The Olympic competitions will be decided in three different places, mostly in newly built arenas.
For those who participated in the 2008 Olympics, a lot will feel familiar.
The old area remains
During a tour of the buildings, it is clear that the old Olympic area from 2008 will be used as a base for the 2022 Olympics.
In Wukeson, where the basketball tournaments were played in 2008, the ice hockey tournament will be decided, among other things.
Here is also the finished, modern Ice Ribbon arena which after the Olympics will be used for skating, figure skating, curling and ice hockey.
Corona management in focus
Of course, much will also be about the management of covid-19.
There are currently no rules on quarantine or vaccination.
The organizers follow developments in the world and adapt it closer to the Olympics.
- In our current restrictions, athletes do not have to wear a protective mask during training and competition, but otherwise they must wear a mask.
And the audience would also need to do that, says Dr. Gaoting, the infection control doctor responsible for the Olympics.
Calls for a boycott
The upcoming winter games in China are also expected to be one of the most controlled and politicized in Olympic history.
The games have been heavily criticized from various quarters.
Several groups working for human rights have told the IOC that the Olympics should be moved from Beijing due to, among other things, the oppression of various ethnic minorities ahead of the country's most recent Olympics in 2008.