Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 17 (Reporters Ji Ye and Xiao Yazhuo) At the 136th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held on the 17th, the President of the International Olympic Committee Bach announced his re-election as the president of the International Olympic Committee.
Affected by the epidemic, this plenary meeting is the first online plenary meeting in history. The 66-year-old Bach told the IOC members through a video conference system: "In the past few weeks, many of you mentioned to me about the election of the president next year. I am very grateful and deeply touched by your encouragement and trust. I hope you understand again, I didn’t tell you the answer right away, because I wanted to tell you all the answers at the same time and in the same words. If you, the members of the International Olympic Committee think, I’m ready , Running for re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee, in another four years, in the Olympic movement we love, continue to serve you."
In September 2013, Bach was elected the ninth President of the International Olympic Committee for a term of eight years (2013-2021). The president of the International Olympic Committee is elected by the plenary session. The term of office is 8 years, and the term of re-election is 4 years.
On July 31, 2015, Bach announced at the 128th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
In March this year, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced that in view of the current epidemic situation, the 32nd Olympic Games in Tokyo was postponed for one year, and the Tokyo Olympic Games became the first postponed Olympic Games in the 124-year history of the modern Olympics.