Chinanews client, Beijing, October 26 (Bian Liqun) On the evening of the 26th, at the 100-day countdown to the Winter Olympics, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics medal "Concentric" was officially released.

  The medal is composed of a circle and a center to form a card body. The image is derived from the ancient Chinese jade bii with concentric circles, with a total of five rings.

The five rings are concentric and concentric, expressing the Chinese cultural connotation of "Heaven and Earth, and the Heart of the People". It also symbolizes that the Olympic spirit brings people together and the glory of the Winter Olympics is shared by the world.

  The modelling is simple and concise, which reflects the "simple, safe and wonderful" requirements of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

It echoes the "Golden Inlaid Jade" medal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, showing the cultural heritage of the "Double Olympic City".

The Beijing Winter Olympics medals were released.

Image source: Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee 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, countless days and nights have been spent throughout the country for Unremitting efforts have been devoted to the Winter Olympic Games.

  Today, the Beijing Winter Olympics has entered the final 100-day sprint, and the 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 points and beautiful memories are worth engraving in my heart.

Beijing!

Double Olympic City!

  On July 31, 2015, the 128th plenary meeting of the International Olympic Committee held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia voted that Beijing will stand out among the bidding cities by virtue of its own advantages and become the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

  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.

Data map: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics emblem sculpture stands on the ramp at the northeast corner of Jinyuan Bridge, West Fifth Ring Road, Beijing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

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 preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. A series of activities related to the construction and renovation of venues, transportation planning, environmental protection, and competition services are also on the agenda.

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee was established on December 15, 2015.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai

Global Call for 2022 Winter Olympics Emblem Design Proposals

  On July 31, 2016, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the successful bid to host 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 to collect 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 heard presentations from the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee on topics such as organizational structure, sustainable development and heritage, international individual sports federations, winter sports development, market development, publicity and participation, venues and infrastructure.

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 an “Invitation from the Great Wall” event to solicit the emblems of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics from around the world. Design.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan

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 in full swing, 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 Stadium, there are a total of 5 new venues including the National Alpine Ski Center, the National Snowmobile and Sled Center, the Snowboard Jumping Platform, and the First Gymnasium; 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 the Yanqing and Zhangjiakou competition areas are also speeding up.

For example, projects such as 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 April 25, 2017, the design plan of the National Speed ​​Skating Pavilion with the "Ice Ribbon" as the design concept began to be exhibited at the Beijing Olympic Engineering Construction Pavilion.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

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 emblem design solicitation work received a total of 4506 design proposals. After six stages of global solicitation, expert review, revision deepening, review and communication, legal review, and submission for approval, the "Winter Dream" and "Feiyue" finally stood out.

  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.

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" were unveiled and officially unveiled.

The picture shows the "Winter Dream", the emblem of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Image source: Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee

The Winter Olympics enters the "Beijing Cycle"

  On February 25, 2018, as the blazing flame in the main torch tower of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic 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 world's attention was also accompanied by the handover of the Olympic flag, turning from Pyeongchang to Beijing, and the quadrennial Winter Olympics officially opened the "Beijing Time". Chapter.

  In the highly 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.

The closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the handover ceremony of the Winter Olympics flag.

7 new competition events added to 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 the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will add 7 new competition events, by which time 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 team 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 April 8, athletes train before the women's singles figure skating competition.

On the same day, the "Meet in Beijing" ice event test event figure skating competition was held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing. This was the first appearance of the stadium after the Winter Olympics renovation.

During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Capital Gymnasium will undertake short-track speed skating and figure skating competitions.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

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 set up five volunteer service projects, including pre-volunteers, test volunteers, competition volunteers, urban volunteers, and volunteer service heritage transformation.

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

"Bingdundun" and "Xuerongrong" are here

  On September 17, 2019, the Beijing Winter Olympics mascot "Bingdundun" and the Winter Paralympic mascot "Xuerongrong" 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, and a kind invitation to friends all over the world.

  IOC President 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 Olympic Games.

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics mascot "Bingdun Dun" and the Winter Paralympics "Snow Rongrong".

Photo courtesy of Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee

Global recruitment of volunteers for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

  On December 5, 2019, the launch ceremony for 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 for the competition will be distributed in the three competition areas of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou and other places and facilities 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 universal gesture "I love you", expresses the feeling of "heartbeat" through the elegant and dynamic streamer form, and embodies the vision of "pure ice and snow, passionate dating".

Data map: Volunteer representatives collectively give thumbs up.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan

Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail opened for operation

  On December 30, 2019, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway was put into operation to provide traffic operation 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.

Passengers leave the station in an orderly manner at Beijing Qinghe Station.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong

Call for visual appearance design of uniforms and equipment for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics kicked 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 officials, and volunteers.

  The solicitation will be held from May 8th to June 10th. After that, 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 Olympics Organizing Committee for approval. It is planned for 2021 It will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee by the end of January, and will be released to the public in the second half of 2021.

On August 5, a sculpture of the emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics stood on the ramp at the northeast corner of Jinyuan Bridge on the West Fifth Ring of Beijing.

It is understood that as the Jinyuan Bridge landscape enhancement project, the main project of the emblem sculpture for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has been completed a few days ago. The two emblem sculptures are both 20.22 meters high, and the form of the emblem is strictly in accordance with the requirements of the International Olympic Committee. Standard design.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

"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 officially release the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic 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 for the sustainability of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and at the same time defines the "creating the Olympic Games". And the overall goal of a new model of regional sustainable development.

The Shougang ski jumping platform in the sunset.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail Yanqing line opened

  At 6:26 in the morning on December 1, 2020, the G8881 Fuxing train from Qinghe Station slowly entered the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway Yanqing Station. As an important transportation infrastructure project for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, it marks The Yanqing line of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway was officially opened to traffic, and the Yanqing Station, known for its "high mountains 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 Badaling West 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.

Overlooking the National Speed ​​Skating Stadium.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yu

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 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 venues in Beijing for the Beijing 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 the Beijing Division, and the National Alpine Ski Center and National Snowmobile Sled Center in the 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.

The National Speed ​​Skating Stadium where ice has been made.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

The sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics are 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 graphical interpretations 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.

The sports icons for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics were officially released.

The torch "Flying" officially unveiled

  On February 4, the torch "Flying" 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 and transitions 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

"Meet in Beijing" Ice Event Test Competition

  From April 1st to 10th, the "Meet in Beijing" ice event test event was held in Beijing. 7 events were held in 5 competition venues, namely, the National Aquatics Center, National Stadium, National Speed ​​Skating Stadium, Capital Gymnasium, and Wukesong Sports Center. , The competition organization, venue operation and service guarantee of all ice events in the Beijing Winter Olympics have been tested in actual combat.

Beijing Winter Olympic Village was fully completed and delivered

  In June, the residential area of ​​Beijing Winter Olympic Village, where the athletes and accompanying officials of the Beijing competition area lived and lived, was fully completed and was delivered to the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee for use.

During the match, it can provide accommodation, catering, medical and other security services for athletes and team officials from various countries (regions), with a total of 2,338 beds.

After the game, it will be converted into a public rental housing for talents in Beijing, which will be allocated to talents who are in line with the strategic positioning of the capital city.

A model room for athletes in the model section of Yanqing Winter Olympic Village.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics main media center completed

  On June 29, the main media center of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was completed, and it was qualified for delivery to the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.

Located in the second phase of the National Convention Center, the main media center of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with a total construction area of ​​419,000 square meters, is the latest and largest new project to start construction in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

During the Winter Olympics, the main media center is expected to receive more than 3,000 journalists and photographers and approximately 12,000 broadcasters.

The sixth anniversary of the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics

  July 31st marks the 6th anniversary of Beijing’s successful bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee stated that the planning and construction of the 39 venues used by the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics is progressing smoothly. All will be delivered on time in 2021.

And from the end of 2020, all venues will achieve 100% green power supply, that is, electricity comes from wind or photovoltaic power generation. The Beijing Winter Olympics will be the first Olympic Games in the 100-year Olympic history to use all green and clean power.

The theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Image source: Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee

Beijing Winter Olympics theme slogan announced

  On September 17, the theme slogan of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics "Together for a Shared Future" was officially announced.

  "Together" shows the strong attitude of mankind in the face of difficulties and challenges, and shows that it breaks through the difficulties and creates the road to the future.

"For a Shared Future" expresses mankind's vision for a better tomorrow, and conveys confidence and hope.

  "Together for a Shared Future" is an attitude, an initiative, and a plan of action, advocating the pursuit of the common goal of unity, peace, progress, and tolerance, and the pursuit of a faster, higher, stronger, and more united Olympic spirit China’s preaching and expressing the common desire of the world to work together towards a better future.

The staff poured ice before the test match.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

The final round of the

Winter Olympics test kicks off

  On October 5th, 8 competition venues in the three major competition areas of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou ushered in the "Meet in Beijing" series of winter sports events, including 10 international events, 3 international training weeks and 2 domestic testing events.

  The testing activity will be from October 5th to December 31st. More than 2,000 foreign athletes, team officials, international technical officials, and timekeeping and scoring professionals have successively come to China to participate in various international competitions and training weeks.

This is also the last big exam for the competition venues before the Beijing Winter Olympics.

On October 18th, local time, the fire for the Beijing Winter Olympics was successfully collected in Ancient Olympia on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic movement.

Successful collection of tinder for the Beijing Winter Olympics

  On October 18th, local time in Greece, the tinder for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was successfully collected at the ancient Olympia site on the Peloponnese Peninsula, the birthplace of the Olympic movement.

The Greek skier Antonius served as the first torchbearer of the Beijing Winter Olympics and passed the tinder to the Chinese short-track speed skating star Li Jiajun. This is also the first time that the tinder has been passed in the Beijing Winter Olympics.

On the morning of October 20th, the Tinder for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics arrived in Beijing, and the Tinder Welcome Ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Tower.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

China welcomes the Olympic flame again after 13 years

  On the morning of October 20th, Beijing time, the tinder for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was unveiled at the Beijing Olympic Tower. This is the first domestic display of the Winter Olympic tinder, and it is also the first time that China will welcome the Olympic tinder after 13 years.

  From February 2nd to 4th, 2022, the three Beijing Winter Olympic Games regions, Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou, will carry out traditional torch relay activities, with about 1,200 torchbearers participating in the relay.

The transfer route is based on ice and snow culture, historical culture, and Great Wall culture, presenting the natural scenery, humanistic characteristics and urban features along the way.

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