Xi Jinping's "Winter Olympics Time"

　　February 4, the fourth day of the lunar new year, coincides with the first of the twenty-four solar terms in China - "Lichun".

The land of China ushered in a new moment when winter came to spring and all things recovered.

　　On the special day when the Chinese New Year and the Winter Olympics meet, President Xi Jinping started a busy "Winter Olympics time".

　　On February 4, he held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics; on February 5, hosted a banquet to welcome international VIPs attending the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, and met with the leaders of the nine countries and the Secretary-General of the United Nations respectively; On February 6, they met with eight international dignitaries who came to China...

　　During the Spring Festival holiday, President Xi Jinping's "busyness index" keeps rising.

△On the afternoon of February 4, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

　　February 4th, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year.

At around 3:00 p.m., President Xi Jinping came to the Fanghuayuan of the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the evening, he went to the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　"I am very happy to hold the first offline meeting with President Putin in more than two years." During the meeting with President Putin, President Xi Jinping showed the Chinese hospitality that "it is a pleasure to have friends from afar".

　　Since 2013, President Xi Jinping and President Putin have held 38 meetings.

Even after the COVID-19 outbreak, the two heads of state still have frequent "cloud meetings" to maintain close communication and lead the steady development of China-Russia relations.

　　The meeting between the two sides not only realized the "Winter Olympics Covenant", but also achieved the "New Year's Meeting".

　　The "Winter Olympics Covenant" originated from the trip to Sochi eight years ago.

In 2014, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, President Xi Jinping was invited to Russia to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

At that time, Beijing and Zhangjiakou were bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

President Xi Jinping and President Putin agreed to meet again in Beijing in eight years.

　　Eight years later, on the day of the Chinese New Year, President Putin arrived as promised.

　　During the "New Year's Meeting" for about an hour, the two heads of state had in-depth exchanges.

The two sides issued the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on International Relations and Global Sustainable Development in the New Era", expounding the four aspects of China and Russia's "democratic outlook, development outlook, security outlook, and order outlook". The common position has sent an important signal to the world to "strengthen dialogue, enhance mutual trust and build consensus".

△ On the evening of February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the 24th Beijing Winter Olympic Games was grandly held at the National Stadium.

President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the Winter Olympics.

　　At 7:57 p.m. on February 4, President Xi Jinping, his wife Peng Liyuan, and IOC President Bach came to the rostrum of the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　With the stunningly beautiful scene of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" presented in the countdown, the Beijing Winter Olympics welcomed the participating athletes from various countries and regions with the unique romance of the Chinese nation.

In the stadium, pieces of "little snowflakes" with the names of participating countries and regions danced gracefully, forming a "big snowflake" under the Olympic rings...

　　At about 9:51 p.m., President Xi Jinping solemnly announced: "The 24th Beijing Winter Olympic Games are open!"

　　As soon as the voice fell, the sky above the bird's nest instantly lit up with fireworks, presenting the magnificent artistic conception of "welcoming pine" in the night.

Nearly 3,000 athletes from 91 countries and regions gathered in the "Double Olympic City" for the ice and snow event.

　　To successfully host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, China deserves the trust and expectation of the international community.

　　February 5th, the fifth day of the new year.

　　In the morning, President Xi Jinping met with the Presidents of Egypt, Serbia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan respectively.

　　At noon, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan hosted a banquet to welcome international distinguished guests attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　In the afternoon, President Xi Jinping met respectively with the President of Uzbekistan, the President of Ecuador, the President of Tajikistan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates, the Emir of Qatar and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

　　At the end of the day, there will be a luncheon and ten foreign affairs meetings, each of which is only about 10 minutes apart.

Although the schedule is full, President Xi Jinping has always shared friendship with all the international distinguished guests with full enthusiasm and kind words.

△At noon on February 5, 2022, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan held a banquet in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to welcome the international distinguished guests who attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

　　It is worth mentioning that between the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People and the East Gate of the Great Hall, where the luncheon was held, a corridor of more than 100 meters was ingeniously designed as a Chinese "temple fair" corridor.

　　New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets, paper-cuts, kites, dough sculptures, Chinese knots, and Peking Opera masks... These intangible cultural heritage works with Chinese cultural characteristics were laid out one after another, showing the charm of traditional Chinese culture.

　　Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, tried to fly a kite; President of Singapore, Halimah, carefully cut paper; Prince Albert II, the head of Monaco, learned to make "Bingdundun" dough sculptures, and also hoped that the staff would make another one, which he wanted to bring back as gifts. twin kids...

　　On February 6, when meeting with the head of Monaco, President Xi Jinping especially mentioned Prince Albert II's love for "Bing Dundun", and wished his twin children, hoping that they would be interested in ice and snow sports and become athletes.

　　Since the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the mascot "Bing Dun Dun" has continued to be popular on the Internet and has been sought after and loved by people at home and abroad.

The furry giant panda wears a transparent coat, adding a sense of technology and fashion to the classic Chinese elements, making it a Chinese New Year dream.

　　Through the Beijing Winter Olympics, the world has a better understanding of the lovely side of China, which is exactly what President Xi Jinping is trying to tell the Chinese story.

△On the afternoon of February 6, 2022, President Xi Jinping met with Prince Albert II, Head of State of Monaco, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

　　Near 8 o'clock on the evening of February 5, President Xi Jinping got up to bid farewell to UN Secretary-General Guterres, and ended a day of foreign affairs activities.

　　The next day, President Xi Jinping met with eight other foreign dignitaries, namely the President of Singapore, the President of Poland, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the President of Argentina, the President of Kyrgyzstan, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the Head of State of Monaco and the Prime Minister of Mongolia.

　　Before and after the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, President Xi Jinping held as many as 20 bilateral foreign affairs activities during the "Winter Olympics time".

　　Among them, Argentine President Fernandez made a special trip to visit the History Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China during his visit to China.

He very much agrees with the ruling concepts of the Communist Party of China, such as "taking the people as the center" and "taking the people's well-being as the starting point of governance", and is even more impressed by the magnificent architecture.

△At noon on February 6, 2022, President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing with Argentine President Fernandez, who was in China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

　　Virtue is not alone, there must be neighbors.

　　The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics welcomed about 170 official representatives from nearly 70 countries and international organizations, including 31 heads of state, heads of government, important royal family members and heads of international organizations.

　　The Winter Olympics, the New Year's Party.

During this period of "Winter Olympics", President Xi Jinping's intensive diplomatic activities of heads of state drew the attention of the Beijing Winter Olympics and showed the world China's image as a credible, lovable and respectable great power in the new era.

　　(China Central Radio and Television Station CCTV Network)