bernhard Rusi, the first foreign expert hired by the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, has come to Yanqing 16 times to survey the track and study the design plan with the organizing team. "I like the style of Chinese doing things, where everyone is twisted into a rope and fighting for the same goal."
Absorbing the strengths of all families and sharing the United States on the road of opening up, reflecting the thousands of weather of "win-win cooperation". The first global comprehensive sports event held as scheduled since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is a successful practice of the new Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger – more united".
When announcing that Beijing had won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, Bach had said the Games were "handed over to those who can rest assured." With glory and dreams moving forward, this world's only city of double Olympics, "words must be believed, deeds must be fruitful". This is not only a process of China's fulfillment of its commitments and continuous self-sublimation, but also a process of comprehensively displaying its development achievements and making new contributions to the world.
When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the rhythm of the global sports scene, China took the lead in controlling the epidemic and taking the lead in achieving economic recovery, injecting confidence into the Olympic Movement. "The power of example", "milestone", "opening up a new realm"... The high praise of the international community for the Beijing Winter Olympics is another manifestation of "China's responsibility".
"We must not only run a grand Winter Olympics, but also create a unique, wonderful and unique event."
From the design of the venue to the logo of the Winter Olympics, the subtleties have meanings: "ice ribbon" and "snow ruyi" will poetically express the characteristics of modern venues; medals mean "one heart"; tinder lights take the meaning of "long letter"; two "flying" torches are handed over, and the top is tightly interlocked like a "handshake", symbolizing the exchange and mutual learning of different civilizations... The calm and confident culture tells that the arrogance and heritage of a big country jump in front of you.
Look back at the past, focus on the present, and look to the future. Just as "building a community with a shared future for mankind" has aroused widespread resonance in the international community, the slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Together for the Future" has sounded a strong voice of the era of "peace, friendship and progress" for the world at the moment of unprecedented changes in a century.
Students of the Confucius Institute of Vocational Education in Ethiopia danced the "Together to the Future" gesture dance, and a Russian TV anchor with his child wished "the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success" in Chinese... When the Winter Olympics "meet" the Chinese New Year, the blessings and expectations from all over the world converge into a warm current, bringing hope and strength.
At the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the "Beijing 8 Minutes" was stunning. Today, the world is looking forward to the quadrennial ice and snow legend, and China will start a new colorful chapter.
History will engrave this pen, and the world will have a new understanding of China's road. (Reporter Zheng Yi)
People's Daily ( 2022-02-02 Edition 01)