Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 25 Title: Building Dreams with One Heart to the Future -- Written on the 100-day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics
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Welcome the Olympic flames and enjoy the Olympic glory again.
In July 2015, Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. After more than 6 years of preparation, the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in a 100-day sprint.
On July 31, 2015, IOC President Bach announced at the 128th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee that Beijing and Zhangjiakou had won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Gong Lei
"Ice Ribbon" dances Shenzhou, "Snow Ruyi" moves in all directions... One by one, the landmarks of the Winter Olympics have become blueprints into reality; industrial sites and Venues of the Winter Olympics have complemented each other, and the preparations for the Winter Olympics have danced together with the development of the capital... "The City of the Two Olympics" has opened a new chapter; ice and snow sports have been widely spread, and the ice and snow industry has developed comprehensively... "The goal of driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" illuminates a better future.
Over the past six years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly inspected the preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, and has repeatedly made important instructions for the successful operation of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
"Adhere to the green Olympic Games, shared Olympic Games, open Olympic Games, clean Olympic Games, to ensure that the Beijing Winter Olympics into a wonderful, extraordinary, outstanding Olympic event."
"It is necessary to highlight the requirements of 'simple, safe and wonderful' competitions, comprehensively prevent and resolve various risks, and carefully do a good job in organizing events, serving games, scientific and technological applications, cultural activities and other preparatory work to minimize the risk of the epidemic."
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In another 100 days, the eyes of the world will once again focus on Beijing, China, and the passion and dreams of the Olympic Games will once again be ignited in the enterprising China. Beijing is ready! China is ready!
The fire is lit, and the Winter Olympics are sprinted
On the morning of October 20, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics fire, which carries the Olympic spirit, arrived in Beijing, igniting the ceremonial tinder in the shape of the traditional Chinese ceremonial instrument "Zun", stirring up people's fiery enthusiasm for the Olympic Games to come to Beijing and China again.
This is the ceremony tinder stage photographed at the Tinder Welcome Ceremony held at the Olympic Tower on the north side of the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" on October 20, 2021. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
This moment, Dream Back to 2008.
Wang Pingjiu, the musician who planned and created the Beijing Olympic song "Welcome to Beijing", rushed to the Olympic Tower located on the north side of the "Bird's Nest" and witnessed the Winter Olympic fire that flew thousands of miles for the first time. "Look forward to 100 days later, the burning 'Bird's Nest' main torch tower will light up the first 'Double Olympic City' in Olympic history."
"The door of my home is often open, open arms waiting for you, after hugging there is a tacit understanding, you will fall in love with here..." The classic Olympic songs remind people of the unparalleled Beijing Olympic Games, pinning people's deep expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
On July 31, 2015, citizens celebrated Beijing's partnership with Zhangjiakou in front of the Bird's Nest at the Beijing National Stadium for the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, special representative of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, who greeted the seeds of the Winter Olympics from Greece, said: "The arrival of the seeds in Beijing means that the Beijing Winter Olympics will soon set sail. The eyes of the world are once again focused on China and Beijing. ”
Although hit by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the complex puzzle of the Beijing Winter Olympics is converging in a smooth and orderly manner. On the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the first edition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Epidemic Prevention Manual was officially released.
Wang Quanyi, deputy director of the Public Health Department of the Games Service Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, vividly referred to the "Epidemic Prevention Manual" as "the instruction manual for participating in the Games". In the context of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Handbook helps to better protect the safety of athletes and Olympic games-related personnel.
From October 5th to December 31st, 10 international competitions, 3 international training weeks and 2 domestic test activities will be held in 8 competition venues in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. "This is the first time that the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee has held an international test match, and in the face of overseas participants, it has proposed a full-factor test, further explored the law of epidemic prevention and control, and showed the world the latest progress in the preparation of the Winter Olympics." Yao Hui, director of the Venue Management Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said.
As early as the bid to host the Winter Olympic Games, Beijing put forward the three major concepts of "athlete-centered, sustainable development, and frugality". Under the strict epidemic prevention and control measures in the preparation process, the athlete-centered concept runs through the whole process.
From October 8th to 10th, the first international test event, the "Meet in Beijing" Speed Skating China Open, was held at the National Speed Skating Hall. According to the epidemic prevention policy, all personnel coming to China need to carry out closed-loop management. The National Speed Skating Hall team strives to provide athletes with a comfortable venue and warm service. Dutch women's Greyvet, who won four gold medals in her personal event, said: "The venue is grand and beautiful, and the epidemic prevention measures make me feel particularly safe. ”
This is the ice surface of the National Speed Skating Hall taken on May 8, 2021. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
In Chaoyang District, Beijing, the accommodation hotel that receives athletes and accompanying officials, foreign staff and officials of international sports organizations and other personnel is implemented in precise prevention and control of zoning, classification and grading. On the basis of strict epidemic prevention, the hotel provides humanized services to the greatest extent, specializing in Western food such as cheese, as well as kimchi and other meals suitable for the tastes of Korean athletes.
"Judging from the feedback from the athletes who participated in the test matches, the situation is very optimistic." IOC sporting director Kate McConnell said.
Together to the future! This is the theme slogan of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and it is also the common voice of the whole world.
On September 17, 2021, the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was officially released. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
"The beijing winter olympic torch relay will be themed 'Greeting the Covenant of Ice and Snow and Running towards a Better Future.'" Zhang Jiandong, vice mayor of Beijing and executive vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that from February 2 to 4, 2022, the three competition areas of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou will carry out traditional torch relay activities. Some 1,200 torchbearers will run the Olympic flame to the moment when dreams come true and to a promising future.
Ecological Winter Olympics, shared by all
In the studio of Li Xinggang, chief architect of China Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., he hangs a large sketch drawn by his own hand. The towering "Bird's Nest", the main venue of the Beijing Olympic Games, and the alpine skiing and bobsleigh tracks of the Beijing Winter Olympics between the lofty mountains and mountains are particularly eye-catching.
From the Chinese design host of the "Bird's Nest" of the Beijing Olympic Games to the chief designer of the Yanqing Division of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Li Xinggang has personally experienced the birth and growth of the Olympic venues in Beijing, the "City of Two Olympics".
"The venues of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, represented by the 'Bird's Nest', are grand and prominent." Li Xinggang said that today, more than a decade later, China has entered a new era, and it has become a global consensus to build a community with a shared future for mankind and promote sustainable development. The Venues of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which run through the four major concepts of green Olympics, shared Olympic Games, open Olympic Games, and clean Olympic Games, reflect the distinctive marks of the times.
This is a drone photo of the National Bobsleigh Center (taken on January 19, 2021). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
"Mountain forest venues, ecological Winter Olympics" is the overall planning and design concept of Yanqing Competition Area. Since 2015, the ecological restoration work in Yanqing Has lasted for 6 years. From detailed mapping to scientific evaluation to strict practice, the possible negative impact of venues and infrastructure construction has been minimized, and a green Olympic model project of "sports and ecological coexistence" has been built.
Stroll through the core area of the Chongli Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, with tall mountains and scattered forests. Liu Xuesong, secretary of the Chongli District Party Committee, introduced that as the main venue for the snow sports of the Winter Olympics, Chongli afforestation and greening at a rate of "100,000 mu +" every year. "The forest coverage rate of the whole region has increased from 52% at the end of 2015 to 67%, and the forest greening rate in the core area of the Olympic Games has reached 80%."
This is the Winter Olympic Forest Park in the Yanqing Competition Area (drone photo taken on July 29, 2020). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
"The Winter Olympics project has brought great enlightenment to the construction of future projects." Chen Daihua, chairman of Beijing Urban Construction Group, who is responsible for the construction of more than 30 Winter Olympic venues and supporting projects, said that the construction of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games pays more attention to green environmental protection and scientific and technological innovation, and pays more attention to industrial coordination and shared development.
"In the construction of the 'ice ribbon' of the National Speed Skating Hall, advanced information technologies such as BIM, Internet of Things, and cloud computing are integrated; in the construction of the National Alpine Ski Center Project, the slope design and mountain building site selection optimization are carried out, which greatly reduces the amount of tree removal and earthwork excavation and backfilling; in the construction of the Mountain News Center Project, it is designed as an ultra-low energy consumption + green building three-star building..." Referring to the ecological Winter Olympics, Chen Daihua is like a number of family treasures.
Allowing the whole people to share the fruits of the Olympic Games has always been the top priority in the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
"After the Winter Olympics, the 'Ice Ribbon' will focus on building a multi-functional ice and snow sports center that integrates the five functions of 'sports events, mass fitness, culture and leisure, exhibition and display, and social welfare', and become a new landmark for the people to experience a better life in winter." Yue Peng, chairman of Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation, which is responsible for the investment and operation of "Ice Ribbon", said, "The 'Ice Ribbon' is the largest full ice surface in Asia with nearly 12,000 square meters, and will become an ice paradise for citizens in the future." ”
"People-centered has always been the philosophy of the operation of Olympic venues." Yue Peng said that the "ice ribbon" will adhere to the public welfare and mass nature, and after the game, it is necessary to ensure that the people can enter and play well, and enjoy the services of the national sports hall.
According to the "China Ice and Snow Tourism Development Report 2020", the number of ice and snow tourists in China in the 2018-2019 ice and snow season reached 224 million person-times, and the scale output value reached 800 billion yuan, and the mass ice and snow market with ice and snow leisure tourism as the core is taking shape. China's ice and snow industry has ushered in unprecedented development opportunities.
This is a fur skiing celebration at the General Mountain Ski Resort in Altay City (pictured on January 16, 2019). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shadati
In Chongli, the 2015-2016 snow season of the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, Chongli snow ticket sales were 480,000 people. Today, Chongli Town is home to 7 large ski resorts, 15 of which are certified by the International Snow Federation. In recent years, more than 30,000 Chongli people have directly or indirectly entered and engaged in related industries, no longer leaving their hometown to work hard, but holding up "snow rice bowls" at their doorstep.
In Yanqing, focusing on the Winter Olympics and the development of key industries, in recent years, 100,000 people have carried out large-scale training, 6,070 people have obtained vocational skills certificates such as ski instructors and referees, nearly 1,500 people have been recommended to work in enterprises such as Beijing Enterprises Group and Vanke Shijinglong Ski Resort, and more and more people in Yanqing have eaten "ice and snow rice".
"The development of the ice and snow industry has enabled many people in Yanqing District to achieve a higher level and more decent employment at their doorstep." Ye Dahua, executive deputy mayor of Yanqing District, said that the ice and snow are becoming jinshan yinshan.
Dance together, facing the future
In 2019, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, on the occasion of the centenary of the construction of Shougang, the east gate of the factory, known as the symbol and landmark of Shougang, was officially opened to the public, from which the public could cross Shougang and directly reach the new Shougang Bridge.
The years are silent, and the time is traced. The century-old Shougang, which opened the closed compound, realized the transformation from the factory to the city. The main steel industry was suspended and relocated due to the Beijing Olympic Games; it became the location of the ski jumping platform of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games... Shougang, which has undergone the transformation from mountain to sea, from fire to ice, has once again completed a magnificent turnaround.
This is the Shougang Ski Jump taken on November 1, 2019. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
After the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the Shougang Park, which was praised several times by IOC President Bach as "incredible", began its journey to phoenix nirvana. The ironmaking raw material area has become the site of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee; the refined coal workshop has formed the "four pieces of ice" of the training site of the national winter sports team; the Jin'anqiao area has become a "science fiction city"; the coking plant area has shined at the Beijing Service Trade Fair...
"The overall occupancy rate of the northern area of Shougang Park, which is equivalent to half of the Beijing Olympic Forest Park, is more than 75%, and various commercial activities are overwhelmed." Liang Jie, deputy general manager of Shougang Group, said, "Shougang Park is a new landmark for the rejuvenation of the capital city in the new era, and it will continue to be built as a model for the Olympic Movement to promote urban development, the reuse of industrial relics and the rejuvenation of old industrial zones." ”
Like Shougang, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation, which has invested in the operation of "Bird's Nest", "Water Cube" and "Ice Ribbon", has formed an indissoluble relationship with the "Two Olympics". "If the 'Bird's Nest' represents the 'image of China,' the 'ice ribbon' represents the 'Chinese solution.'" Yue Peng said.
In terms of construction technology, the "ice ribbon" realizes the world's largest span of orthogonal two-way saddle-shaped cable net roof, and cracks the roof cable net structure high vanadium closed rope "card neck" technology. The 12,000-square-meter ice surface is the "most environmentally friendly ice" made of carbon dioxide, setting a new benchmark for the Olympic Games in terms of green, environmental protection and sustainability.
In terms of post-game operation, the "Ice Ribbon" will realize the diversified development and utilization of venues, on the one hand, continue to strengthen close ties with event organizers, and strive for international and national high-end event resources; on the other hand, through strategic cooperation, actively undertake relevant sports events and mass activities, and create another model for the post-game operation of Olympic venues after the "Bird's Nest" and "Water Cube".
The Beijing Winter Olympics is not only a sports event, but also a dance with the development of the capital and the same frequency resonance with the pulse of the times.
This is the lighting effect of the National Ski Jumping Center "Snow Ruyi" in Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province (drone photo, taken on December 19, 2020). Xinhua News Agency
As Yanqing, a suburb of Beijing, became a Winter Olympics area, a "most beautiful Winter Olympic City" rose from the ground. On Xiaohaituo Mountain, the Winter Olympic Games "Snow Dragon" and "Snow Flying Swallow" are like pearls; at the foot of the mountain, the village looks like a new look.
"Focusing on the three 'golden business cards' of the Winter Olympics, the World Garden, and the Great Wall, all the work in Yanqing has undergone gratifying changes." Ye Dahua introduced that since the successful bid for the Winter Olympics in 2015, the PM2.5 index in Yanqing has dropped by nearly half; the high-speed rail has reached the urban area directly, and all rural roads have been opened to traffic; the high-tech enterprises in Yanqingyuan in Zhongguancun have increased by nearly 10 times compared with the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan"; with boutique homestays as the entry point, global tourism has accelerated the integration and development...
"As a link between Beijing and Hebei, Yanqing should be a bridgehead for the construction of the Beijing-Zhang sports and cultural tourism belt, lay out the industrial chain, supply chain and innovation chain on a larger scale, and promote the coordinated development, competitive development and win-win development of Beijing-Zhang." Ye Dahua said.
"From improving the core functions of the capital around the construction of the four centers, to promoting the rapid development of the ice and snow industry and the cultural tourism industry; from promoting the high-quality development of the capital's ecological civilization to driving the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the Beijing Winter Olympics will surely leave the capital with a rich heritage in sports, economy, culture and environment." Xu Yizhi, director of the Beijing Institute of Economic and Social Development, said that the Beijing Winter Olympics will provide continuous impetus for the modernization of the capital.
Dreaming of Beijing, love frozen ice and snow
The last note landed on the ice, and Sui Wenjing and Han Cong just happened to complete the last action. On October 15, they performed the classic song "Golden Bridge on the River of Sorrows" and won the "Meet in Beijing" Asian Figure Skating Open Pair Skating Championships.
Chinese duo Sui Wenjing (left) / Han Cong in a pair skating short program competition on October 14, 2021. On the same day, the "Meet in Beijing" Asian Figure Skating Open Tournament kicked off at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
Four years ago, in Helsinki, Finland, the "onion barrel combination" hung the world championship gold medal around the neck for the first time, becoming the third pair of pair skating pairs in China to win this award. But at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Sui Wenjing, who had injured her foot before the game and was swollen to the point of not being able to see bones, swallowed painkillers and insisted on playing, and Han Cong was second with a difference of 0.43 points.
Sui Wenjing (right) / Han Cong at the award ceremony of the 2017 Figure Skating World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on March 30, 2017. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Mattikainen)
No one can't get into the knife, but it can be smelted into steel. Over the years, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong have tasted glory and pain, joy and regret, but their desire for victory has only increased. Han Cong is looking forward to opening a new chapter in Beijing, and Sui Wenjing is even more domineering: "Beijing Winter Olympics, watch us burst into light!" ”
The winter Olympic war drums have been beating. In the next 100 days, Chinese Winter Olympic athletes will continue to cut details, find problems, and prepare for the final stage.
sprint! This is the cry of all the IceMen from the bottom of their hearts.
On December 7, 2017, members of the Haituo Ski Team in Zhangshanying Town, Yanqing District, Beijing, trained on a pistes. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
In the 2021-2022 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Beijing, Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Wu Dajing led the team to break the world record for the 2,000-meter mixed relay of the new event of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and finally won the championship. "I will go all out to welcome the Beijing Winter Olympics and strive to dedicate the most wonderful competitions to the motherland."
In March, Chinese freestyle skier Gu Ailing, who played with injuries, won two golds and one bronze at the 2021 Freestyle Ski world championships. "Participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics will be of great significance to me, and it is a great honor to represent China!"
On April 7, 2021, speed skaters participating in the "Meet in Beijing" ice test event at the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" were interviewed in the mixed interview area. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
When Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully bid for the Winter Olympics, about a third of the 109 events of the Winter Olympics had never been carried out in China before. The Chinese Ice and Snowman took the participation in the whole project and the best results in history as the goal of the battle, and determined the preparation strategy of "expanding the area, fixing the point, refining the troops, and sprinting". Over the past 6 years, the foundation of ice and snow sports has been continuously consolidated, and the performance of ice and snow sports has made leaps and bounds.
The grand event has attracted the world's attention, and the world is waiting for it.
John Coates, vice president of the International Olympic Committee and president of the Australian Olympic Committee, introduced that the Australian Olympic Committee will send 41 athletes to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and the Paralympic Committee will send 9 athletes and 2 guides to participate in the Winter Paralympic Games. On October 14, the British Olympic Committee announced the list of the first athletes to participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Britain's Greg Rutherford, 34, is actively exploring "crossover". He is the London Olympic men's long jump champion and is currently training with the British Snow Team. "I know most people think it's impossible to win an Olympic medal in a project they've never been involved in in less than a year. I want to make history. ”
On August 5, 2012, Britain's Rutherford presented the award ceremony at the men's long jump final in athletics at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei
Austrian Bobsleigh coach Le Frieder is looking forward to the team's success at the Winter Olympics: "We want to strive for medals in all four events of bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics. Ski jumping powerhouse Poland is also ambitious, and Ski Association official Adam Mavish believes that the ski jumping team has the ability to win medals in Beijing.
"Like the Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be a special Olympics, and this summer's experience will allow us to lead athletes to the Beijing Winter Olympics in the best possible condition." French Olympic Committee President Bou Angriquez is looking forward to the Beijing Olympic Games in 100 days.
Build dreams with one heart and cohesion. Today, when the epidemic is still raging, the world needs the Olympic Games even more.
On February 4, 2022, when the main torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics is lit, when the global ice and snow athletes gather under the banner of the five rings, China will fulfill its solemn promises to the international community, and the world will usher in a "landmark" Olympic event... (Reporters Kong Xiangxin, Wang Yong, Ji Ye, Ding Wenxian, Su Bin, Zhang Xiao, Yang Fan, Yue Ranran)
Source: Xinhua Net