China News Service, Beijing, February 4th. On the evening of the 4th, the torch of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was officially unveiled.
The overall appearance of the torch echoes the shape of the main torch tower for the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It is "primed" with auspicious cloud patterns, transitioning from bottom to top to a paper-cut snowflake pattern, which rotates and rises like a ribbon fluttering.
When the torch is handed over, the top can be closely interlocked.
The torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Image source: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics official Weibo
Since the successful bid to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the Paralympic Winter Games, under the guidance of the principles of green hosting, shared hosting, open hosting, and clean running of the Olympics, the whole country has spent thousands of days and nights to contribute to the Unremitting efforts have been made for the "Wonderful, Extraordinary and Excellent" Winter Olympic Games.
Today, the countdown to the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has entered the final year, and preparations for the organization of the events are proceeding in an orderly manner.
Looking back on the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, many time nodes and beautiful memories are worthy of being etched in my heart.
Beijing! Double Olympic City!
On July 31, 2015, at the 128th plenary meeting of the International Olympic Committee held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it was decided that Beijing would stand out among the bidding cities by virtue of its own advantages and become the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Winter Olympic curling venue The Winter Olympic curling venue, also known as "Ice Cube", was rebuilt from the 2008 Olympic Games venue "Water Cube" and is the world's first venue to achieve "water-to-ice conversion".
Image source: Visual China
As a result, Beijing has become the only city in the world that has hosted both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. China has once again assumed the role of a major country in promoting the Olympic movement.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee was established on December 15, 2015.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee was formally established
On December 15, 2015, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games Organizing Committee held an inaugural meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The establishment of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics marks the official start of the preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. A series of events related to the construction and renovation of venues, transportation planning, environmental protection, and competition services are also on the agenda.
On July 31, 2016, on the first anniversary of Beijing’s successful bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee held the “Invitation from the Great Wall” event to solicit the emblems of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics from around the world. Design.
The official website of the Organizing Committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was also officially launched on the same day.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Global solicitation for the 2022 Winter Olympics emblem design proposal
On July 31, 2016, on the occasion of the successful bid to host the first anniversary of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee solemnly held the "Invitation from the Great Wall" event at the foot of the Great Wall, soliciting the 2022 Winter Olympics emblems and winter games from around the world. The Paralympic Games emblem design scheme.
At the same time, the official website of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee was officially launched.
The first meeting
of the International Olympic Committee Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Coordination Committee
held
On October 10, 2016, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Coordination Committee of the International Olympic Committee held its first meeting in Beijing.
The meeting listened to the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee's presentations on organizational structure, sustainable development and heritage, cooperation with international individual sports federations, winter sports development, market development, publicity and participation, venues and infrastructure.
On April 25, 2017, the design plan of the National Speed Skating Pavilion with the "Ice Ribbon" as the design concept began to be exhibited in the Beijing Olympic Engineering Construction Pavilion.
The picture shows the architectural model of the National Speed Skating Hall.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
Construction of new competition venues and infrastructure for the Beijing Winter Olympics has started
On October 19, 2017, Zhang Jiandong, deputy mayor of Beijing and executive vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, revealed that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics venue and infrastructure construction has started, and the new venue project will be completed by the end of 2019.
According to the data, there are a total of 18 venue construction and renovation projects in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
In addition to the National Speed Skating Hall, there are 5 new venues including the National Alpine Ski Center, the National Snowmobile Center, the Snowboard Jumping Platform, and the First Sports Comprehensive Training Hall; the Beijing Winter Olympic Village and Yanqing Winter Olympic Village are 2 new non-competitive venues. .
In addition, 8 existing venues will be renovated, and 3 temporary venues will be used for awards and news reports.
At the same time, the planning and construction of venues in Yanqing and Zhangjiakou are also speeding up.
For example, the alpine ski center in the Yanqing competition area and the cross-country ski center in the Zhangjiakou competition area have all started construction.
On the evening of December 15, 2017, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center Water Cube, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics emblem "Winter Dream" and the Winter Paralympics emblem "Feiyue" unveiled their mystery and officially appeared.
The picture shows the "Winter Dream", the emblem of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Image source: Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics emblem "Winter Dream" released
On December 15, 2017, the emblems of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics were officially unveiled at the National Aquatics Center Water Cube.
The solicitation for emblem design started on July 31, 2016 and ended at 16:00 on November 30, 2016. A total of 4506 design proposals have been received, which have undergone global solicitation, expert review, revision deepening, review communication, legal review, and submission After six stages of approval, "Winter Dream" and "Feiyue" finally came to the fore.
The "Winter Dream", the emblem of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, uses the artistic form of Chinese calligraphy to integrate the rich oriental cultural heritage with the international modern style, presenting a new Chinese image and new dream in the new era.
The preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have since entered a new stage.
The closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the handover ceremony of the Winter Olympics flag.
The Winter Olympics enters the "Beijing Cycle"
On February 25, 2018, as the blazing flame in the main torch tower of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Stadium slowly extinguished, after sixteen days of fierce competition, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics came to an end.
The mayor of Beijing Chen Jining took over the Olympic flag from Bach, and the attention of the whole world was accompanied by the handover of the Olympic flag, from Pyeongchang to Beijing, and the quadrennial Winter Olympics officially opened the "Beijing Time". Chapter.
In the much-anticipated "Beijing Eight Minutes" performance, 24 roller skating actors and 24 intelligent robots with transparent ice screens jointly dedicated a performance that uses modern techniques and thinking and contains elements of Chinese culture and ice sports.
At the same time, hundreds of millions of Chinese people have also sent out invitations to the world through the Internet-to meet in Beijing in 2022.
On December 25, 2020, the National Speed Skating Hall, a landmark building for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, was completed, and the first ice-making work is planned for January 2021.
During the Winter Olympics, the National Speed Skating Stadium will undertake speed skating competitions, where 14 gold medals will be born.
The picture shows the interior of the National Speed Skating Hall.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
7 new competition events for the Beijing Winter Olympics
Entering the "Beijing Cycle", the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have been upgraded again.
On July 19, 2018, Beijing time, the International Olympic Committee announced that there will be 7 new competition events for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and a total of 109 gold medals will be produced.
At the same time, the proportion of female athletes in the competition has further increased, and the ratio of male and female athletes has become more balanced.
The 7 newly added small events are women's single snowmobile, short track speed skating mixed group relay, ski jumping mixed group, freestyle ski jump (men and women), freestyle skiing aerials mixed group and snowboard obstacles Chase mixed groups.
The total number of athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics is 2,892, and increasing the proportion of female athletes has become a highlight of the competition.
It is reported that at the Beijing Winter Olympics, female athletes accounted for 45.44% of all athletes, a record high in the history of the Winter Olympics; female athletes will participate in 46 events, also the highest in all previous Winter Olympics.
On May 10, 2019, Yu Zaiqing, Vice Chairman of the International Olympic Committee and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, delivered a speech.
On the same day, the 1000-day countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was held in Beijing Olympic Park.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
1000 days countdown to the opening of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
On May 10, 2019, the Beijing Winter Olympics once again ushered in an important time node in the preparatory process.
At 20 o’clock that evening, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee held a 1,000-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics at the Beijing Olympic Park. With the words "1000 days" on the large screen on Linglong Tower, the countdown device for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was officially launched .
During the event, Zhang Jiandong, vice mayor of Beijing and executive vice chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, released the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics Volunteer Service Action Plan".
The Beijing Winter Olympics and the Paralympic Winter Games have set up 5 voluntary service projects, including pre-volunteers, test volunteers, competition volunteers, urban volunteers, and voluntary service heritage transformation.
On September 17, 2019, the mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics "Bingdun Dun" and the Winter Paralympics "Snow Rongrong" were released in Beijing.
Image source: Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
"Bingdundun" and "Xuerongrong" are here
On September 17, 2019, the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics "Bingdundun" and the mascot of the Winter Paralympic Games "Xuerongrong" were unveiled. The two mascots connect the future and tradition, integrate sports and culture, and embody inheritance. And innovation is another perfect combination of Chinese culture and Olympic spirit.
The global collection of mascots for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics lasted 84 days, and a total of 5816 designs were received.
In the end, "Bingdundun" and "Snow Rongrong" came to the fore, integrating Chinese cultural elements, modern international style, characteristics of ice and snow sports, and characteristics of the host city, vividly showing the Chinese people's attitude towards the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Eagerly looking forward to the warm invitation to friends all over the world.
The President of the International Olympic Committee Bach said that the release of the mascot marks another important step for Beijing to become the first "Double Olympic City" in the history of the Olympics. The Beijing Winter Olympics mascots are the best of China and the Chinese people. The combination of elements and characteristics will definitely become an outstanding ambassador for China and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Data map: Volunteer representatives collectively give thumbs up.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Global recruitment of volunteers for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
On December 5, 2019, the launch ceremony of the global recruitment of volunteers for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics was held in Beijing.
The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee plans to recruit 27,000 Winter Olympic Games volunteers and 12,000 Winter Paralympic Games volunteers.
Volunteers will be distributed in Beijing, Yanqing, Zhangjiakou and other places, facilities and other places to participate in 12 types of voluntary services such as international liaison, competition organization, and venue operation.
In addition, the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games volunteer logos were also launched at the launching ceremony.
This logo evolved from the internationally accepted gesture "I love you", expresses the feeling of "heartbeat" through the form of elegant and dynamic streamers, and embodies the vision of "pure ice and snow, passionate dating".
On December 30, 2020, passengers left in an orderly manner at Beijing Qinghe Station.
On the same day, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail opened its first anniversary of operation.
A total of 6.806 million passengers were sent in the past year.
Among them, Beijing North Station sent 1.56 million passengers, and Qinghe Station sent 2.7 million passengers.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail opened for operation
On December 30, 2019, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway was put into operation to provide transportation service guarantee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway has two departure stations, Beijing North Station and Qinghe Station. After opening, the fastest travel time from Zhangjiakou to Beijing (Qinghe Station) is 47 minutes.
The call for visual appearance design of uniforms and equipment for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics kicks off
On May 8, 2020, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games uniforms and equipment visual appearance design solicitation was officially launched.
The uniforms and equipment involved in this solicitation include two types of uniforms for the staff of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, technical officers and volunteers.
The solicitation will be held from May 8th to June 10th. Afterwards, it will go through the procedures of format and qualification review, expert preliminary evaluation, social review, in-depth revision, expert re-evaluation, and submission to the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee for approval. It is planned for 2021 It will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee before the end of January, and will be released to the public in the second half of 2021.
In the process of Zhangjiakou competition area planning and venue design, the concept of sustainability runs through.
The picture shows Yunding Ski Park.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
"Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Sustainability Plan" officially released
Since the outbreak of the epidemic in early 2020, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has adhered to both epidemic prevention and control and winter Olympic preparations, innovated working methods, and strived to overcome various difficulties, and achieved continuous and unabated efforts.
On May 15, 2020, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will simultaneously formally release the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Sustainability Plan" to the public, clarifying the "environmental Positively influencing the three important areas of "New Regional Development" and "Better Life", and proposed 12 actions, 37 tasks and 119 measures.
According to the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, the "Sustainability Plan" fully embodies the reform spirit of the "Olympic 2020 Agenda", puts forward the "sustainability and future" vision of the sustainability of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and at the same time defines the "creating Olympic And the overall goal of a new model of regional sustainable development.
Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail Yanqing line opened
At 6:26 am on December 1, 2020, the G8881 Fuxing train from Qinghe Station slowly entered the Yanqing Station of Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway. As an important transportation infrastructure project for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, it marks The Yanqing line of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway was officially opened to traffic, and Yanqing Station, known for its "high mountain and flowing water", was officially included in the operation system of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway.
The Yanqing line of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway is drawn from the Badalingxi Line of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway, with a total length of 9.33 kilometers and ends at Yanqing Station.
Yanqing is one of the three major competition areas of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The Yanqing line will form an efficient and convenient passage from Beijing to the Yanqing competition area of the Winter Olympics with the opened Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail.
On December 25, 2020, the National Speed Skating Hall, a landmark building for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, was completed, and the first ice-making work is planned for January 2021.
During the Winter Olympics, the National Speed Skating Stadium will undertake speed skating competitions, where 14 gold medals will be born.
The picture shows the Winter Olympics elements outside the National Speed Skating Stadium.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
Completion of all competition venues for the Beijing Winter Olympics
The Beijing Winter Olympics is divided into Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou. 25 venues are planned to be used, including 12 competition venues and 13 non-competition venues.
In September 2020, the start area, slide area, stand area, and end area of the National Ski Jumping Center will be completed one after another.
This means that the 4 competition venues located in the Zhangjiakou competition area-Yunding Ski Park, National Ski Jumping Center, National Cross-Country Skiing Center and National Biathlon Center all have the conditions for competition.
At the end of 2020, all 8 competition venues in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics will be completed.
They are the National Speed Skating Stadium, National Aquatics Center, National Stadium, Capital Gymnasium, Wukesong Stadium and Shougang Ski Jump in Beijing Division, and the National Alpine Ski Center and National Snowmobile Sled Center in Yanqing Division.
In addition, the construction and renovation of all non-competition venues in the Beijing and Yanqing competition areas will be completed before July 2021.
Sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics officially released
Sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics officially released
The sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be officially released on December 31, 2020.
Sports icons are the "prescribed actions" of previous Olympic Games, and are the graphical interpretation of sports events.
The sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics include 24 sports icons for the Winter Olympics and 6 sports icons for the Paralympics.
The design uses Chinese characters as the inspiration source and the seal carving art as the main presentation form, combining winter sports elements with traditional Chinese culture ingeniously, showing the characteristics of winter sports challenging oneself and pursuing excellence, and embodies the thickness and depth of traditional Chinese culture.
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