The 2022 Beijing News Center held a press conference today (February 17) morning to release that from the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics to October 2021, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports in the country is 346 million, the participation rate of ice and snow sports is more than 24%, and the commitment of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has been realized, which is the biggest heritage achievement of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Press conference scene / reporter shooting
On July 31, 2015, Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, and China made a solemn commitment to the international community to "bring 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports". Tu Xiaodong, director of the Publicity Department of the State General Administration of Sports, said that this commitment has been fulfilled. This is also the most important legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympics to the global winter sports and Olympic sports, and can be said to be the "first gold medal" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Tu Xiaodong: The data shows that the number of participants in ice and snow sports in the country has reached 346 million, and the participation rate of residents has reached 24.56%. 92.64% of the public participates in ice and snow sports through personal and spontaneous means. Since November 2021, nearly 3,000 online and offline mass events related to the Winter Olympics have been held in various places, with more than 100 million participants.
Students of the Second Experimental Primary School in Jilin City practice ramp lateral movement / Photo by Xu Chang, Xinhua News Agency
The Altay region hosts a variety of ice and snow events to support the Winter Olympics/from the network
Qiu Ru, deputy director of the Department of Mass Sports of the State General Administration of Sport and a first-level inspector, said that the hosting of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has won a rare historical development opportunity for the development of mass ice and snow sports on the mainland, and has also set off an upsurge of participation in ice and snow sports.
Qiu Ru: As of the beginning of 2021, there are 654 standard ice rinks in the country, an increase of 317% over 2015; there are 803 indoor and outdoor ski resorts of various types, an increase of 41% over 2015. Support eligible public skating venues to open to the public free of charge or low fees. Organize the development of national standards for simulated ice rinks and mobile real ice rinks, use standards and specifications to lead the research and development and production of skating rinks, and promote the construction of skating venues for the masses. Among them, the national standard for simulated ice rinks has been released, and the national standard for mobile real ice rinks will be released around the end of 2022. After the Winter Olympics, the General Administration of Sport will continue to guide and support the expansion of the number of ice and snow sports venues in various places on the basis of the existing work results, improve the open service level of ice and snow sports venues, and better meet the needs of the masses for ice and snow sports.
Beijing citizens enjoy ice and snow at the Summer Palace Ice Rink / Reporter shooting
"Winter Olympic fever" drives "ice and snow fever", more people fall in love with ice and snow sports at the same time, but also led to the development of ice and snow economy.
Tu Xiaodong: The number of ice and snow leisure tourists in the country has increased from 170 million in the 2016-2017 ice and snow season to 254 million in the 2020-2021 ice and snow season, and it is expected that the number of ice and snow leisure tourists on the mainland in the 2021-2022 ice and snow season will reach 305 million person-times, and the revenue of ice and snow leisure tourism in the mainland is expected to reach 323.3 billion yuan. At the same time, the mainland will effectively combine the ice and snow economy with rural revitalization, such as the Altay region of Xinjiang to rely on the key scenic spots of ice and snow tourism to build an ice and snow poverty alleviation complex in Altay City, 2 poverty-stricken counties to remove their hats in March 2020, and 107 poor villages to withdraw. Hebei Chongli took the opportunity of the Winter Olympics to vigorously develop the ice and snow tourism industry, and in May 2019, it completely lifted itself out of poverty and removed its hat, and the ice and snow equipment industry achieved innovative development. Ice and snow sports play an increasingly important role in promoting rural revitalization, local economic transformation, and achieving sustainable and high-quality economic development.
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