中新社北京2月4日电 (记者 马秀秀)4日晚，2022年北京冬奥会将正式启幕。随着开幕盛典脚步的一步步临近，冬奥氛围感已拉满。中国新闻网联合全球百家华文媒体推出的“冬奥24小时”全球全媒体大型直播正在进行，直播镜头内外，世界各地的华侨华人忆往事、送祝福、话期望。
从2002年盐湖城冬奥会上中国代表队实现冬奥金牌零突破，到2022年中国北京举办冬奥会，美国盐湖城华助中心会长、知名侨领乐桃文是见证者、宣讲者。
20年前，当地华侨华人成立协调小组，为参加盐湖城冬奥会的中国代表团应援，乐桃文是总召集人。因条件所限，彼时他们拉起拼有方块字的红绸布，欢迎中国健儿，传递来自同胞的温暖。20年后，为支持北京冬奥会，盐湖城华侨华人专门制作签名红绸，乐桃文又是创意提出者。他们发起的签名活动，在短短4个小时内得到600多人踊跃参与，其中包括不少当地民众。
“总觉得盐湖城和北京冬奥之间有着特殊渊源。”回望20年间的经历，乐桃文感慨万千。他表示，作为中华民族一分子，盐湖城华侨华人一直关注北京奥运会、冬奥会，为北京成为“双奥之城”由衷自豪。“特别期盼北京冬奥会再次向全世界展示北京风采、中国风采；也祝愿世界各国的冰雪健儿再创辉煌。”
海外华侨华人一直高度关注并积极支持北京冬奥会的申办筹办。在当前全球新冠疫情仍蔓延的背景下，北京冬奥会和冬残奥会更是吸引了全球的目光，人们期待一届成功的冬奥会带来的振奋。
直播连线中，加中体育文化交流中心理事长韩进雯恰巧在尼亚拉加大瀑布处的中国灯会，这是华侨华人为迎春节、迎冬奥进行的特别策划。镜头中，中国的十二生肖、国宝熊猫等一一呈现，华侨华人用这种特别的方式，祈福虎年的北京冬奥会更丰富、更精彩。
韩进雯认为，中国提出举办“简约、安全、精彩”的北京冬奥会，三大关键词体现了中国智慧、中国自信，体现了国家定力和对体育的深刻理解。有高科技设备及高水平运动员的加持，北京冬奥会一定非常精彩。
According to Ma Junqiang, president of the Canada-China Friendship Association, "simplicity, safety and excitement" shows China's pragmatism, maturity and determination to organize the Winter Olympics under special conditions.
He believes that this Winter Olympics will be a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding event, and its results will bring the world a very useful experience in hosting major events.
Gao Jiayi, a doctoral student at the Advanced Institute of Translation and Interpretation of Moscow State University, is a winter sports enthusiast and likes skiing the most.
As a native of Hebei, Gao Jiayi is proud and proud to hold the Winter Olympics at his doorstep.
"I really look forward to bringing more ice and snow sports into the homes of ordinary people with the coming of the Winter Olympics, so that everyone can feel the fun of flying on ice and snow and constantly challenging their limits." Gao Jiayi said that he hoped Chinese Olympic athletes To achieve better results, newer breakthroughs.
Sui Xiaofei grew up in Germany, and currently he is mainly for the cooperation between Germany and China in the fields of sports and health care.
As a sports enthusiast, it is a pity not to be able to watch the Winter Olympics, but Sui Xiaofei believes that China, as the host, will provide a safe and fair environment for participating teams.
Outside the live broadcast, more overseas Chinese cheered for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the circle of friends of the overseas Chinese became more lively because of the Winter Olympics.
Overseas Chinese associations planned and held various celebration activities to express the national glory of holding the Winter Olympics and feel the warm atmosphere of ice and snow sports; Melting into the singing; seeing the news about the Beijing Winter Olympics, the overseas Chinese either forwarded or liked it, showing the Winter Olympics complex and pure heart of overseas Chinese sons and daughters.
Karl Marx, co-chairman of the All-Norway China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association, recently shared a number of themed photos of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the circle of friends.
One of the photos is of him with his twin grandsons, who are holding the Beijing Winter Olympics mascots Bing Dun Dun and Xue Rong Rong.
He wrote in the circle of friends: "The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is about to open, let's go to the future together." (End)