The Chinese Consulate General in Melbourne held a 100-day youth exchange event for the countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics

Source: People's Daily - International Channel Original draft

People's Daily Canberra, October 28 (Reporter Chen Xiaowei) On October 27, on the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese Consulate General in Melbourne held an online exchange activity with the theme of "Celebrating the Winter Olympics together, meeting in Beijing". Long Zhou, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Melbourne, exchanged views with young people from Tasmania, Australia, on the Beijing Winter Olympics. The event invited Jeoff Lipshat, head of the delegation of the Beijing Winter Olympics in Australia, Ye Chang, director of the Publicity Department of the Press and Publicity Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, Li Jiajun, head of the second training department of the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China and former short track speed skating world champion in China, Li Nina, the world champion of Chinese freestyle skiing aerial skills, and Britney Cox, the world champion of Australian freestyle skiing snow skills, to share the story of the Winter Olympics with the youth of Tasmania, and jointly send good wishes for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

The dragon boat took the Beijing Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier", "Snow Rongrong" and the slogan "Together to the Future" as the starting point, expounded the understanding of the Olympic spirit, and introduced the relevant situation of the Beijing Winter Olympics in combination with the interests of young people, encouraging everyone to continue to pay attention to the Beijing Winter Olympics, learn more about the Olympic knowledge, carry forward the Olympic spirit, and actively participate in the Olympic Games and china-Australia people-to-people exchanges.

In anticipation of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Tasmanian youths actively created paintings, paper-cutting, calligraphy and handicrafts to express their imaginations and blessings for the Beijing Winter Olympics. At the exchange event, the youth representatives showed their interesting and enthusiastic works and shared their original intentions.

The Athletes of the Winter Olympics of China and Australia shared their experiences in ice and snow sports and wonderful Stories of the Winter Olympics, and exchanged and interacted with the teenagers. Officials of the two countries respectively briefed on the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics and the training and preparations for the Australian Winter Olympics delegation.

After the exchange activities, Longzhou introduced the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, venue construction and epidemic prevention measures, the cultural exchanges between China and Australia and the significance of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese in the Beijing Winter Olympics.