The glory of the Winter Olympics belongs to every ordinary Chinese | Beijing News editorial

On the evening of 4 February, the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games will be held at the National Stadium. This grand event at the "doorstep" that the Chinese people are looking forward to has become the largest Winter Olympics in the history of the Chinese sports delegation.

It is understood that athletes from more than a hundred countries and regions will participate. This is an important moment in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games, and it is also a milestone in the development of ice and snow sports in the world.

From "One World, One Dream" in 2008 to "Together to the Future" in 2022, in 14 years, China has hosted two Olympic Games in a row, and Beijing has become the only "city of double Olympics", which is a great achievement.

The Winter Olympics lasted 6 and a half years from preparation to official holding. This is a grand event condensed by time and sweat, the passion of ice and snow belongs to the athletes on the field, and the glory of the Winter Olympics belongs to every ordinary Chinese.

From the time of the bid, China proposed that one of the goals of the Olympic Games is to "drive 300 million people to the ice and snow."

With this Winter Olympics, ice and snow sports quickly became popular and popular among the public. Beijing's Yanqing "Yang Kui" has become a ski captain, Shanghai's Huangpu River business district has built an indoor ice rink, Tourists from Xinjiang Altay have traveled on "fur skis", and Guizhou Liupanshui Ski Resort has been full of people...

Today, the vision of "driving 300 million people to the ice and snow" has been realized. Just during the Spring Festival holiday, skating and skiing have become the holiday choices of many people. Ice and snow sports are becoming a way of life and entertainment for ordinary Chinese, which is the dividend brought to the public by the Winter Olympics.

The Winter Olympic Torch Relay, which began on February 2, also reflects the footprints of ordinary people everywhere. Among these torchbearers, there are anti-epidemic doctors, environmental protection personnel, rural workers, and grassroots postal practitioners, most of whom are "extraordinary ordinary people" who have taken root in the front line of production and work and made outstanding contributions.

Ordinary workers participate in the Winter Olympic Torch Relay, which fully shows that the Beijing Winter Olympics is for the public and the grassroots, it is not only a feast for athletes, nor is it limited to celebrities, everyone has the opportunity to participate and share this Olympic event.

In addition, in this Winter Olympics, although athletes are the protagonists on the field, there are still a large number of staff and volunteers under the field to quietly ensure the orderly operation of the Winter Olympic Games.

Among the volunteers are teachers and students of colleges and universities in the capital, as well as employees of enterprises and institutions, as well as ordinary enthusiastic citizens, who work together to relieve the worries of athletes' competitions and lives.

"Together to the future" means that everyone is a community, and everyone is "going to the future together". Rather than saying that the participation of ordinary people adds luster to this Winter Olympics, it is better to say that a successful Winter Olympics is inseparable from the enthusiastic blessing of the whole people.

The provisions of the Olympic Charter on the "Principles of Olympism" have long been made clear: "Everyone shall enjoy the possibility of playing sports without discrimination of any kind and embody the Olympic spirit of mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair competition". This emphasizes the equality and fairness of the Olympic Games, and the Olympic Games in which everyone can be placed are the real Olympics.

For every ordinary person, to participate in the Winter Olympics is also to feel the beautiful values and qualities of human beings such as passion, bravery, fairness, honor, fun, and vitality in participation.

The Olympics is the common heritage of all mankind, but also a strong call to the individual personality, only by fully integrating into it, can we fully appreciate its charm, and then improve ourselves.

Today, when the epidemic is still not over, actively participating in the Winter Olympics is also an important opportunity to unite people-to-people relations and strengthen communication and collaboration. Under the guidance of a common desire and common expectation, the whole society will further enhance love and understanding, friendship and unity, and help us overcome the epidemic and overcome the difficulties together. The Olympics have become a booster of social progress, which in itself is the classic meaning of the Olympic Games.

The world is looking forward to China, and China is ready. The countdown to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics has entered the countdown, and the moment that all Chinese look forward to is coming. This is a grand event for China to face the world, and it is also a great gift to all ordinary Chinese.

Edit | Ma Xiaolong

Proofreading | Yang Xuli