Source: People's Daily - Tibet Channel
Lhasa, October 27 (People's Daily News) -- On the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics and the 20th anniversary of the successful holding of the China Tibet Mountaineering Conference, the 19th China Tibet Mountaineering Conference 2021 opened in Lhasa on October 27. With the theme of "Participating in Ice and Snow Sports and Helping the Beijing Winter Olympics", the conference is the specific practice of Tibet's implementation of the strategy of "expanding from the south to the west and expanding to the east" of ice and snow sports, and it is also a continuous exploration of Tibet to promote the transformation of mountaineering from professional alpine exploration to mass experience, so that mountaineering can better serve the fitness and health of the whole people.
In recent years, the Tibet Autonomous Region has implemented the spirit of the important instructions on "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", firmly established the concept that green water and green mountains, ice and snow are golden mountains and silver mountains, relied on unique mountain outdoor sports resources and talent advantages, vigorously developed mountaineering and mountain outdoor sports industry, and accelerated the construction of mountain outdoor sports regions.
During this event, the National Ski Mountaineering Industry Exchange Conference, the Ice and Snow Sports Culture Exhibition and the China Tibet Mountaineering Conference Cultural Exhibition, the Outdoor Sports Culture Interactive Night and the Third Ice and Snow Sports in the Tibet Autonomous Region will be organized and held to create exchange conditions for experts in the field of ski mountaineering, to provide professional services for cadres and workers to climb snow peaks, enjoy scenic scenery, get close to nature, and challenge the limits, and create a strong atmosphere for the whole people to participate in ice and snow sports and look forward to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
At the opening ceremony, Nyima Tsering, director of the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, said: "In recent years, Tibet has continued to promote the development of cross-country skiing and skiing and mountaineering projects, and a number of outstanding young talents have emerged, showing great prospects for development, and strengthening the confidence of Tibetan athletes to stand on the Olympic podium at an early date and win glory for the country." This time, we held the Luoduifeng National Ski Mountaineering Invitational Tournament for the first time, mainly to build a competitive platform for professional skiers, improve the level of competition, and help the Beijing Winter Olympics. ”
It is reported that 20 years ago, Tibet founded the China Tibet Mountaineering Conference, which was cultivated into the "2016 Top Ten Sports Tourism Boutique Events", "National Sports Industry Demonstration Project" and "China Mountaineering Association 2019 Annual Boutique Activities", creating a domestic brand mountaineering conference, which not only promoted the public mountaineering, but also promoted the development of ice and snow sports.
"In the past 20 years, Tibet has relied on mountain outdoor resources and professional mountaineering talent base to promote mountaineering and ice and snow sports to ordinary people, and the holding of the Tibet Mountaineering Conference has promoted the development of amateur mountaineering in China and promoted the popularization and improvement of mountaineering, which is a grand event in China's amateur mountaineering industry, and many mountaineering enthusiasts have started their climbing road by participating in mountaineering conferences." Wang Yongfeng, captain of the Chinese mountaineering team, said, "In 2016, ski mountaineering was first introduced to the Activities of the Tibet Mountaineering Conference, and ski mountaineering is a sport that combines mountaineering and cross-country skiing skills, and is a new sport in China. In recent years, Based on its own characteristics, Tibet has made a breakthrough in competitive achievements in this project. The China Mountaineering Association and the Sports Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region jointly established the National Ski Mountaineering Training Team, and Tibetan ski mountaineer Solang Quzhen won the fourth place in both the women's cross-country and sprint competitions at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Winter Olympics, creating the best result of Chinese athletes in the international comprehensive games of the event. At present, ski mountaineering has become an official event of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Dampezzo Winter Olympics, opening up the prospects for Tibetan athletes to win glory for the motherland in the international arena. ”