Source: Yangguang Military
On the morning of February 2
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Torch Relay Event
Officially started in Beijing Olympic Forest Park
In a torch relay
The figure of the Chinese soldier is particularly conspicuous
The first stop of the torch relay
The second and third rods are astronauts
On the first day of the Winter Olympic Torch Relay, the relay was carried out in three areas: Beijing Aosen, Beijing Winter Olympic Park and Shougang Park. The first stop in the Olympic Forest Park, the second torchbearer attracted much attention, he is the Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Brigade astronaut Jing Haipeng. He said: "To be part of the torch relay is really a dream come true! ”
Jing Haipeng is one of the first astronauts on the mainland and the astronaut who has carried out the most manned missions on the mainland at present. On December 26, 2021, Jing Haipeng was awarded the title of "Ice and Snow Sports Promotion Ambassador", saying that he hopes that ice and snow sports equipment will also be brought to space in the future, and it is his dream for astronauts to participate in ice and snow sports in space.
After running about 100 meters, Jing Haipeng passed the torch to the third torchbearer Ye Peijian.
Ye Peijian is an expert in the overall and information processing of mainland space vehicles, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was awarded the title of "People's Scientist" in 2019.
Qi Fabao, the "Heroic Leader of the Patriotic Frontier", and Wang Meng saluted each other
At the scene of the torch relay in Beijing Winter Olympic Park, the second stick was Qi Fabao, the "heroic regimental commander of the Patriotic Frontier", "the outstanding communist party member of the country", and the representative of the military. Rooted in the Ali Plateau, he is not bitter in a harsh environment, facing the threat of life and not afraid of death, showing the style of contemporary revolutionary soldiers in the snowy plateau.
The first torchbearer is China's short track speed skater Wang Mao, who saluted the leader of the regiment with Qi Fabao when the torch was handed over.
The torch relay also has the figure of these veterans
On the eve of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, three national model veterans served as torchbearers for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on the recommendation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the selection of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee.
They are: Tong Zhanyuan, director of the Hebei Provincial Agricultural Characteristic Industry Technology Guidance Station, who has struggled all year round on the battlefield of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, and has turned "small mushrooms" into "big industries" for poverty alleviation.
A family of four generations has been guarding the border for more than 70 years, and Longjik Kader, a volunteer border guard in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Zhou Xiaohui, a retired college student soldier who inspired the enthusiasm of the young generation to join the army and serve the country. After retiring from the army in December 2013, he published his military work "An Expedition in My Youth: A Military Diary of a College Student Soldier".
Source: CCTV Military, China Veterans Affairs Department
Reporter: Liang Ye