(Beijing Winter Olympics) Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee: The preparations for the Beijing Winter Paralympics are advancing steadily
China News Service, Beijing, March 2 (Chen Hang) Yang Jinkui, director of the Paralympics Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said on the 2nd that the preparations for the Beijing Winter Paralympics are progressing steadily as planned, and the "Meet in Beijing" snow project has just been completed. The series of test tasks have further accumulated experience in the organization of the Winter Paralympic Games and trained the team.
Yang Jinkui mentioned the above at the media meeting on the first anniversary of the countdown to the Beijing Paralympic Winter Games that day.
The Beijing Paralympic Winter Games will be held from March 4 to March 13, 2022. Paralympic alpine skiing, Paralympic snowboarding, Paralympic cross-country skiing, Paralympic biathlon, Paralympic ice hockey, and wheelchair curling will be set up. There were 78 gold medals in 6 major events and 78 minor events, involving 5 competition venues and 25 non-competition venues in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou.
"The "Beijing Paralympic Winter Games Daily Competition Schedule" (V2.2) has been confirmed by the International Paralympic Committee, and the preparation of the unit competition schedule is in progress. The first edition of "Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Specifications" has been Release." he said.
He said that the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee attaches great importance to the preparations for the Winter Paralympics. At the beginning of its establishment, it established the working principles of “simultaneous preparations, one post and two responsibilities” for the two Olympics. Propaganda culture, market development, personnel management and sustainable heritage will simultaneously advance the preparations for the Winter Paralympics.
Yang Jinkui introduced that in the event service work, all business areas fully consider the Winter Paralympics and barrier-free needs.
The three Paralympic villages are close to the competition venues in their respective competition areas to facilitate athletes to participate in the competition. Paralympic village facilities will be designed and constructed in accordance with the Beijing 2022 barrier-free guidelines.
In view of the characteristics of the security check and emergency evacuation of the disabled, the special service needs of the disabled shall be fully considered in the security work plan to ensure the operation of the security work of the Winter Paralympics.
He said that the simultaneous implementation of the Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics market development plan, as of the end of last year, the total number of sponsors reached 37, including 10 official partners, 11 official sponsors, 9 official exclusive suppliers, and 7 Official supplier.
In addition, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee promotes the implementation of a diversity and inclusive strategy, promotes "disabled and healthy integration", and selects and hires disabled people to join the staff and volunteer team.
A staff training plan has been formulated to provide general knowledge training for the Winter Paralympics and barrier-free for all staff and volunteers, and special training for staff in key positions on service knowledge for the Winter Paralympics.
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