The majority of members of the Beijing Winter Olympic Athletes' Committee and project managers are women

Beijing, February 14 (Xinhua) -- On February 14, Yang Yang, chairman of the Athletes' Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, introduced at a press conference today that 14 of the 19 members of the Athletes' Committee are women. Yang Yang joked: "What we may have to worry about within our committee is how to protect the relevant rights and interests of men. ”

Data map: Exterior view of Beijing Winter Olympic Village. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed

In the field of sports project management, 7 out of 11 project managers are women, "which means that most of them are female managers in charge of the entire event, and I am proud of them." She said.

Yang Yang believes that the performance of female athletes will give other women the courage to chase their dreams together, "In fact, it is not necessary to be a professional athlete, but through sports she can also express herself, she can also make herself better, I believe that the power of sports can make more girls find better themselves." ”