In order to celebrate the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, help the Beijing Winter Olympics and tell the story of China, on February 4, the "Commemorative Cover of IOC President Thomas Bach Attending the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games" issued by China Philatelic Co., Ltd. and created by the famous artist Yuan Xikun was launched at the Beijing Jintai Art Museum.
The famous artist Yuan Xikun has been associated with the Olympic Games since 1993, and has been contributing to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games with plastic arts. Speaking of the creation of this commemorative cover, Yuan Xikun recalled his relationship with Mr. Bach: in 2019, President Bach selected his Coubertin sculpture from dozens of collections in the Swiss Olympic Museum and placed it in front of the Olympic Building where the International Olympic Committee is located, fully affirming the vivid charm of Chinese art and the vitality of sculpture. As the first environmental master of the United Nations, he empathized with President Bach's proposal of more sustainable, low-carbon and now more united on the basis of "faster, higher and stronger". This also portrayed him from three-dimensional to flat, sculpture and painting have been a stroke of God, and the front and profile portraits created for President Bach have been affirmed by Chairman Bach himself, and signed as a souvenir.
The front of the commemorative cover is an ink portrait created by Yuan Xikun for Chairman Bach, and the inscription of Chairman Bach in Chinese and English is used in the middle of the cover: "Beijing is about to write history, becoming the first city to host both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games." The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will connect Chinese people to the world and realize the vision of 300 million people participating in ice and snow sports, thus changing winter sports forever. The world will see this enthusiasm as China welcomes its best winter athletes. "The payment is For Chairman Bach.
Jiang Xiaoyu, former executive vice chairman of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee and vice president of the Beijing Olympic City Development Promotion Association, sent a video to congratulate the launch event. He said that Mr. Yuan Xikun has long formed an indissoluble relationship with the Olympic Peak Movement, whether it is the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games or the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, he used his own hands to cheer for the Olympic Games, made important contributions, and is also a strong stroke of his artistic career. On the occasion of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Teacher Yuan integrated his gratitude to the International Olympic Committee, his welcome to athletes from all over the world, and his blessings for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games into the creation of the commemorative cover, which was unique.