A cluster of light fire, candles illuminate the heavens and the earth. Looking out over the Olympic River, this "light of hope" reaches the hearts of the people.
From the beginning of "a snowflake" on the spring day to the end of the parting "folding willows to send affection", a picture of ice and snow about hard work and dreams, unity and peace, accompanied by the glory of the "City of The Two Olympics", full of expectations of "going to the future together", spread in front of the world.
The sonorous and powerful voice of General Secretary Xi Jinping in the summer of 2015 echoed in my ears: "I believe that if you choose Beijing, Chinese people will certainly be able to dedicate a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Winter Olympic Games to the world in Beijing!" ”
Time has witnessed the pace of struggle. After more than 6 years of meticulous preparation, Beijing and Zhangjiakou have written a chapter of the era of "green, shared, open and clean". A "truly unparalleled" ice and snow event, the event is exciting, the record is constantly refreshed, and every day is creating surprises and miracles.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that this is the first global comprehensive sports event held as scheduled since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and it is a successful practice of the new Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger - more united".
China has lived up to this trust and expectation. When the Olympic fire is slowly extinguished, the fireworks above the Bird's Nest form the Chinese and English characters of "One Family Under Heaven", and the Beijing Winter Olympics have come to a successful end. This moment is enough to proudly declare that we have delivered on our promises to the world.
"Presenting a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world"
The Beijing Winter Olympics are held on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. Chinese emphasizes "home and everything", and under the call of the Olympic flag, the world is reunited because of sports.
Nearly 3,000 athletes from 91 countries and regions flocked to the country, and foreign heads of state, government, royals and heads of international organizations arrived as scheduled. For the first time, some countries have sent delegations to the Winter Olympics.
IOC President Bach has said that the Olympics may be one of the most complex events on the planet, as if it were a huge and very difficult jigsaw puzzle. After Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, he made his attitude clear: the Winter Olympics were "handed over to people who are assured."
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that "we will honor our commitments and present to the world a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event" and "China's Winter Olympics will be faithful to its words and deeds will be fruitful."
When the "Winter Olympic Puzzle" was completed as scheduled, guests from afar were pleasantly surprised.
Beijing Olympic Park, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" to create the "fastest ice"; Yanqing Xiaohaituo Mountain, with the world's first 360-degree swing track of the "Snow Dragon" winding mountains; Zhangjiakou Chongli, the National Ski Jumping Center "Snow Ruyi" shows the Chinese style... Spectacular high-tech venues bring a new experience and inspire the passion of ice and snow athletes around the world.
Rising from the Shougang Ski Jump, behind which is the cooling tower left behind in the old industrial area, american freestyle skier Goper excitedly exclaimed: "It's cool here!" In Chongli "Snow Great Wall" cornice walking wall, all kinds of good hands compete to challenge the difficult action, "enjoy the game here too much."
Of the 13 competition and non-competition venues in Beijing, 11 were left over from the 2008 Olympic Games. Creatively realize the two-way transformation of winter and summer projects, and Chinese experience and Chinese wisdom are hidden in it. In the world's first double Olympic venue "Ice Cube" to complete the "water ice conversion", Czech curler Paulova even called "incredible".
"Ice Ribbon" has the largest artificial ice surface in Asia, and carbon emissions tend to be close to zero; "intelligent snowmaking" on the snow field can save about 20% of water consumption; "The wind of Zhangbei lights up the lights of Beijing", and for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the "green electricity" coverage of all venues has been achieved... From the vivid practice of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the international community has seen "China's innovation and action to depict the future with green".
Under the severe challenge of the epidemic, how to present a simple, safe and wonderful Olympic event to the world?
General Secretary Xi Jinping's words are loud and clear: "We take athletes as the center, make every effort to do a good job in hardware and software protection such as venue facilities, and do a good job in all-round services." We are fully confident in ensuring the health and safety of the participants and Chinese. ”
The scientific and meticulous "double closed-loop" management of the two places and three divisions, China's valuable experience in fighting the epidemic was applied to the Winter Olympic Games. The whole process, fully enclosed, point-to-point prevention and control system creates a safe and humanized environment for participation. Walking in the closed loop, the mask can't hide a pair of smiling eyes, as Australian freestyle skier Anthony sighed: "This is a safe harbor".
Holding a large-scale competition, one link and one link, Beijing undoubtedly handed over a high score. Located in Shougang, the "command center" coordinates the scheduling, and the venues run efficiently and smoothly, and the service guarantee is meticulous and thoughtful. "Very satisfied" became a high-frequency word during the Winter Olympics.
On the night of February 12, a heavy snow suddenly fell in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the three divisions quickly launched an emergency plan, and all departments mobilized all night. In the Genting stadium group, 1,300 emergency teams were equipped with manual snow removal operations, 16 ice and snow removal machines, and 50 snow blowers to clear snow overnight. The positive response of the organizers of the race has received praise from all parties.
During the previous Olympic Games, the IOC held a regular morning meeting every day to coordinate the normal holding of various events. But in Beijing, this "convention" is broken. Dolby, executive director of the Olympic Department of the International Olympic Committee, admitted that from the organization of the event to the details of the arrangement, the entire system runs smoothly and is "impeccable in all aspects".
The epidemic once disrupted the rhythm of the world sports world, and in the Winter Olympic Stadium, ice and snow athletes welcomed a long-lost audience. The enthusiastic cheers and shouts in the stadium inspire the athletes to push the limits and achieve good results. On the record wall of the "Ice Ribbon", the Olympic records are rewritten almost every day.
The ingenious Winter Olympic Village and the volunteers who serve warmly bring the warmth of "home". On foreign social media, athletes from various countries and regions continue to upload short videos of "Winter Olympic Journey". Taste food, play tai chi, make dumplings, paste Spring Festival... Bit by bit, take it to heart. They are grateful that "the Beijing Winter Olympics provide a stage to realize their dreams" and even more imaginative of "traveling to China again".
The Olympic broadcast service company recently said that the Beijing Winter Olympics has become the highest-rated Winter Olympics so far. On the IOC's official social media, more than 2.7 billion people participated in discussions on the topic of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The favor of the global audience echoes the IOC's "very remarkable" evaluation, and "China's responsibility" has once again been widely recognized.
When the Winter Olympics are organized, one commitment after another has become a reality, and "why China can" show a clearer answer: it is the party's leadership and the institutional advantages of the national system and the concentration of forces to do great things, leading the Chinese people to constantly lift up new miracles and write new glories.
At the 139th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee, Bach said affectionately: "Without the support of Chinese people, the Beijing Winter Olympics could not have achieved such remarkable success. On the same day, he announced that the Olympic trophy would be awarded to all Chinese people, and a confident, open and sunny China and the world hugged each other.
"Bringing 300 million people to ice and snow sports"
Shougang Ski Jump "Snow Flying", witnessing the soaring of young generals Gu Ailing and Su Yiming; freestyle skiing aerial skills jumping platform, Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu of the Winter Olympics in the four worlds, struggling for many years to realize their dreams; speed skating track, Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record and realized the gold medal dream of generations of athletes...
Break through, break through again! The Winter Olympics remember moments of glory. 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, the Chinese sports delegation ranked third in the gold medal list, creating the best record in history since participating in the Winter Olympics in 1980. From "strong ice and weak snow" to two wings flying together, generations of ice and snow people have worked hard and finally ushered in a bumper harvest at the doorstep of their homes.
It's not just about standing on the podium that surprises you. This Year's Winter Olympics covered 15 sub-events, and as many as 35 sub-events appeared for the first time in the figure of Chinese players. Zhao Jiawen of the Nordic biathlon, Xu Mingfu of alpine skiing, Song Qiwu of ski jumping... These strange and young faces bravely take every small step and converge into a big step in China's ice and snow.
For China's ice and snow sports, which started late and have a thin foundation, General Secretary Xi Jinping demanded that we should take advantage of the opportunity of the Winter Olympics to promote a "historic leap". In just a few years, relying on cross-border cross-item selection of materials and science and technology to help prepare for the war, from 1/3 of the 109 Winter Olympics are blank in the mainland, to "full project development, full project team building, full project training".
Bobsleigh was once a difficult field for Chinese athletes to set foot on. At the sound of a summoning order, athletes who switched from javelin, hurdles and other athletics events were selected to form a team. Starting from scratch, thousands of hammers, condensing into the speed of gear shifting on the Winter Olympic track. A bronze medal spelled by yan Wengang, a steel-framed snowmobile player, highlights China's speed and Chinese strength.
Behind the "strong and weak points, making up for shortcomings" is the advantage of overall scheduling and optimization of all aspects under the national system, the driving force for high-level sports science and technology to stand on its own feet and overcome the cutting-edge technology of "card neck", and the basis for extensively mobilizing social forces and building a number of international ice and snow training bases.
The last jump, dare to challenge the action that has never been done before; fall to the ground, get up and catch up; even if there is a gap, you must also play the best of yourself... In the Winter Olympic Games, Chinese athletes are not afraid of strong hands, strive to be the first, and repeatedly refresh the best results of the competition. As Yin Zheng, a steel frame snowmobile runner, said: "Growing up from such an experience, we will become stronger in the future." ”
From competitive gold medals to moral gold medals, style gold medals, and clean gold medals, the Beijing Winter Olympics also won an extremely important "gold medal" - "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports". This "gold medal" belongs to the public and the future, rewarding the persistent pursuit of the Olympic ideal and the profound change in the style of winter sports in the world.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "As early as the bid, I proposed that the biggest purpose of China's Olympic Games is to bring 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports. Through unremitting efforts, this vision has been successfully realized. ”
With the pace of "expanding from the south to the west and expanding to the east", the once niche ice and snow sports flew into the homes of the people. The holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics has made the enthusiasm of the masses to participate in ice and snow sports even higher. The sales of ice and snow equipment on e-commerce platforms have doubled several times, orders for ski resorts such as Yabuli in Heilongjiang and Anji in Zhejiang have grown rapidly, and youth ice and snow training has been included in the "preferential option" by more parents...
Every Winter Olympic venue comes up with a "future-oriented" script as early as the planning and design stage. The "Ice Ribbon" can accommodate 2,000 people on the ice at the same time after the race, and the "Snow Dragon" reserves the entrance for public participation at the slower ramp... Let the legacy of the Winter Olympics benefit the people and stay for a long time, and the "affordable, profitable and sustainable" advocated by the International Olympic Committee, China has contributed a feasible model.
As the host, the "immersive experience" continues to trigger the Winter Olympics boom. More than 600 million people in China watched the Winter Olympic Games on TV and felt the charm of ice and snow sports in an all-round way. Many spectators who were "circled" by the Winter Olympic athletes turned around and rushed to the ice rink to try their hand. "When more people experience and participate in it, China's ice and snow will be strong." Curling combination Fan Suyuan / Ling Zhi expects that the ice and snow sports that are on fire will become a new fashion in society.
In Bach's view, "even if only a small number of these 300 million people decide to become professional ice and snow sports practitioners, the future of global ice and snow sports will usher in a new development pattern." ”
In the face of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, China has a long-term vision. From "striving to hand over the two excellent answer sheets for the preparation of the Winter Olympic Games and local development", to "without the health of the whole people, there will be no comprehensive well-off", and then to the low-carbon environmental protection lifestyle, the winter Olympic effect of "positive environmental impact, new regional development, and better life" has gradually emerged. This process is not only China's fulfillment of its commitments to the international community, but also conveys the temperature of "people first".
"The development of the ice and snow sports industry in Europe and the United States has taken 50 years, and China has basically formed a complete industrial ecosystem within 5 years." The speech of Lewis, former secretary general of the International Ski Federation, reflects the trend of the Winter Olympics like a "catapult" to boost the take-off of the mainland's ice and snow industry and ice and snow economy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that from "one world, one dream" in 2008 to "together to the future" in 2022, China has actively participated in the Olympic movement, unremittingly carried forward the Olympic spirit, and is a firm pursuer and action faction of the Olympic ideal. Through the preparation of the Winter Olympic Games, China has successfully led 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports, promoted regional development, ecological construction, green innovation, and improved people's lives, and opened up a broader space for the development of global ice and snow sports.
Enterprising China and the Olympics have once again held hands, from the long queue to buy souvenirs of the Winter Olympics to the people who take the initiative to devote themselves to volunteer service, the "double Olympic complex" and the timeless Olympic values that have been passed down from generation to generation have once again taken root in the land of Shenzhou.
At the beginning, Beijing submitted the "Bidding Report", proposing "athlete-centered, sustainable development, and frugality", echoing the reform direction of the IOC's Olympic Agenda 2020. Looking back now, China's innovative exploration has assumed the responsibility of setting a new benchmark and injecting new vitality into the future Olympic Games.
Bach once predicted that the history of ice and snow sports in the world will take the Beijing Winter Olympics as the dividing line. When the curtain fell, he exclaimed in his closing speech: "This is a truly unparalleled Winter Olympics, and we welcome China to become a major ice and snow sports country." ”
"Faster, higher, stronger – more united"
There are no two snowflakes in the world that are the same. This image runs through the opening and closing ceremonies, and the ingenuity is full of deep meaning.
The various delegations participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, although different in race, language and religion, gathered under the banner of the five rings, fought in the same arena, and lived under the same roof, just like a miniature "global village".
At the beginning of the 1980 Lake Demplixid Winter Olympics, the Chinese ice and snowmen were still measuring the distance from the world, and now China opened its arms to welcome the world's ice and snow athletes to Beijing, opening a new chapter in China for the new Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger - more united".
In addition to the victory and defeat, the Winter Olympics fixed a scene of moving moments: american freestyle skier Caldwell did not have the opportunity to receive the podium, but the first time to give the champion Xu Mengtao a hug; Chinese speed skater Akhnar Adak crossed the finish line and reached out to pay tribute to the German pentase veteran Peichstein; in the final of the women's big jump in snowboarding, the players comforted the injured Japanese athletes together...
There are all-out competitions, there are also comforting blessings that warm each other, and athletes convey common emotions and condense common values. They are competitors, but also friends who pursue excellence together. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, stories of friendship are played out every day.
It is not just people-to-people exchanges, more and more low-latitude and developing countries are joining the "Winter Olympic family". Haiti, Saudi Arabia, East Timor... Whether it's a first-time competition or a "one-man delegation", they come with a dream and try to prove to the world that the Olympics is important not to win, but to participate.
At present, the world's unprecedented changes in a century and the superposition of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the century, the five Olympic rings rising from the cracked ice, mean breaking the barrier and mutual understanding. The Winter Olympics, which insisted on being held as scheduled, let the world see that even if the epidemic is in front of us, as long as we unite as one and overcome the difficulties together, we can break through the haze in front of us and reach the other side of the light.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that the "greater unity" advocated by the Olympic Movement is what is most needed in today's era. The countries of the world have a better future together than in more than 190 small boats, as in one big boat, so we put forward the slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics of "going to the future together".
The world is jointly guarding a cluster of "micro-fire", and this unprecedented idea is a vivid interpretation of the "China Plan" to answer the propositions of the times and build a community with a shared future for mankind. Promoting world peace with the posture of a host and opening up the road to the United States and the United States reflects the thousands of weather of "win-win cooperation".
Big countries do great things, and big responsibilities have great deeds. "We must not only run a grand Winter Olympics, but also create a unique, wonderful and unique event."
Eastern and Western civilizations exchange and learn from each other, because of this "Frozen", presenting a beautiful scenery. From the "countdown" of the twenty-four solar terms of the opening ceremony, to the ice rink baffle pattern taken from "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains"; from the tiger's head helmet worn by athletes and the "only green" competition uniform, to the Winter Olympic logo born of seal carving and calligraphy... Traditional culture converges into "Chinese romance", injecting colorful meanings into the Olympic Games.
In the festive atmosphere of spending the Chinese New Year together, from the ice and snow paintings of the opening and closing ceremonies, in the global boom of pursuing the mascot "Ice Pier", guests from all over the world once again perceived and understood China. After the 2008 Olympic Games, the New York Times lamented that Beijing has given the world a piece of youth. Now, the 2022 Winter Olympics will show "China's future."
History has chosen China, and the times have created the "City of The Two Olympics".
In the same bird's nest, when the melody of "Me and You" sounded after 14 years, the snowflake torch and the "dream five rings" interlaced in the air, as if the Olympic fire looked at each other across time and space - the unprecedented "City of The Double Olympics", engraving the extraordinary journey of a nation that worked hard and did not slacken off.
Taking the "three questions of the Olympic Games" in 1908 as the starting point, the sons and daughters of China have spent more than a hundred years pulling the "question mark" into an "exclamation mark". From the catch-up of the Olympic movement, to standing in the center of the stage with your head held high, illuminating the road of hope of "the world is one, the world is one".
General Secretary Xi Jinping sighed: "In the past, we dared not think about things, but now we dare to think, and if we think about it, we can do it, and we can do it when we do it." ”
Struggle and transcendence constitute the main line of the "City of The Two Olympics". If we say that the first handshake between Beijing and the Olympic Games was a China that stood up and became rich, actively integrating into the world and showing the "self" of a long history, and now that we meet again, it is a strong China and the world running in both directions, presenting a "we" with a common destiny.
Man has no faith and no standing, and the country is not strong without faith. From the "unparalleled" Summer Olympic Games to the "truly unparalleled" Winter Olympics, through the wonderful narrative of sports, a China that keeps promises and is full of spirit, and a China that "steps on the right path of the world", is presented to the world in an all-round way.
"Thank you!" When he was parting for the Beijing Winter Olympics, Bach used Chinese to say the word four times in a row. Athletes from all over the world hugged and blessed each other. This great gathering remains in everyone's heart. Fold a willow stick to bid farewell to the long-distance travelers, the endless green, just like the world from the pain of the epidemic, the bitter cold midwinter, greet the breath of spring "together to the future".
History has engraved a strong and colorful stroke, and the world has a new understanding of China's road.
Source People's Daily | Written by Zheng Yi, Fan Jiayuan, Li Shuo
Edited by Zeng Jiajia
Process Editor Wu Yue