On February 4th, the spring day of the Year of the Nongyin Tiger, everything grows and everything is renewed.
From the Temple of Hera to the Great Wall, from Mount Olympia to Mount Everest, from the "Three Questions of the Olympic Games" a hundred years ago to today's "City of The Two Olympics". On this day, the tinder from the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece once again lit up the Olympic light in Beijing. In the global spotlight, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. Under the banner of the five rings, athletes around the world are inspired by the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger - more united", showing the beauty of ice and snow sports, pursuing excellence and glory.
Lasting 16 days, nearly 3,000 athletes from 91 countries and regions competed in the same field, and some countries sent delegations to attend the Winter Olympics for the first time. As the first global comprehensive sports event to be held as scheduled since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Beijing Winter Olympics once again demonstrated China's action.
The joy and friendship brought by ice and snow sports are shared by people around the world, and the world has witnessed the pace of China's progress from a sports power to a sports power, and witnessed the broader space that China has opened up for the development of global ice and snow sports. The unity, cooperation and hope demonstrated by the Beijing Winter Olympics convey to the world the voice of the times of "together to the future", and inject more confidence and strength into the turbulent and changing world.
The Covenant of the Winter Olympics witnessed China's faithful promise
General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been concerned about the work related to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games, personally planned and personally promoted, and made important instructions and instructions on many occasions, continuously injecting strong ideological and action forces into the successful operation of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have been smoothly advanced and fruitful, and the blueprint for the 2022 Winter Olympics has become a reality step by step.
"In China, ice and snow sports do not enter Shanhaiguan. If the ice and snow project can be promoted in Guannei, it is expected to bring 200 million to 300 million people to participate, thus igniting the torch of China's ice and snow sports. In 2014, President Xi Jinping's trip to Sochi had a deep conversation with IOC President Bach and told China's Dream of the Winter Olympics.
"Beijing's successful acquisition of the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics will be conducive to the mutual promotion of China's sports and socio-economic development and the development of the world Olympic movement, to the promotion of exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and civilizations of all countries in the world, and to the opportunity for Chinese people to contribute to the development of the Olympic movement and the spread of the Olympic spirit again." In August 2015, shortly after the beijing Winter Olympics bid was successful, President Xi Jinping said this when he met with Prince Ahmed, president of the International Olympic Association and president of the Olympic Council of Asia.
In November 2015, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on adhering to the green Olympic Games, sharing the Olympic Games, opening up the Olympic Games, and running the Olympic Games cleanly, emphasizing the promotion of the Olympic spirit, strengthening Sino-foreign sports exchanges, promoting the integration of Eastern and Western civilizations, and displaying China's good image.
"It is necessary to enhance the sense of mission and responsibility, conscientiously implement the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing, adhere to the green Olympic Games, shared Olympic Games, open Olympic Games, and clean Olympic games, complete various preparatory tasks with high standards and high quality, and turn the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games into a wonderful, extraordinary, and outstanding Olympic event, and hand over a satisfactory answer sheet to the people of the motherland and the international community." In March 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed when listening to the report on the preparatory work.
"When China hosts the Winter Olympics, its words must be believed and its deeds will be fruitful. And we rushed early and not late. As soon as I return to China after meeting you this time, I will go to Zhangjiakou to see the snow field there. In 2017, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, President Xi Jinping once again expressed China's sincerity and determination to host the Winter Olympics when meeting with Bach.
"Every step has been taken steadily, and now it is the stage of sprinting. I see that everyone's work is still in full swing, and we will work hard and fight hard. "One month after the opening countdown, General Secretary Xi Jinping made the fifth field visit to the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, emphasizing firm confidence and redoubling efforts to grasp all preparatory work to ensure the complete success of the Beijing Winter Olympics and The Winter Paralympic Games."
Bach praised: "In terms of promoting the Olympic movement, President Xi Jinping is a well-deserved champion."
The "Covenant of the Winter Olympics" issued by President Xi Jinping on behalf of China has gathered many people.
Some 170 official representatives of nearly 70 countries, regions and international organizations, including more than 30 heads of state, heads of government, speakers of parliaments, important members of the royal family and heads of international organizations, gathered in Beijing.
At the beginning of the New Year, China's Winter Olympic diplomacy is efficient and pragmatic——
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan hosted a banquet to welcome international guests attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
For three consecutive days, more than 20 foreign affairs events were held intensively. President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin achieved their first "offline" meeting in more than two years, jointly announcing the official launch of the Year of Sino-Russian Sports Exchanges; Polish President Duda came to China to practice the agreement made more than 5 years ago, and President Xi Jinping sighed that "we are friends of gentlemen who are faithful and righteous"...
At the beginning of the New Year, China's Winter Olympic diplomacy was cordial and vivid——
During the meeting with Prince Albert II, the head of State of Monaco who participated in the Winter Olympic Games as an athlete for five times, President Xi Jinping specially expressed the gift of a pair of Beijing Winter Olympic mascots "ice piers"; during the meeting with Argentine President Fernandez, the two sides discussed adhering to the people-centered development concept, and also stressed the need to further strengthen bilateral relations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Argentina. During his current visit to China, President Fernandez made a special visit to the Exhibition Hall of the History of the Communist Party of China, becoming the first foreign head of state to visit the Exhibition Hall of Party History... President Xi Jinping showed Chinese hospitality to friends on five continents, and the friendship and understanding between China and other countries have been further deepened.
At the beginning of the New Year, China's Winter Olympic diplomacy won wide acclaim .
Bach and UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that respecting the rules, respecting each other, and uniting the world through peaceful and healthy competition is the mission of the Olympic Movement and should also become the goal of all countries in the world. The world today faces many challenges, and there is a greater need for solidarity and cooperation. It is hoped that the international community will take the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity to transcend differences and work together to build a better tomorrow for the future;
Hungarian President Adel hopes that this passionate sporting event will make people forget the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Peruvian President Castillo regarded the meticulous preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics as "China's practical action to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind";
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Many international dignitaries have said that the Beijing Winter Olympics will help show human resilience, unity and the pursuit of happiness, and is a vivid embodiment of the Olympic motto of "greater unity".
The covenant of the times, feel China's innovative development
"Chinese people look forward to and wait for this opportunity. 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! ”
General Secretary Xi Jinping leads the road to the Winter Olympics, and the concept of green, shared, open and clean Olympic Games has become a beautiful and vivid ice and snow picture. Every step of the Beijing Winter Olympics is closely linked to the pulse of the development of the new era, and invites the world to the covenant of the times with the promise of China:
Adhere to ecological priority, resource conservation, environmental friendliness, lay a beautiful Chinese background for the Winter Olympics; adhere to joint participation, common efforts, and common enjoyment, so that the Winter Olympics will produce good social effects; adhere to the world, the future, and modernization, so that the Winter Olympics will become a booster for opening up to the outside world; thrifty and thrifty, put an end to corruption, improve efficiency, adhere to zero tolerance for doping problems, and make the Winter Olympics as pure and flawless as ice and snow.
The world sees that this is a green and low-carbon Olympic event-
All newly built and renovated venues and facilities meet the green building standards, and for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the full coverage of green electricity in all venues is achieved; the carbon emissions of the "ice ribbon" tend to be close to zero; the "Snow Ruyi" will recycle and store the melted snow water for rebuilding snow; from the beginning of the preparation, the event needs and post-race utilization of all venues are fully considered; among the event transportation service vehicles, energy-saving and clean energy vehicles account for 85.8% of all vehicles, the highest in the previous Winter Olympics...
In the Shougang Park, which has been "transformed" into an abandoned industrial park, Bach ascends to the horizon: "It realizes the perfect integration of competition venues with industrial heritage reuse and urban renewal." "When it comes to sustainability, you just have to take a look here."
The world sees that this is an Olympic event of innovation and wisdom -
"Ice Ribbon" creates high-quality ice surfaces, and "Fastest Ice" justifies its own name with strength. Dutchman Kay Nuis, who won the Olympic record, lamented that "running 60 km/h feels great and all of our athletes can do their best here".
On the speeding Beijing-Zhang high-speed rail Winter Olympics train, the world's first high-speed rail 5G ultra-high-definition studio was set up in a pioneering way. Russian journalist Mattviev praised the studio, which is speeding at 350 kilometers per hour, which can meet all the needs of reporting.
Smart restaurants have taken the lead in "becoming popular" in the media reports of various countries. Cooking and delivery are fully automated, and the meal service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Czech national television reporter Thomas Budak bluntly said that the whole process is "like watching a science fiction movie"...
The world sees that this is an Olympic event of open cooperation -
Gather the wisdom of all parties, gather the strength of all walks of life, and revitalize the interests of the world. 57 specially appointed experts selected from 18 countries and regions around the world joined the Beijing Winter Olympics preparation team; young people from all over the world enthusiastically signed up to participate in the selection of volunteers for the Winter Olympics to welcome visitors from five continents; a number of top global sports enterprises were put into production in the Ice and Snow Sports Equipment Industrial Park in Zhangjiakou High-tech Zone, China, with more than 300 million Chinese participating in ice and snow sports, stimulating the unlimited potential of the global ice and snow industry, and making sports and economic and social development dance together.
Hungarian expert Laszlo has been walking with Beijing's "double Austria" process. After 16 years of working and living in China, he used the word "open" to interpret the rapid development of China's economy and society; Kotans, an expert in latvian bobsleigh competitions, participated in the design of "Snow Dragon". In Yanqing, he saw children playing in the snow field, and he lamented that "the development of ice and snow sports in China is full of vitality and hope".
"History will engrave this pen, and the world will have a new understanding of China's road." Behind the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics is China's unremitting efforts to respond to the requirements of the times, the concentrated embodiment of China's historic achievements and historic changes in the new era, and the great practice of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Beijing Winter Olympics will once again prove that a China that is constantly developing and progressing in the course of opening up has always been a powerful engine for the common development of the world and the backbone of the progress of human civilization.
The covenant of the future, hand in hand towards a better tomorrow
Since ancient times, the Olympic Movement has carried the beautiful pursuit of peace, unity and progress of mankind. From "One World, One Dream" in 2008 to "Together for the Future" in 2022, China has actively participated in the Olympic movement, unremittingly carried forward the Olympic spirit, and is a firm pursuer and activist of the Olympic ideal.
At present, the COVID-19 epidemic is still raging, and global problems such as climate change and terrorism are emerging in an endless stream. China argues that the international community should be "more united." China practices the purpose of the Olympic Movement, continues to promote the cause of human progress, and is an action faction that unremittingly promotes global solidarity and cooperation and promotes the international community to "move together for the future".
President Xi Jinping pointed out: "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 'Together to the Future'." "In the face of various pressing global challenges, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and sit together on the 'Noah's Ark' of the new era, mankind will have a better tomorrow."
Christopher Dolby, Executive Director of the IOC's Olympic Division, is convinced that this event will show how the world can overcome difficulties and become stronger together.
The Beijing Winter Olympics decided a total of 109 gold medals, which is the winter Olympic Games with the most gold medals and has created opportunities for more ice and snow athletes to realize their dreams. On the field, the masters compete on the same stage, and under the field, the athletes interact warmly——
Japanese figure skater Yu Yu tied the knot in the competition bravely challenged the world's most difficult action Axel to jump around, trying his best to overcome himself and surpass himself. Because of his practice of the Olympic spirit, he was loved by many audiences.
American curling player Christopher Pulis posted the Olympic commemorative badge given by Chinese athletes on social media, lamenting that "although I and the Chinese players do not speak the same language, they will smile and punch each other every time they meet."
Jacqueline Mouran, a 46-year-old Brazilian, participated in two Olympic Games in Beijing as a mountain biker and a cross-country skier, respectively, becoming a legend in the history of Olympic sports.
The "single national team" sent by the Gulf state of Saudi Arabia and the Caribbean island nation of Haiti completed the "debut" of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, opening a new chapter in the ice and snow sports of these countries.
Outside the arena, the story of the Beijing Winter Olympics strings together the dreams of countless ordinary people -
In Africa, local children know "what snow looks like" and "how to play in the snow" through cartoons themed on the Beijing Winter Olympics; in Brazil, ballet companies from slums promote the song "Together to the Future" according to the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games, and use passionate dance gestures to convey the beautiful vision of the Pakistani Communist Party to welcome the Winter Olympics and create a better future; in Japan, the "ice pier" has aroused the enthusiasm of the locals for the Winter Olympics, and many people have posted photos with the mascots of the Beijing Winter Olympics on social media to express their appreciation for this one." In Hungary, children use bright colors, combined with extraordinary imagination and creativity to depict the Mascots of the Winter Olympics and their favorite sports with paintbrushes, expressing their yearning for and support for the Olympic Movement...
Guterres said that in today's world, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still raging, extreme emotions are raging, geopolitical tensions are intensifying, and the international community urgently needs to promote the Olympic spirit that symbolizes unity. The Olympic and Paralympic Games convey an important message to the world — a message of peace and a message of mutual respect among all cultures, all civilizations and all races.
President Shahid of the 76th session of the UnGab stressed that sport is a platform for dialogue and diplomacy, reconciliation and rejuvenation, cooperation and collaboration. The Beijing Winter Olympics are an important opportunity to transcend geopolitics and promote global solidarity, peace and human creativity.
"The sportsmanship and power transmitted by China transcend the differences between countries and bring us closer together." The President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Capralos, thinks so.
At the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Olympic flag was solemnly handed over from Beijing to Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. The Olympic spirit is being passed on, and the Olympic story is alive and lasting.
The world will not forget that the Beijing Winter Olympics will bring "you" and "me" together into "we", build a bridge of hearts between people of all countries to enhance understanding, gather consensus, and cooperate for win-win results, and compose a song of harmonious friendship.
The world will not forget that when the international situation is turbulent and the haze of the epidemic is not dissipating, a "more united" Winter Olympics has responded to the expectations of all mankind to overcome difficulties and unite forward, and has stimulated the majestic power of all countries in the world to "go to the future together".
The Beijing Winter Olympics have come to an end, the footsteps of the Winter Paralympic Games are getting closer and closer, and the great cause of the international community in pursuing the common values of all mankind of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom is opening a new chapter. Let us join hands and walk with confidence to the future together!
Editor: Bian Xiaoxiao
Editor-in-Charge: Bao Lu
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