Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 11 (Reporters Wang Yong, Ji Ye) The Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics were staged brilliantly in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, creating a new model of regional coordinated development.
In an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency, Jiang Yiyi, deputy dean of the School of Sports, Leisure and Tourism, Beijing Sports University, and researcher at the Beijing Winter Olympics Culture and Ice and Snow Sports Development Research Base, took stock of the comprehensive effects of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics.
As an expert of the Beijing Winter Olympics Heritage Report Group, she conducted systematic follow-up research on the preparation and holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics.
She believes that the preparation and holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics have broken the institutional barriers and restrictions of the administrative structure. With the transportation system as the skeleton, the green industry as the core, and the ecological environment and public services as the foundation, a cross-border structure has been formed. The new pattern of complementary regional advantages, effective allocation of resources, and coordinated social and economic development has created a new model for the coordinated development of regions in my country and even the world.
Jiang Yiyi said that the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games have successfully promoted the connectivity of Beijing-Zhangjiakou transportation infrastructure, accelerated the formation of a transportation network of "one high-speed rail, two expressways, and multiple arterial lines", which greatly improved the traffic between Beijing and Zhangzhou. Ability, not only to meet the needs of the competition, but also to help the coordinated development.
Relying on high-speed transportation systems such as Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway, Xingyan Expressway and Yanchong Expressway, Zhangjiakou City has not only been included in the capital's one-hour living circle, but also has greatly improved its ability to connect with industrial elements in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The connection between the two countries has also been further strengthened, which has effectively enhanced the endogenous driving force of regional coordinated development.
Jiang Yiyi believes that, taking the opportunity of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics, Beijing and Zhangjiakou have actively carried out joint prevention and control of the ecological environment, strengthened law enforcement cooperation, and optimized the industrial development environment and environment in the Beijing-Zhangjiakou area on a larger scale. Ecological environment, realizing the sustainable development of the region.
Through the preparation and hosting of the Winter Olympics, Beijing and Zhangzhou have steadily promoted the regional integration of public services by focusing on the optimization of communication facilities, basic education, medical resources, catering and accommodation facilities and services.
She said that the construction of communication infrastructure and services in key areas such as the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail line and the three competition areas has been steadily progressing, mainly in the venues for the competition.
As of January 2022, Beijing has built more than 50,000 5G base stations, and hundreds of 5G test stations have been built in the urban area of Zhangjiakou, the competition area and along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway.
The urban area of Zhangjiakou, the urban area of Chongli, the core area of the Winter Olympics, and the related link roads of the Winter Olympics have achieved full coverage of the 5G signal for the Winter Olympics.
The upgrade of the radio and television cable network in Zhangjiakou area has been completed, and the "smart city" has gradually taken shape.
Jiang Yiyi believes that through the preparation and holding of the Winter Olympics, the coordinated construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Sports Culture and Tourism Belt in terms of cooperation mechanism, policy support, overall planning, and safeguard measures has also been accelerated.
"Accelerating the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Sports Cultural Tourism Belt" has been incorporated into the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Plan" and "14th Five-Year Plan for Cultural and Tourism Development" and other plans.
Under the joint promotion of Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Sports and Leisure Corridor, the Historical and Cultural Experience Corridor, and the Ecological and Cultural Tourism Corridor have taken shape, forming a new development pattern of point-face integration and industrial integration.