The tide of Guanlan | Winter Olympic train to the future
At the end of 2019, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail connecting the two venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics was put into operation.
On December 30, 2019, G2505 train entered Zhangjiakou Station of Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Shiyao
At the beginning of 2021, on January 19, General Secretary Xi Jinping took a train to inspect the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The speeding train is full of the general secretary's entrustment and the people's hope for the future.
Towards the Winter Olympics: the preparations for steady progress
Following in the footsteps of General Secretary Xi Jinping, we can see that the preparations for the Winter Olympics are moving forward at a steady pace.
Xiao Zhen is an employee of an Internet company in Beijing and loves skiing. According to her, skiing in Chongli used to take someone else's car or bus, and the journey took 4 to 5 hours.
After the opening of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail, the time from Beijing to Chongli was shortened to one hour. Xiao Zhen tried to go skiing on the high-speed rail for the first time.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, athletes from all over the world can ride this train to and from various competition areas, and feel the real Chinese speed in the Winter Olympics.
When the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail was opened and operated, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions and emphasized that the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail is an important supporting project for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Its opening and operation marks new progress in the supporting construction of the Winter Olympics. It must be promoted with high standards and high quality to ensure the smooth holding of the Winter Olympics as scheduled.
As the opening of the Winter Olympics is getting closer and closer, the results of the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics are also shown to the public one by one.
At 2198 meters above sea level and a track with a maximum slope of 68 degrees, Xiaohaituo Mountain, which can be called the "extreme zone", the construction of the National Alpine Ski Center was declared completed through the unremitting efforts of team members.
Not far from the “Bird’s Nest”, the iconic building of the Beijing Olympics, the “Ice Ribbon” of the national speed skating stadium featuring “smart venues” rose from the ground.
The National Snowmobile Sled Center is my country's first snowmobile sled project track and the world's first 360-degree sled racing track. The construction process has filled many domestic technical gaps.
The national ski jumping center "Snow Ruyi" combined with the ancient Chinese "Ruyi" shape, realizing the organic combination of architectural design and traditional Chinese culture.
The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, the joint venue owners and construction parties of the two governments have thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions. In 2020, we will adhere to the prevention and control of the epidemic and the preparation of the Winter Olympics, and make every effort to promote venues and infrastructure Construction.
At the end of 2020, all competition venues for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be fully completed as planned.
Like the speeding Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed train, the preparations for the Winter Olympics once again demonstrate China's speed.
Towards happiness: local development is fruitful
Following in the footsteps of General Secretary Xi Jinping, we can see that more and more people's lives are changed due to the Winter Olympics.
Zhao Chunxin, a villager from Yingcha Village, Sitaizui Township, Chongli, and his wife worked in Beijing in their early years. As they got older, they decided to return to their hometown.
"I worked in the ski hall of the ski resort for one year. After the construction of the ice and snow town in the core area of the Winter Olympics started, I came here as a security guard." Zhao Chunxin said that his wife works at the Taiwu ski resort and has five insurances and one gold. , My son is driving in the supporting project of the Winter Olympics, and there is nothing to worry about now.
At present, there are more than 30,000 people in Chongli who are directly or indirectly engaged in the ice and snow industry and tourism services, of which more than 9,000 are poor.
In 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping hosted a meeting in Zhongnanhai to listen to reports on the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
He pointed out that the preparations for the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics should be taken as an important starting point to promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and vigorously promote system innovation, mechanism innovation, management innovation and policy innovation, and promote transportation, environment, industry and other fields. Coordinated development takes the lead, makes breakthroughs in key points, and takes the lead in the comprehensive implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy.
Driven by the prospects of the Winter Olympics, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou region has pragmatically cooperated in the fields of transportation, ecology, and industry. The people of Chongli won the "snow rice bowl" at their doorstep. In May 2019, Chongli got rid of poverty.
The two Olympics have witnessed the changes of Shougang in a century.
In the Shougang Park in the western suburbs of Beijing, the silo that was used to store iron-making raw materials was transformed into the office area of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee; the former clean coal workshop was transformed into the national winter sports training center; The Shougang cooling tower will witness the excitement of the Beijing Winter Olympics ski jumping competition...
Before and after the Beijing Olympics, Shougang moved out of Beijing, contributing to "returning the capital a blue sky."
This century-old industrial heritage is becoming a new landmark of ice and snow sports due to the transformation of fire and ice in the Winter Olympics.
Because of the arrival of the Winter Olympics, the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security have been increasing, and the train is heading for happiness.
Towards the world: China's contribution to the Olympic Movement
Following in the footsteps of General Secretary Xi Jinping, we can see that China is painting more and more brilliant colors on the history of the Olympic Movement.
"Light up the lights of Beijing with Zhangbei's wind", this poetic slogan is particularly eye-catching at the site of the Zhangbei flexible DC project.
This project is the world’s first four-terminal flexible DC grid that transmits large-scale wind power, photovoltaics, pumped storage and other energy sources. It will transport clean energy from Zhangjiakou to Beijing and help the Beijing Winter Olympics become the first in Olympic history. The Olympic Games will all use green and clean electricity.
The photovoltaic power station and the wind farm in the National Wind and Solar Storage and Transportation Demonstration Base in Dahe Township, Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou City echoed each other (photographed by drone on September 15)
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Shiyao
Taking the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity, China will make more and more contributions to the Olympic cause.
The Beijing Winter Olympics is the first Olympic Games to implement the "Olympic 2020 Agenda" throughout the process from bidding, preparation to hosting.
Beijing actively provides the "Beijing Plan" for the innovation of the Olympic movement, which will become a new benchmark for the preparation of international Olympic events.
Maximizing the use of existing venues and facilities is a highlight in the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Among the 44 Winter Olympic venues and facilities, only 7 have been constructed to meet the needs of the preparations for the Winter Olympics, accounting for 16% of the total.
With the help of this Winter Olympics, the Bird's Nest, Wukesong, Capital Stadium, National Stadium and other venues have all been upgraded to "Double Olympic Stadiums."
The "Water Cube" became the world's first venue to complete the "ice-to-water conversion". The biggest difficulty in the renovation was to add functions on the ice to realize the interchange of the water cube and the "ice cube" on the basis of retaining the water function.
This conversion mode not only realizes the interchange of "Water Cube" and "Ice Cube", but also realizes the reuse of conversion materials, which greatly reduces the cost of later dismantling and reconstruction, and becomes a model of "repetitive utilization, comprehensive utilization, and permanent utilization" of Olympic venues.
Liu Xinping, Director of the Sustainability Department of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said: “The particularity of the region and the pioneering business make the sustainability work of the Winter Olympics have no reference answers. Not only the competition area and venue construction units are the first to receive such an answer. This is our first mission. This is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that all relevant business areas have been integrated into the sustainability management system."
Soon after Beijing’s successful bid to host the Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, President Xi Jinping pointed out when meeting with IOC President Bach that the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, which is important for China’s sports and economic and social development to create a win-win situation with the development of the World Olympics. The opportunity will also further arouse the Chinese people's enthusiasm for the Olympic movement, drive more Chinese people to care, love, and participate in the ice and snow sports, and make positive contributions to the development of the Olympic movement and the spread of the Olympic spirit.
We will fully honor every promise made in the process of bidding for the Winter Olympics and dedicate a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Winter Olympics to the world.
Standing at the historical intersection of the "two centenary" goals, the Beijing Winter Olympics also ushered in the sprint stage.
China is actively fulfilling its solemn commitment to the international Olympic family to ensure that the Beijing Winter Olympics will become a splendid, extraordinary and outstanding Olympic event.
Lead writers: Su Bin, Lin Deren, Xiao Shiyao
Visual/Editor: Wu Jingjing, Wang Qiuyun
Jointly produced by the National Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency