On the evening of the 13th, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics came to an end at the Beijing National Stadium.
This "wonderful and extraordinary" Winter Paralympics has built a platform and stage for athletes from all over the world to compete on the same stage and bloom their lives, and made new contributions to the development of global sports. It has become a vivid practice of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind in the field of international sports.
For this equally important sports event, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to and personally promoted it——
"Two Olympics, equally exciting"!
Since 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping has listened to reports on the preparations for the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games on 5 field trips and made arrangements for the preparations.
From venue construction to facility guarantee to epidemic prevention and control, the general secretary has put a lot of effort into this international sports event.
On January 20, 2021, when presiding over a briefing on the preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the venues and facilities should be improved in accordance with standards, the construction of non-competition venues should be completed on schedule, and Auxiliary facilities and barrier-free environment construction.
On January 4, 2022, when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Beijing Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village), he specially walked into the model room of the disabled athletes' housing, praised the barrier-free facilities in the room, and exhorted "to deal with the details, Think what athletes think and do what athletes need.”
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
The Beijing Winter Paralympics was held at the time of the National Two Sessions.
On March 4, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to the National Stadium to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympics during the intensive activities of the National People's Congress, which shows that General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
Under the care and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the Beijing Winter Paralympics has been highly praised by participating athletes, officials and the International Paralympic Committee.
Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, praised the Beijing Winter Paralympics as "amazing, safe, reliable and wonderful, setting a benchmark for future Winter Paralympic Games".
For the special group of "our 15%", General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been "extraordinarily concerned and concerned"——
People with disabilities account for about 15% of the world's total population and are an important part of a community of shared future for mankind.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "to promote sustainable development on a global scale and achieve the goal of 'nothing less', we must pay special attention to and pay special attention to the disabled."
This "extraordinary" love has been fully implemented in the organization and service of the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
According to General Secretary Xi Jinping's requirement of "adding relevant barrier-free facilities for the special needs of disabled athletes", the competition venues are fully equipped with barrier-free seats, elevators, toilets and other facilities, and voluntary services such as wheelchair push are never absent...
"The heads of delegations expressed great admiration for the smooth running of the event and the caring of the athletes by the Organizing Committee," said Craig Spence, spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee.
An unparalleled sports event requires not only high-quality competition organization, but also the brilliant bloom of participating athletes.
The Beijing Winter Paralympics is one of the Paralympic Winter Games with the largest number of athletes in history.
Nearly 600 disabled athletes from 46 countries (regions) participated in the competition in 6 major events and 78 minor events, allowing the world to hear their life-giving songs of surpassing themselves and challenging their limits.
In September 2021, when the good news came that the Chinese delegation topped the Summer Paralympic Games gold medal list and medal list for the fifth consecutive time at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a statement that "the Chinese Legion is brave and should be well promoted" important remarks.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's concern and encouragement have greatly inspired the majority of disabled athletes.
In this Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese delegation's performance is also called "brave". Not only did it achieve full coverage of 6 major events for the first time, but also won the gold medal with 18 gold medals, 20 silver medals and 23 bronze medals. Ranked 1st in the list and medal list.
"Snow Rong Rong" accompanied the Chinese delegation to the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing (photo taken on March 4).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Huiwo
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council sent congratulatory messages, praising them for "learning from each other, having friendly exchanges and sharing the grand event with disabled athletes from all over the world, fully demonstrating the spiritual outlook of the disabled in China in the new era".
Sports are strong, China is strong.
The wonderful answers to sports for the disabled and the self-confidence and self-improvement of the disabled in China in the new era are vivid portrayals of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.
On this equally wonderful stage, the spirit of unity, peace and friendship is fully demonstrated——
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the successful holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics "will help to demonstrate our country and nation's commitment to building a community with a shared future for mankind, a good image of sunshine, prosperity and openness, and to enhance people's understanding and understanding of China. know".
On the evening of March 13, the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the Beijing National Stadium.
This is the closing ceremony scene.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Bowen
On this wonderful stage, we can see: athletes from all over the world compete on the same stage and strive to be the first, demonstrating the Paralympic values of "courage, determination, motivation, and equality"; athletes and staff of different nationalities become close partners outside the arena , which has led to exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations; the organizers and volunteers of the Chinese Games have shown the world a credible, lovely and respectable side of China with their excellent event organization, perfect barrier-free facilities and humanized services.
As Parsons praised, "As the host, China enables Paralympic athletes to perform better by providing the best platform, smoothest operation and most considerate service. Paralympic athletes, through their performance on the field, Inspiring and changing the world."
The successful holding of the Beijing Winter Paralympics has not only fulfilled its solemn commitment to the international community, but also sowed the seeds of love and tolerance in the hearts of more people, inspiring all mankind to share a common destiny, overcome difficulties together, and work together towards the future. The strong spiritual strength illuminates the way forward for the world to join hands in pursuit of unity, peace and friendship.
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