People's Daily Editorial: Let's go to the future together! -- Warm congratulations on the opening of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 3 , People's Daily February 4 editorial: Let's go to the future together!

-- Warm congratulations on the opening of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games

Tonight, when the five-star red flag and the five-ring flag are rising at the National Stadium of China, the land of Shenzhou plays a grand movement of unity, friendship and peace.

Tonight, when the fire from ancient Olympia burns in the night sky of Beijing, the enterprising China and the ancient Olympics are once again moving forward hand in hand.

Tonight, when old friends and new friends from all over the world gather together in the east of the world, human society will jointly issue a harmony of "together to the future".

Running the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games well is a major event for our party and country, another enthusiastic embrace of the Olympic Movement by hundreds of millions of Chinese people, and a thriving, open and confident China's solemn commitment to the international community. General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared: "We must not only run a winter Olympic event well, but also make it unique, wonderful and unique." ”

Since Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 24th Winter Olympic Games in 2015, from putting forward the concept of green, sharing, openness and integrity, to clarifying the simple, safe and wonderful requirements for running the Games, from the flying dance of "ice ribbon" and "snow ruyi", to the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has been achieved ahead of schedule... How many times have they worn the stars and worn the moon, how many times have they overcome difficulties, China will believe in its words and deeds will bear fruit, and the "Blueprint for the Winter Olympics" will become a reality step by step.

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed in his 2022 New Year message: "We will dedicate a grand Olympic event to the world wholeheartedly. The world is looking forward to China, and China is ready. "When the Olympics once again enter the "Beijing time", we have the confidence and ability to dedicate a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Olympic event to the world! We have the determination and confidence to leave a strong mark in the history of the development of the Olympic movement!

Sport is an important symbol of social development and human progress, and the Olympic movement is the common wealth of all mankind. Under the banner of the five rings, athletes from different regions and different colors gather in the same arena, and people of different races and different faiths are committed to the same dream. Creating a carrier for mankind to seek peace and friendship is the glory of the Olympic Movement; building a bridge of dialogue and exchange for the world is the value of the Olympic Event. Over the course of more than 100 years, the international Olympic Movement has played a positive role in realizing the all-round development of people, enhancing the friendship of peoples of all countries, and promoting the cause of world peace, development and progress. Today, the Olympic spirit transcends national borders and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of the world, and the Olympic Games have not only become an important stage for athletes from all countries to realize their glory and dreams, but also an important platform for people around the world to enhance understanding and deepen friendship.

As a member of the Olympic family, China is a firm participant in the Olympic movement and an active promoter of Olympic values. From the Temple of Hera to the Great Wall, from Mount Olympia to Mount Everest, from the "Three Questions of the Olympic Games" more than 100 years ago to today's "City of the Two Olympics", from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games in the annals of modern Olympic sports with a deep red Chinese seal, to the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games to the world to dedicate a wonderful, vibrant, Chinese youth event, the long-standing Olympics and the long-standing Chinese civilization convergence and integration, and constantly write a new Olympic chapter that attracts the world's attention. The 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be held in China, which is a good opportunity for Chinese sports to create a win-win situation with the world Olympic movement, which will further enhance the confidence of the Chinese people in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, show the world the image of a sunny, rich, open and hopeful country, promote exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and civilizations of all countries in the world, and will further stimulate the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for the Olympic Movement and create a new realm for the development of the Olympic winter sports and the dissemination of the Olympic spirit!

At present, the world's unprecedented changes in a century and the global pandemic of the new crown pneumonia epidemic are intertwined, and the people of all countries have more ardent expectations for peaceful development, their voices for fairness and justice have become stronger, and their pursuit of win-win cooperation has become firmer. Before the opening of the XXXII Summer Olympic Games, the IOC added "more solidarity" to the Olympic motto that has been circulating for more than a hundred years, expressing the vision of the world needing to unite and overcome difficulties together. The 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on the Olympic Truce of the Beijing Winter Olympics by consensus, stressing that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be an opportunity to demonstrate the valuable values of human solidarity, resilience and international cooperation. The Beijing Winter Olympics coincide with the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar, and in Chinese culture, the tiger is a symbol of bravery and strength. In the face of the severe challenges facing mankind at present, we should conform to the general trend, unite as one, such as adding wings to the tiger, bravely overcoming various dangers and obstacles on the way forward, in order to create a better world in the post-epidemic era and let the sunshine of hope illuminate mankind. The Beijing Winter Olympics is the first global comprehensive sports event to be held as scheduled since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, shouldering the important mission of allowing the Olympic movement to promote mutual understanding and exchange among mankind. We firmly believe that the theme slogan of "Together for the Future" will, together with the new Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger - More Unity", condense the more powerful forces of all parties to strengthen unity and cooperation, jointly cope with challenges and move towards a better future!

The journey of the avenue, the world is public. At the meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "The Communist Party of China pays attention to the future and destiny of mankind and advances hand in hand with all progressive forces in the world, and China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of international order!" "Peace, harmony and harmony are the concepts that the Chinese nation has always pursued and inherited, and the Communist Party of China has always taken it as its mission to make new and greater contributions to mankind, and correctly understood and handled its relations with the outside world from the general trend of human development, the general pattern of world changes, and the great history of China's development." The successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics and The Winter Paralympic Games will provide a stage for promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind with a global common sports language and Olympic spirit, condense the common pursuit and greatest consensus of the people of all countries to build a better world, and draw the world's largest concentric circles. Facing the future, as long as we unswervingly stand on the right side of history, stand on the side of human progress, and carry forward the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind, we will certainly be able to continuously contribute wisdom and strength to the progress of human civilization and promote the wheel of history to advance towards a bright future!

Tonight, the lights are shining and the curtain is on. Athletes walked into the venue and marched towards the goal; the people of the world joined hands to share stories of peace, friendship and progress. This is the moment to convey passion and dreams, this is the moment to show courage and strength, this is the moment to write about struggle and unity.

Let's move into the future together! (End)