China News Service, Shijiazhuang, January 14th (Li Xiaowei, Zhao Danmei) The first meeting of the 13th Hebei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC was held in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province from the 10th to the 14th.

It was the first snow season after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and committee members from Hong Kong and Macao actively offered advice and suggestions on accelerating the internationalization of Hebei's ice and snow industry.

　　Entering the post-Olympic era, Hebei is actively promoting the sustainable utilization of the Winter Olympic heritage, especially the venues, while building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou sports and cultural tourism belt, developing mass ice and snow sports, and vigorously adjusting the industrial structure.

The 2023 Hebei Provincial Government Work Report stated that in the next five years, the post-Olympic economy will be vigorously developed, and the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou sports, cultural and tourism belt will be done well to build a strong tourism province.

　　"In the post-Olympic era, China's sports industry has broad prospects for development." Zhou Wengang, a member of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, suggested that the two places should increase exchanges and cooperation in the ice and snow industry. Hong Kong, as an important window for the outside world to understand and enter the mainland of China, It will help promote Hebei's ice and snow industry to the world.

　　Chen Lishan, a member of the Hebei Provincial CPPCC in Hong Kong, also suggested that Hong Kong and Hebei should strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the ice and snow industry.

With more than 20 years of skiing experience, he said that the number of ice and snow sports enthusiasts in Hong Kong is increasing. In the past, most of them used Japan and South Korea as destinations. With the rapid development of ice and snow sports and ice and snow tourism in Hebei, they have another excellent choice. .

　　Chen Lishan said that as one of the hosts of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Hebei has Winter Olympic venues such as the National Ski Jumping Center "Xue Ruyi", as well as many ski resorts and ice skating rinks.

These venue resources have laid the foundation for the development of ice and snow sports and ice and snow tourism. He is very optimistic about the future of Hebei's ice and snow industry.

　　“Macau’s younger generation is very interested in skiing.” Sun Yaozong, a member of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Hebei-Macao Economic and Cultural Exchange Association, has many years of experience in ski resorts in the Mainland, and has participated in many Winter Olympics promotion activities.

　　Sun Yaozong suggested that Macao is a world tourism and leisure center and a bridge between China and Portuguese-speaking countries and European Union countries. Macao and Hebei can jointly create an ice and snow tourism exchange platform to attract more Macao and foreign tourists to Hebei.

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