China News Service, Beijing, January 6th. The reporter learned from the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration of China on the 6th that in response to recent ski resort safety incidents, sports departments in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other places have combined with relevant local departments. Joint inspection team to conduct systematic inspections of local ice and snow sports venues.

The picture shows the parallel giant slalom track under construction in the Genting Ski Park taken on December 8.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

  Miyuan Yunding Ski Resort, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, reported a skier’s fatal accident on the 5th, saying that on the morning of the 4th, a male skier was injured 100 meters from the station of the No. 6 cableway of the ski resort. After the rescue, the patrol sent the injured to the Chongli District of the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical College at 12:05 on the 4th, but died in the end.

  At the same time, a number of accident photos taken by ski enthusiasts on site were circulated on social media.

The photos showed that there were obvious bare wires on the snowy road where the accident occurred.

Another ski enthusiast said that in 2018, he tripped over an electric wire and was injured at the Genting Ski Resort.

  Last month, a 24-year-old Tianjin man also accidentally fell and died in a ski resort in Heilongjiang. Later, the man’s mother voiced questions about the lack of ski equipment in the ski resort, believing that the shedding of skis in the air and the short protective air cushion caused tragedy.

The aforementioned casualties have caused skiers to worry about the safety of the ski resort.

  According to the Winter Sports Center, a symposium has recently been held to jointly study with some provincial and municipal sports bureaus to further strengthen the safety management of ice and snow sports venues.

Ni Huizhong, director of the Winter Sports Center, said frankly that the current ice and snow venues are gradually resuming work and production, and the public is enthusiastic about participating in ice and snow sports. However, the recent safety accidents in individual ski areas are distressing and once again wake up the safety management of ice and snow sports venues.

  He also believes that the current domestic epidemic is in a sporadic state. The environment of ice and snow sports venues is wet and cold, the flow of people is large, and the personnel are complicated. Most ice and snow sports enthusiasts need to rent sports equipment to cause items to cross. The indoor ice rink and the ski hall are closed. , The epidemic prevention and control is facing great challenges.

  At the end of 2019, China’s eight ministries and commissions jointly issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Safety Management of Ice and Snow Sports Places."

Ni Huizhong said that it is necessary to earnestly implement the content of the opinions and do a good job in safety management and epidemic prevention and control of ice and snow sports venues.

  It is reported that the sports departments of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Gansu, Xinjiang and other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have formed a joint inspection team with relevant local departments to conduct systematic inspections of local ice and snow sports venues to ensure Health and safety of participating in ice and snow sports. (Finish)