Beijing, 1 Mar (Xinhua) -- On 1 March, this reporter learned from the beijing Winter Paralympic Games Torch Relay Theme Media Briefing that the current transition period has been basically completed, and the work in all venues and fields is ready. From March 2 to March 4, 565 torchbearers will carry out torch relay in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, which are divided into three parts: fire collection, fire collection and torch relay.
On March 1, the Beijing Winter Paralympic Torch Relay Theme Media Briefing was held. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Chao photographed
It is understood that the official flames of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games will be generated by the convergence of 9 fires, including the fire collected in Mandeville, England, the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement, in the early morning of March 1, Beijing time, as well as the "Fire of Light" collected at the Beijing School for the Blind, the "Fire of Mutual Assistance" collected in the warm home of Wangjing Street, the "Flame of Hope" collected in the Chinese Braille Library, the "Fire of Source Flow" collected at the Grand Canal Shipping Terminal, the "Fire of Peace" collected at the Badaling Ancient Great Wall, and the "Chuang Dam" collected in Zhangjiakou There are 8 fires collected in the park, including the "'Hydrogen' Fire of Purity", the "Fire of Civilization" collected in the Yellow Emperor City, and the "Summer Fire" collected in the Temple of Heaven Park. After each tinder collection, no more than 20 sticks of urban tinder torches will be passed at the collection site. After the fire collection ceremony, torch relays will continue in the Temple of Heaven Park, which is themed "Nine Heavenly Fires".
The fire of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games was collected in Mandeville, England, on February 28, local time. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying
On the morning of March 3, the torch will be passed on the Zhangjiakou Civic Square with the theme of "Chasing Dreams for the Winter Olympics", the Chongli Taiwu Ski Resort with the theme of "Dancing Snow Rhyme", the Nuanquan Ancient Town of Weixian County with the theme of "New Posture of the Ancient Town", and the Huailai Guanting Reservoir Wetland Park with the theme of "Green Ecology"; in the afternoon, it will be passed on to the Beijing World Garden Park with the theme of "Gardens of All Nations". On the afternoon of the same day, the torch will also be passed in a closed loop in the South Park of the Olympic Forest Park. More than 20 torchbearers from the IPC family will fulfill their mission.
On March 4th, the torch will be passed on at the Beijing Municipal Cultural and Sports Guidance Center for the Disabled with the theme of "Self-Improvement", the China Sports Management Center for the Disabled with the theme of "The Road to Pursuing Dreams", and the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee with the theme of "Winter Olympic Home".
Yan Cheng, director of the Human Resources Department of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee and executive director of the Dispatching Center of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Operation Headquarters, introduced that there are 565 torchbearers for the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, selected by the International Paralympic Committee, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, the Chinese Paralympic Federation (China Paralympic Committee), the provinces and cities where the competition area is located, and the sponsoring enterprises. Most of the Torchbearers of the Winter Paralympic Games are advanced representatives who have made outstanding achievements or made outstanding contributions in all walks of life, most of them are "extraordinary ordinary people" rooted in the front line of production and work, 53% have won honors at or above the provincial and ministerial levels, and 74% of the front-line representatives of production and work have been awarded. At the same time, there are also a large number of people who are enthusiastic about helping the cause of the disabled, carrying forward the spirit of the Paralympic Games, and contributing to the realization of the vision of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, outstanding disabled athletes, coaches and outstanding representatives of the disabled in other industries, and the disabled account for 21% of the total number of torchbearers, which meets the requirements of the International Paralympic Committee that "the proportion of disabled torchbearers is not less than 15%".
It is worth looking forward to that the torch relay of the Winter Paralympic Games will also be interspersed with the use of upper and lower limbs to assist the exoskeleton robot for torch relay, and they have achieved autonomous grip function and upright walking after months of adaptation training by using assist exoskeleton equipment. Xu Zhijun, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee and director of the special team of the Torch Relay of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that he hopes to convey the concept of "science and technology to change life and make the impossible possible" to people in this way, and encourage more disabled people to bravely face life, not to abandon and not to give up the desire to live independently, which is also in line with the concept of the Torch Relay of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
Editors: Zhang Yueshan, Hu Jiali, Xiao Shiyao, Wu Yuqi (Intern)