Focus interview: We are ready for the Winter Olympics
CCTV News
(Focus Interview): In less than three months, the Beijing Winter Olympics is about to kick off, and the world's eyes will once again focus on China and Beijing.
This is after China hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, the Olympics once again became associated with China, and it is also the hosting of the Olympics after China has entered a new era.
With the new crown pneumonia epidemic still spreading around the world, how can we hold a "simple, safe, and exciting" Winter Olympics? How are the preparations for each competition area going on?
Not long ago, the reporter interviewed the main person in charge of each competition area.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is divided into three competition areas, namely the Beijing competition area, Zhangjiakou competition area and Yanqing competition area.
At the end of last year, the permanent facilities of 12 competition venues were completed, and they were all delivered on time this year.
From October 5th to December 31st, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will hold 10 international events, 3 international training weeks and 2 domestic testing activities in 8 competition venues in these three competition areas.
Yu Jun, secretary of the Haidian District Committee of Beijing, said: "The 2021 Asian Figure Skating Open and the 2021 and 2022 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup held at the Capital Gymnasium have been successfully concluded. The Chinese team won two gold medals."
Mu Peng, secretary of the Yanqing District Party Committee of Beijing, said: “In October, we experienced a high-intensity winter Olympic standard snowmobile sled field test. 21 days, 24 countries, 240 athletes, a total of nearly 4,300. slide."
Wang Hao, secretary of the Chaoyang District Party Committee of Beijing, said: “Through organizing a series of winter sports event testing activities to meet in Beijing, we will provide all-round services such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, and epidemic prevention. The system has been tested, the team has been trained, the mechanism has been improved, and the capabilities have been improved. It has laid a solid foundation for the official competition of the Winter Olympics."
Before the opening, holding international events and test matches in the competition venues of the Winter Olympics means that the hardware facilities for the Beijing Winter Olympics are ready.
Beijing Division: The National Stadium "Bird's Nest" will be the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies.
The National Speed Skating Hall, whose exterior design reflects the elegance, precision, speed and dynamics of speed skating, is called the "Ice Ribbon" and will host speed skating competitions in the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
The Shougang Ski Jump Center, the world's first permanent single-board jump platform, is also the first competition venue in the history of the Winter Olympics that is directly integrated with the reuse of industrial heritage.
The National Aquatics Center is called the "Water Cube" and is now transformed into the "Ice Cube", where the Winter Olympics curling competition will be held.
The Wukesong Sports Center has been transformed and equipped with a convertible ice rink, which will become a universal venue for ice hockey, short-track speed skating, figure skating and other events.
The Capital Gymnasium will host the figure skating and short track speed skating events of the Winter Olympics.
Zhangjiakou Competition Area: The National Ski Jumping Center, my country's first ski jumping standard venue, known as "Snow Ruyi", will host all five ski jumping competitions and all three Nordic competitions.
There are 2 competition venues in the Yanqing competition area, both of which are newly built. Among them, the National Alpine Ski Center is the highest-level alpine skiing track in China and the only track that meets the standards of the Winter Olympic Games in China. It is called "Snow Feiyan". Will be used to host alpine skiing projects.
The national snowmobile sled center track has a total length of 1.9 kilometers, a vertical drop of 121 meters, and 16 corners. It is one of the most difficult to design, construction, and construction techniques in the Winter Olympics. It is also one of the newly built competition venues. It is called "Snow Youlong".
These venues embodied different Olympic concepts at the beginning of their construction.
Mu Peng said: "Whether it is the Winter Olympic Village or the "Snow Dragon" or "Snow Feiyan", they are all built on the mountain and built in accordance with the situation, without destroying the texture of nature, but respecting the context of nature. It shows that the building of the venue is integrated with the mountain and the environment. This is also the specific practice and exploration of our conscientious practice of the general secretary's concept of green Olympics."
Yanqing is the capital's ecological conservation area. After being designated as the Winter Olympics competition area, how to achieve a balance between ecology and Olympic construction has become a problem.
Under the condition of “no road, no water, no electricity, no communication” in the construction area of the stadium, Yanqing first set up an expert group to conduct a comprehensive and systematic ecological system for plants, animals, soil, and water systems within the construction area of nearly 20 square kilometers. The background survey, after the completion of the construction, the ecosystem will be fully restored based on the background survey data.
Mu Peng said: “For the purpose of ecological restoration, we have hired an expert advisory group led by an academician. At the same time, we have also invited professional design departments to carry out ecological restoration design. All appeared."
At present, the ecological environment of 2.14 million square meters that needs to be repaired in the ecological background survey in Yanqing has been fully completed.
The construction of venues in the Zhangjiakou competition area also adheres to the concept of green Olympics. The construction of the National Ski Jump Center "Snow Ruyi" minimizes disturbance to the local environment. The construction of the Winter Olympics Village demonstrates the concept of green and low carbon.
All venues and supporting projects here use wind power, photovoltaics and other renewable energy sources.
On January 18 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during an investigation and survey at the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing District that the concept of green Olympics should be highlighted, the development of sports undertakings should be combined with the promotion of ecological civilization, and sports facilities should be harmoniously integrated with the natural landscape. , To ensure that people can not only enjoy the infinite charm of ice and snow sports, but also enjoy the ecological beauty of nature.
Yanqing competition area and Zhangjiakou competition area resolutely implement the concept of the general secretary when constructing the Winter Olympic venues. The venue construction and vegetation restoration are carried out at the same time. The energy conservation and environmental protection standards are strictly implemented. Renewable resources are fully utilized. Blending, let modern architecture and natural landscape, history and culture complement each other.
The hardware construction of these Winter Olympics venues fully embodies the concept of ecological priority, resource conservation, and environment-friendly hosting of the Olympics, laying a beautiful Chinese background for the Winter Olympics.
The robot nicknamed "Wukong" is performing on-site disinfection and sterilization tasks. Because Wukong in "Journey to the West" has 72 changes, it is not bad. These robots that appear on different occasions can perform killing tasks or change. As a food delivery person, a security inspector, a temperature measuring person, etc., it can realize autonomous planning of paths, autonomous obstacle avoidance, minimize personnel contact, and flexibly complete various intelligent service tasks.
The empowerment of high technology has added agile color to the software services of the Winter Olympics.
In addition, the use of high technology is also reflected in many aspects.
Yu Jun said: “With the use of sound and light technology in the stadium, the concept of the most beautiful ice is realized. In figure skating and short track speed skating, it creates a dream competition experience, and also provides an atmosphere and atmosphere for attracting mass ice and snow sports experience after the game. The visual guidance of the audience."
Through the combination of sound and light’s computer coding and high-tech optical materials, Beijing’s Haidian District has created stunning audio-visual effects in the venues, superimposing exciting sports events and concert-like live effects. By then, the audience here will be Usher in a double feast of audiovisual and competitive sports.
In terms of software services, if Haidian’s characteristics are driven by technology, then the characteristics of Beijing’s Chaoyang District must be thoughtful and meticulous.
During the Winter Olympics, Chaoyang District needs to receive and protect most of the athletes, coaches, referees, Winter Olympics Organizing Committee officials, and the main media team. There are as many as thousands of Olympic sponsors alone. These people only eat, Housing and transportation is a huge and complex project.
Chaoyang District refines all processes to every minute link. Various vehicles traveling, meals suitable for different countries and cultures, and even tea breaks and drinking water during competition training for participants from multiple countries must be carefully arranged.
On the premise of being thoughtful and meticulous, local characteristics have also entered the process of software services.
At present, there is still great pressure on my country's epidemic prevention import and internal defense rebound. Under such circumstances, safety is the top priority for the success of this Winter Olympics.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to comprehensively prevent and defuse various risks, and meticulously do a good job of organizing events, competition services, technology applications, cultural activities and other preparations to minimize the risk of the epidemic.
Under the unified requirements and standards of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, each competition area checks the operation of each link through the test competition, looks for shortcomings, and improves the entire process of epidemic prevention and control.
Wu Weidong, secretary of the Zhangjiakou Municipal Party Committee and director of the Zhangjiakou Operation Center of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said: “Every prevention and control measure has undergone rigorous research and demonstration, and adheres to one standard in three competition areas. Now the various plans are mature and are also in the actual combat exercise stage. The general principle is to adhere to the principle of classification, division, classification, closed-loop management, separation of flow lines, and non-intersection of personnel."
At present, the Zhangjiakou competition area has formulated transportation service standards, identified 7 designated medical hospitals, related facilities and equipment have been prepared, and all staff have been implemented.
Various emergency supplies have also been put in place.
Haidian District makes full use of scientific and technological strength, captures dynamic information in real time through big data, strengthens the timely coordination ability of various departments, and conducts multiple simulation exercises for emergencies in various links to ensure that it is safe.
Chaoyang District, which has the heaviest reception guarantee task, has detailed the epidemic prevention work as much as possible. Each venue and every accommodation hotel has different response plans, so that one policy is one hall and one policy is one store.
Wang Hao said: “In key areas such as transportation, accommodation, and catering, there are detailed, standardized, and highly operable prevention and control guidelines. At the same time, it strengthens the closed-loop management of the entire process of resident epidemic prevention. Nucleic acid testing, daily health inquiries, daily real-time health monitoring, complete environmental testing and disinfection and disinfection at regular intervals, so that people, things, and the environment can be protected at the same time."
The Olympic Games is the largest comprehensive sports event in the world and the most influential sports event in the world.
Athletes from all over the world compete on the same field, not only showing their personal ability and style, but also showing the humanistic spirit of the country and region where they are located.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that successfully hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics is a major event for the party and the country, and is our solemn commitment to the international community.
Judging from the current hardware facilities, software services, epidemic prevention and control in various competition areas, all preparations and guarantees for the Beijing Winter Olympics are ready.
Beijing, the "Double Olympic City" from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics, will become a new milestone in the century-old Olympics.